MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 33.9,-91.6 Latitude: 33.90 Longitude: -91.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1004 54 25.4 18.9 68 6.5 20.9 197 7 298.2 300.8 294.0 338.5 13.86 1 1000 86 25.7 18.8 66 6.9 20.9 197 9 298.8 301.3 294.1 339.0 13.78 2 950 536 22.4 17.7 75 4.7 19.2 210 21 299.9 302.4 294.2 339.5 13.55 3 900 1004 18.9 16.9 89 1.9 17.6 227 28 300.9 303.4 294.6 341.0 13.62 4 850 1494 16.1 13.6 85 2.5 14.4 231 27 303.0 305.1 293.6 337.3 11.57 5 800 2007 13.0 8.0 72 5.0 10.0 230 30 305.0 306.6 291.9 330.5 8.47 6 750 2547 9.3 8.9 97 0.5 9.0 237 29 306.7 308.5 293.2 335.6 9.58 7 700 3117 6.4 5.1 91 1.4 5.6 246 31 309.6 311.1 292.7 333.8 7.88 8 650 3723 3.1 1.4 89 1.7 2.2 239 31 312.5 313.7 292.5 332.9 6.54 9 600 4367 -1.1 -3.8 82 2.7 -2.4 235 32 314.9 315.8 291.7 330.2 4.83 10 550 5056 -5.7 -7.1 90 1.4 -6.4 236 34 317.3 318.1 291.9 330.5 4.07 11 500 5797 -10.2 -10.6 97 0.4 -10.4 245 41 320.6 321.3 292.2 331.9 3.41 12 450 6601 -15.2 -16.2 92 1.1 -15.5 243 48 324.2 324.6 292.3 332.3 2.39 13 400 7480 -21.8 -27.0 63 5.2 -22.9 244 55 326.7 326.9 291.8 330.4 1.04 14 350 8449 -28.6 -35.4 52 6.7 -29.6 242 61 330.2 330.3 292.3 332.2 0.54 15 300 9536 -36.2 -39.7 70 3.5 -36.5 240 72 334.4 334.5 293.3 336.0 0.41 16 250 10776 -45.2 -50.4 55 5.3 -45.4 246 80 338.9 339.0 294.2 339.5 0.15 17 200 12243 -51.4 -76.1 4 24.7 -51.8 261 54 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.4 0.01 18 150 14065 -61.4 -80.4 6 19.0 -61.6 261 53 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.2 0.00 19 100 16520 -71.6 -87.2 8 15.6 -71.6 261 37 389.4 389.4 303.7 389.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.84 m Freezing level: 612.99 mb = 4199.62 m = 13778.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.07 mb = 4024.71 m = 13204.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.76 % Est. max temperature: 29.98 C = 85.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.46 mb = 875.66 m = 2872.86 ft T: 19.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.20 C/km ThetaE index: 10.50 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.39 mb = 1490.37 m = 4889.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.12 C = 86.21 F Cap Strength: 1.48 C Lifted Index: -3.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.13 C Showalter Index: -2.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.97 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.23 C Cross Totals Index: 23.74 C K Index: 38.43 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 332.69 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.15 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 786.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 39.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.71 mb = 1102.89 m = 3618.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 784.71 mb = 2168.76 m = 7115.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 244.71 mb = 10916.74 m = 35815.63 ft B at Equ Level: 775.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 164.71 mb = 13472.95 m = 44202.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.4 at 30.3 knts Storm direction: 265.4 at 22.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 157.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 157.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 52.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.67 Bulk Rich Number: 16.68 Bulk Shear: 47.13 m/s