MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 34.47,-92.83 Latitude: 34.47 Longitude: -92.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 74 SFC 992 140 27.3 20.2 65 7.1 22.2 200 8 301.1 303.8 295.7 345.6 15.17 2 950 524 23.1 18.5 76 4.5 19.9 202 15 300.6 303.2 294.9 342.5 14.29 3 900 993 18.5 17.4 93 1.1 17.8 205 17 300.6 303.1 294.7 341.7 14.03 4 850 1482 15.7 11.8 78 3.9 13.3 238 28 302.6 304.5 292.6 333.2 10.31 5 800 1994 12.7 11.4 91 1.4 11.9 238 34 304.7 306.7 293.4 336.5 10.62 6 750 2534 9.6 7.7 88 1.9 8.5 236 36 307.0 308.7 292.7 333.8 8.84 7 700 3104 6.4 2.3 75 4.1 4.1 231 36 309.6 310.8 291.6 329.5 6.47 8 650 3710 4.3 -3.7 56 8.0 0.3 225 40 313.8 314.7 291.2 328.0 4.46 9 600 4356 -0.3 -5.8 66 5.5 -2.9 223 43 315.7 316.5 291.5 329.0 4.14 10 550 5046 -5.7 -9.1 77 3.4 -7.1 223 44 317.4 318.0 291.3 328.7 3.50 11 500 5785 -11.3 -14.5 77 3.2 -12.5 230 49 319.2 319.7 291.0 327.5 2.48 12 450 6587 -15.3 -34.8 17 19.5 -19.0 239 53 324.0 324.1 290.5 325.7 0.44 13 400 7466 -21.2 -42.1 13 21.0 -24.1 239 59 327.5 327.5 291.3 328.4 0.23 14 350 8436 -28.5 -44.6 20 16.2 -30.2 237 65 330.4 330.4 292.0 331.2 0.21 15 300 9522 -37.4 -46.0 41 8.5 -38.1 237 72 332.6 332.6 292.6 333.4 0.21 16 250 10752 -46.4 -57.5 27 11.1 -46.8 242 77 337.1 337.1 293.7 337.4 0.06 17 200 12216 -51.4 -77.6 3 26.1 -51.8 260 67 351.3 351.3 296.9 351.3 0.00 18 150 14037 -61.8 -80.9 6 19.1 -61.9 260 64 363.7 363.7 299.4 363.7 0.00 19 100 16493 -70.6 -86.9 7 16.3 -70.6 261 39 391.4 391.4 304.0 391.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.04 m Freezing level: 603.57 mb = 4310.22 m = 14140.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.15 mb = 3770.95 m = 12371.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.44 % Est. max temperature: 29.14 C = 84.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 895.54 mb = 1035.74 m = 3398.05 ft T: 18.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.61 C/km ThetaE index: 12.41 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 880.47 mb = 1180.73 m = 3873.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.56 C = 81.60 F Cap Strength: 0.29 C Lifted Index: -5.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.19 C Showalter Index: -1.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.26 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.08 C Cross Totals Index: 23.18 C K Index: 34.86 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 271.60 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.16 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1353.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.17 mb = 1096.72 m = 3598.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 864.17 mb = 1340.37 m = 4397.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 224.17 mb = 11467.65 m = 37623.08 ft B at Equ Level: 1337.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 134.17 mb = 14712.66 m = 48269.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.5 at 35.4 knts Storm direction: 257.5 at 26.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 1.4 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 113.8 neg: -9.7 tot: 104.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.96 Bulk Rich Number: 16.77 Bulk Shear: 80.67 m/s