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: 34.76,-92.64 Latitude: 34.76 Longitude: -92.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 72 SFC 990 159 27.0 19.6 64 7.5 21.8 202 9 301.0 303.7 295.3 344.0 14.62 2 950 522 22.8 18.3 76 4.5 19.6 205 16 300.3 302.8 294.7 341.4 14.04 3 900 990 18.4 17.0 92 1.3 17.5 216 23 300.5 303.0 294.5 340.7 13.71 4 850 1479 15.6 12.6 82 3.0 13.7 236 32 302.5 304.5 293.0 334.6 10.84 5 800 1992 12.8 10.3 85 2.4 11.3 238 34 304.7 306.6 292.9 334.4 9.92 6 750 2532 9.8 7.5 86 2.2 8.4 235 37 307.2 308.8 292.7 333.6 8.73 7 700 3102 6.4 2.7 77 3.7 4.4 232 37 309.6 310.9 291.7 330.2 6.67 8 650 3707 3.7 -2.0 67 5.6 0.8 224 39 313.1 314.1 291.5 329.2 5.10 9 600 4353 -0.5 -5.5 69 5.0 -2.8 221 44 315.6 316.4 291.5 329.2 4.25 10 550 5043 -5.7 -9.1 77 3.4 -7.2 220 45 317.3 318.0 291.3 328.6 3.49 11 500 5780 -11.8 -14.4 80 2.7 -12.7 229 51 318.7 319.2 290.9 327.0 2.50 12 450 6582 -15.2 -30.6 26 15.4 -18.6 240 56 324.1 324.2 290.7 326.5 0.66 13 400 7461 -21.3 -49.0 6 27.8 -24.5 241 61 327.3 327.4 291.1 327.8 0.11 14 350 8431 -28.6 -46.6 16 18.1 -30.4 238 64 330.2 330.3 292.0 330.9 0.17 15 300 9516 -37.7 -45.9 42 8.3 -38.3 238 72 332.3 332.3 292.6 333.1 0.21 16 250 10745 -46.7 -57.4 28 10.7 -47.1 241 77 336.7 336.7 293.6 336.9 0.07 17 200 12208 -51.4 -78.0 3 26.7 -51.8 259 69 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.4 0.00 18 150 14029 -61.8 -81.7 5 19.9 -61.9 259 64 363.7 363.7 299.4 363.7 0.00 19 100 16489 -70.1 -86.7 7 16.7 -70.2 261 40 392.3 392.3 304.1 392.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.76 m Freezing level: 605.51 mb = 4281.45 m = 14046.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.07 mb = 3844.05 m = 12611.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.85 % Est. max temperature: 28.95 C = 84.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 888.07 mb = 1104.38 m = 3623.25 ft T: 17.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.79 C/km ThetaE index: 17.55 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 872.46 mb = 1255.94 m = 4120.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.58 C = 81.65 F Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lifted Index: -5.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.72 C Showalter Index: -2.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.72 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.39 C Cross Totals Index: 24.34 C K Index: 36.26 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 320.23 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.54 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1198.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.30 mb = 1121.44 m = 3679.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 841.30 mb = 1565.89 m = 5137.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.30 mb = 11254.79 m = 36924.72 ft B at Equ Level: 1190.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 141.30 mb = 14391.14 m = 47214.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.8 at 37.0 knts Storm direction: 256.8 at 27.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.8 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 128.8 neg: -5.4 tot: 123.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.95 Bulk Rich Number: 14.99 Bulk Shear: 79.93 m/s