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: 34.67,-93.28 Latitude: 34.67 Longitude: -93.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 73 SFC 980 247 24.8 20.0 75 4.8 21.5 211 9 299.6 302.4 295.3 344.1 15.21 2 950 522 22.1 18.9 82 3.1 19.9 213 16 299.6 302.3 294.9 342.4 14.66 3 900 990 18.4 16.0 86 2.4 16.8 227 24 300.5 302.8 293.9 338.1 12.83 4 850 1478 15.5 13.7 89 1.8 14.3 245 31 302.4 304.5 293.6 336.9 11.66 5 800 1991 12.3 10.7 90 1.6 11.3 247 31 304.2 306.1 292.9 334.4 10.12 6 750 2530 9.2 7.4 89 1.8 8.1 241 32 306.6 308.2 292.4 332.7 8.66 7 700 3099 5.9 4.8 93 1.1 5.3 231 36 309.0 310.5 292.4 332.7 7.74 8 650 3703 3.1 0.7 84 2.4 1.8 224 40 312.4 313.6 292.2 331.8 6.20 9 600 4348 -0.8 -4.5 76 3.8 -2.6 222 47 315.2 316.1 291.6 329.8 4.56 10 550 5038 -5.6 -8.7 79 3.0 -7.0 222 51 317.4 318.1 291.5 329.1 3.61 11 500 5776 -11.4 -12.5 92 1.1 -11.9 229 55 319.1 319.7 291.3 328.7 2.93 12 450 6580 -15.4 -27.7 34 12.4 -18.3 238 55 323.9 324.1 290.9 327.0 0.87 13 400 7457 -21.7 -40.3 17 18.6 -24.4 239 60 326.8 326.9 291.1 327.9 0.29 14 350 8425 -29.1 -44.1 22 15.0 -30.7 237 66 329.5 329.5 291.8 330.3 0.22 15 300 9507 -38.0 -49.3 30 11.3 -38.8 236 75 331.8 331.9 292.4 332.4 0.14 16 250 10738 -45.7 -61.6 15 15.9 -46.2 242 75 338.2 338.2 293.9 338.3 0.04 17 200 12207 -51.0 -78.3 2 27.4 -51.4 261 68 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.1 0.00 18 150 14030 -61.6 -80.8 6 19.1 -61.8 261 60 363.9 363.9 299.5 363.9 0.00 19 100 16489 -70.4 -86.8 7 16.4 -70.5 260 40 391.7 391.7 304.0 391.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.33 m Freezing level: 609.89 mb = 4220.72 m = 13847.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.50 mb = 3961.47 m = 12996.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.10 % Est. max temperature: 28.23 C = 82.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.44 mb = 851.84 m = 2794.71 ft T: 19.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.48 C/km ThetaE index: 11.36 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 870.12 mb = 1278.29 m = 4193.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.76 C = 80.16 F Cap Strength: 0.76 C Lifted Index: -4.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.97 C Showalter Index: -3.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.06 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.93 C Cross Totals Index: 25.13 C K Index: 39.54 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 341.00 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.68 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1111.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.65 mb = 1088.47 m = 3571.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 834.65 mb = 1632.37 m = 5355.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.65 mb = 11154.97 m = 36597.22 ft B at Equ Level: 1093.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 144.65 mb = 14249.92 m = 46751.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.5 at 38.3 knts Storm direction: 259.5 at 28.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 2.1 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 98.2 neg: -1.0 tot: 97.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.67 Bulk Rich Number: 14.46 Bulk Shear: 76.83 m/s