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: 34.47,-93.01 Latitude: 34.47 Longitude: -93.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 84 SFC 990 174 24.8 20.4 77 4.4 21.7 242 4 298.8 301.6 295.2 343.7 15.42 2 950 532 22.0 19.1 84 2.9 20.0 241 14 299.5 302.2 295.0 342.8 14.82 3 900 1000 17.9 17.7 99 0.1 17.8 243 17 299.9 302.5 294.7 341.8 14.32 4 850 1488 14.8 14.6 99 0.2 14.7 250 20 301.7 303.9 293.9 338.2 12.41 5 800 1999 11.8 11.6 99 0.2 11.7 267 23 303.8 305.8 293.3 335.9 10.80 6 750 2538 8.7 8.5 98 0.2 8.6 268 28 306.0 307.8 292.8 334.1 9.31 7 700 3107 5.6 5.4 99 0.2 5.5 253 33 308.7 310.2 292.6 333.3 8.06 8 650 3710 2.5 1.7 95 0.8 2.1 249 45 311.8 313.1 292.4 332.6 6.69 9 600 4352 -2.2 -6.1 75 3.9 -4.0 245 50 313.5 314.3 290.7 326.4 4.04 10 550 5037 -7.4 -9.8 83 2.4 -8.4 237 57 315.3 315.9 290.6 326.0 3.31 11 500 5773 -11.2 -20.4 47 9.2 -14.0 233 61 319.3 319.6 290.1 324.5 1.51 12 450 6573 -16.1 -30.0 29 13.9 -19.1 234 66 323.0 323.1 290.4 325.5 0.70 13 400 7450 -21.5 -44.4 11 22.9 -24.5 233 67 327.0 327.1 291.1 327.8 0.18 14 350 8420 -28.3 -56.3 5 28.0 -30.4 233 66 330.6 330.6 291.9 330.8 0.05 15 300 9507 -36.3 -62.1 5 25.8 -37.5 238 62 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.3 0.03 16 250 10751 -43.6 -68.3 5 24.7 -44.4 254 54 341.2 341.2 294.6 341.3 0.02 17 200 12221 -52.1 -75.1 5 23.0 -52.5 251 55 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.3 0.01 18 150 14044 -61.7 -80.6 6 18.9 -61.9 260 51 363.7 363.7 299.4 363.7 0.00 19 100 16500 -69.4 -86.6 6 17.2 -69.5 267 35 393.7 393.7 304.3 393.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.34 m Freezing level: 623.58 mb = 4049.63 m = 13286.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.01 mb = 3922.81 m = 12869.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.91 % Est. max temperature: 28.04 C = 82.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.47 mb = 730.42 m = 2396.37 ft T: 20.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.31 C/km ThetaE index: 19.25 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 904.79 mb = 953.83 m = 3129.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.85 C = 78.52 F Cap Strength: 0.29 C Lifted Index: -5.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.88 C Showalter Index: -3.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.90 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.04 C Cross Totals Index: 25.86 C K Index: 40.48 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 334.58 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.79 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1388.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.35 mb = 910.28 m = 2986.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 894.35 mb = 1053.40 m = 3456.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 244.35 mb = 10901.18 m = 35764.59 ft B at Equ Level: 1383.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 134.35 mb = 14710.96 m = 48263.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.8 at 37.4 knts Storm direction: 274.8 at 28.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 3.8 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 66.4 neg: -1.7 tot: 64.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.51 Bulk Rich Number: 14.68 Bulk Shear: 94.58 m/s