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: 34.19,-91.94 Latitude: 34.19 Longitude: -91.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1002 66 25.1 19.6 72 5.5 21.2 205 8 298.0 300.7 294.3 340.0 14.46 1 1000 84 25.4 19.3 69 6.0 21.2 204 8 298.5 301.1 294.3 340.0 14.26 2 950 533 21.9 18.3 80 3.6 19.4 211 21 299.4 302.0 294.4 340.5 14.07 3 900 1001 18.3 16.9 92 1.3 17.4 229 28 300.3 302.8 294.4 340.3 13.62 4 850 1490 15.9 13.8 87 2.1 14.6 238 29 302.8 305.0 293.7 337.7 11.77 5 800 2003 12.6 11.0 90 1.6 11.6 232 31 304.6 306.5 293.2 335.6 10.38 6 750 2542 9.1 8.7 98 0.3 8.9 238 33 306.4 308.2 293.0 335.0 9.48 7 700 3112 6.0 5.2 94 0.8 5.5 240 38 309.1 310.6 292.6 333.4 7.93 8 650 3716 2.5 1.8 95 0.8 2.1 239 38 311.8 313.1 292.4 332.7 6.70 9 600 4359 -0.9 -3.9 80 2.9 -2.4 241 41 315.0 315.9 291.8 330.3 4.79 10 550 5049 -5.5 -9.2 75 3.7 -7.1 240 44 317.6 318.2 291.4 328.8 3.45 11 500 5788 -10.9 -16.6 63 5.7 -12.8 240 50 319.8 320.2 290.8 326.8 2.08 12 450 6592 -15.5 -27.8 34 12.4 -18.4 242 55 323.8 323.9 290.8 326.8 0.86 13 400 7469 -21.6 -36.2 26 14.5 -24.1 244 67 326.9 326.9 291.3 328.5 0.43 14 350 8438 -28.7 -38.4 39 9.7 -30.0 242 73 330.1 330.2 292.2 331.6 0.39 15 300 9525 -36.1 -41.7 56 5.6 -36.7 238 83 334.5 334.5 293.3 335.7 0.33 16 250 10765 -44.8 -56.5 26 11.8 -45.3 244 76 339.5 339.5 294.3 339.8 0.07 17 200 12231 -52.0 -75.0 5 23.1 -52.4 259 58 350.5 350.5 296.7 350.5 0.01 18 150 14053 -61.5 -80.5 6 19.0 -61.7 264 52 364.1 364.1 299.5 364.1 0.00 19 100 16513 -70.9 -86.7 8 15.8 -71.0 262 36 390.7 390.7 303.9 390.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.71 m Freezing level: 613.54 mb = 4185.22 m = 13730.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.40 mb = 4013.20 m = 13166.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.10 % Est. max temperature: 29.74 C = 85.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.21 mb = 761.60 m = 2498.64 ft T: 20.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.30 C/km ThetaE index: 13.71 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 869.92 mb = 1291.48 m = 4237.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.83 C = 83.89 F Cap Strength: 0.90 C Lifted Index: -4.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.76 C Showalter Index: -3.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.50 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.79 C Cross Totals Index: 24.71 C K Index: 39.79 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 353.78 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 918.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.13 mb = 989.62 m = 3246.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 816.13 mb = 1833.86 m = 6016.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 246.13 mb = 10867.63 m = 35654.53 ft B at Equ Level: 910.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 156.13 mb = 13798.84 m = 45271.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.9 at 35.6 knts Storm direction: 266.9 at 26.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.5 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 177.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 177.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 59.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.85 Bulk Rich Number: 12.39 Bulk Shear: 74.10 m/s