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: 35.87,-90.75 Latitude: 35.87 Longitude: -90.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 SFC 998 85 28.8 15.2 43 13.7 19.7 199 16 302.2 304.2 292.9 334.5 10.92 2 950 518 24.0 13.6 52 10.5 17.2 201 24 301.6 303.5 292.3 332.1 10.34 3 900 988 19.5 12.3 63 7.2 14.8 202 26 301.6 303.4 292.0 331.2 10.01 4 850 1476 15.7 8.0 60 7.7 11.1 217 30 302.6 304.1 290.7 326.3 7.95 5 800 1988 11.9 10.9 94 1.0 11.3 223 34 303.8 305.7 292.9 334.5 10.29 6 750 2526 8.7 7.2 90 1.5 7.8 226 36 306.0 307.6 292.2 331.9 8.55 7 700 3095 5.8 3.0 82 2.8 4.3 221 34 308.9 310.2 291.7 329.9 6.82 8 650 3699 3.4 -0.1 78 3.5 1.5 218 37 312.8 313.9 292.0 331.0 5.84 9 600 4345 -0.4 -5.4 69 5.1 -2.8 219 40 315.7 316.5 291.5 329.3 4.25 10 550 5034 -5.7 -11.5 64 5.8 -8.0 221 41 317.3 317.9 290.8 326.8 2.89 11 500 5772 -11.4 -18.4 56 7.0 -13.6 231 43 319.1 319.5 290.3 325.2 1.79 12 450 6575 -14.5 -35.5 15 21.0 -18.6 237 48 325.0 325.0 290.7 326.5 0.41 13 400 7457 -20.4 -43.3 11 22.9 -23.7 242 56 328.4 328.5 291.5 329.2 0.21 14 350 8429 -28.1 -50.9 9 22.8 -30.2 242 62 330.9 331.0 292.1 331.3 0.10 15 300 9514 -37.5 -43.6 53 6.1 -38.1 244 66 332.5 332.5 292.7 333.5 0.27 16 250 10742 -48.4 -52.0 66 3.6 -48.6 243 73 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.6 0.12 17 200 12187 -53.7 -71.6 9 17.9 -54.0 251 76 347.8 347.8 296.1 347.8 0.01 18 150 14001 -60.7 -81.0 5 20.3 -60.9 252 71 365.5 365.5 299.7 365.5 0.00 19 100 16478 -68.1 -87.3 5 19.2 -68.2 263 31 396.1 396.1 304.7 396.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.83 m Freezing level: 605.00 mb = 4279.96 m = 14041.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.65 mb = 3917.53 m = 12852.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.57 % Est. max temperature: 29.35 C = 84.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 817.55 mb = 1804.75 m = 5921.03 ft T: 13.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.44 C/km ThetaE index: 8.13 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 780.27 mb = 2196.05 m = 7204.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.34 C = 88.41 F Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lifted Index: -1.29 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.66 C Showalter Index: 1.64 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.57 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.15 C Cross Totals Index: 19.42 C K Index: 32.37 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 254.50 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.18 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 34.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 123.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 813.65 mb = 1845.10 m = 6053.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 548.65 mb = 5053.34 m = 16578.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 468.65 mb = 6265.75 m = 20556.68 ft B at Equ Level: 34.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 408.65 mb = 7296.86 m = 23939.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.9 at 35.0 knts Storm direction: 249.9 at 26.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.5 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 120.6 neg: -13.0 tot: 107.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.89 Bulk Shear: 38.78 m/s