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: 35.94,-93.46 Latitude: 35.94 Longitude: -93.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 1 950 515 SFC 946 551 20.4 18.2 87 2.3 18.9 237 9 298.3 300.8 294.0 338.9 14.00 3 900 980 16.3 16.0 98 0.3 16.1 240 20 298.3 300.6 293.2 335.5 12.81 4 850 1465 13.2 12.1 93 1.1 12.5 260 30 300.0 301.9 291.9 330.8 10.51 5 800 1973 10.3 8.9 91 1.4 9.5 270 29 302.2 303.8 291.4 328.9 9.00 6 750 2508 7.4 6.2 92 1.2 6.6 248 32 304.6 306.1 291.3 328.4 7.93 7 700 3073 4.2 3.1 93 1.0 3.6 227 39 307.1 308.4 291.2 328.1 6.87 8 650 3674 0.9 -0.6 90 1.5 0.1 214 43 310.0 311.1 291.0 327.5 5.66 9 600 4313 -2.6 -4.1 90 1.4 -3.3 212 51 313.1 314.0 291.2 328.0 4.72 10 550 4999 -6.3 -7.5 91 1.2 -6.8 215 60 316.6 317.4 291.5 329.4 3.96 11 500 5739 -10.1 -10.9 94 0.8 -10.4 217 65 320.8 321.4 292.2 331.8 3.34 12 450 6546 -15.0 -16.6 88 1.6 -15.6 223 63 324.3 324.8 292.3 332.2 2.32 13 400 7424 -21.6 -23.6 84 2.0 -22.1 231 62 326.9 327.1 292.2 331.8 1.42 14 350 8394 -28.7 -31.4 77 2.7 -29.1 239 59 330.1 330.3 292.5 333.0 0.79 15 300 9477 -38.2 -41.2 73 3.0 -38.5 244 50 331.6 331.6 292.5 332.9 0.35 16 250 10700 -48.1 -53.8 51 5.8 -48.3 246 54 334.6 334.6 293.1 335.0 0.10 17 200 12162 -50.5 -75.4 4 24.9 -50.9 260 61 352.9 352.9 297.3 352.9 0.01 18 150 13989 -61.5 -80.7 6 19.2 -61.6 268 57 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.2 0.00 19 100 16469 -67.3 -87.7 4 20.4 -67.5 260 42 397.6 397.6 304.9 397.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5669.13 m Freezing level: 637.19 mb = 3837.59 m = 12590.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.02 mb = 3698.10 m = 12132.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.89 % Est. max temperature: 24.45 C = 76.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.26 mb = 835.48 m = 2741.03 ft T: 17.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.34 C/km ThetaE index: 11.42 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 881.25 mb = 1158.45 m = 3800.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.08 C = 69.95 F Cap Strength: 0.06 C Lifted Index: -1.11 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.88 C Showalter Index: 0.76 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.46 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.28 C Cross Totals Index: 22.18 C K Index: 34.37 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 270.08 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.09 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 419.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.10 mb = 1140.64 m = 3742.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 878.10 mb = 1188.77 m = 3900.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 258.10 mb = 10486.08 m = 34402.73 ft B at Equ Level: 418.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 198.10 mb = 12222.97 m = 40101.13 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.9 at 43.9 knts Storm direction: 254.9 at 32.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 5.5 tot: 9.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 31.8 neg: -22.6 tot: 9.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.06 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.9 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 3.72 Bulk Shear: 112.83 m/s