MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 34.18,-91.93 Latitude: 34.18 Longitude: -91.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 22.3 21.2 93 1.1 21.5 192 9 295.1 298.0 294.6 340.9 15.96 1 1000 98 22.0 21.0 94 1.0 21.3 192 10 295.1 298.0 294.4 340.5 15.83 2 950 544 21.2 18.1 83 3.1 19.1 219 30 298.7 301.2 294.1 339.1 13.90 3 900 1012 19.0 15.5 80 3.5 16.7 238 25 301.1 303.4 293.7 337.6 12.41 4 850 1501 16.8 10.3 66 6.5 12.7 264 24 303.7 305.4 292.1 331.4 9.28 5 800 2015 13.5 6.0 60 7.5 9.1 272 31 305.6 306.9 291.1 327.8 7.34 6 750 2555 9.1 2.8 65 6.3 5.6 282 35 306.5 307.7 290.5 325.6 6.25 7 700 3121 4.2 1.6 83 2.6 2.8 284 34 307.2 308.3 290.6 326.0 6.15 8 650 3720 -0.1 -1.7 89 1.7 -0.9 275 38 308.9 309.9 290.3 325.0 5.20 9 600 4357 -3.6 -6.9 78 3.2 -5.0 261 49 311.9 312.6 290.0 324.0 3.81 10 550 5040 -7.7 -8.6 93 0.9 -8.1 249 54 315.0 315.7 290.7 326.7 3.64 11 500 5776 -11.8 -13.1 90 1.3 -12.3 240 55 318.6 319.2 291.1 327.8 2.79 12 450 6576 -16.2 -23.5 53 7.4 -18.1 233 56 322.9 323.2 290.9 327.3 1.27 13 400 7455 -20.6 -46.8 8 26.2 -23.9 230 58 328.2 328.2 291.3 328.7 0.14 14 350 8426 -27.5 -55.3 5 27.8 -29.8 232 57 331.6 331.7 292.2 331.9 0.06 15 300 9519 -35.3 -57.5 9 22.2 -36.6 245 51 335.7 335.7 293.3 335.9 0.05 16 250 10763 -44.3 -66.0 7 21.7 -44.9 241 47 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.4 0.02 17 200 12227 -52.4 -72.1 8 19.7 -52.7 252 59 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.8 0.01 18 150 14050 -60.9 -80.8 6 19.8 -61.1 255 52 365.1 365.1 299.7 365.1 0.00 19 100 16519 -69.7 -86.9 6 17.2 -69.8 258 31 393.1 393.1 304.2 393.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5677.35 m Freezing level: 650.59 mb = 3713.13 m = 12182.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.64 mb = 3576.85 m = 11734.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.77 % Est. max temperature: 30.69 C = 87.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 988.05 mb = 202.73 m = 665.12 ft T: 21.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.05 C/km ThetaE index: 15.32 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 846.29 mb = 1538.33 m = 5046.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.02 C = 87.84 F Cap Strength: 1.94 C Lifted Index: -4.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.23 C Showalter Index: -1.22 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.68 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.58 C Cross Totals Index: 22.10 C K Index: 36.24 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 259.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.78 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 907.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 79.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.90 mb = 841.09 m = 2759.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 772.90 mb = 2303.22 m = 7556.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 272.90 mb = 10164.57 m = 33347.91 ft B at Equ Level: 904.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 162.90 mb = 13527.15 m = 44379.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.3 at 38.0 knts Storm direction: 287.3 at 28.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 143.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 231.7 neg: -4.6 tot: 227.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 75.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.24 Bulk Rich Number: 8.81 Bulk Shear: 103.04 m/s