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: 34.25,-93.98 Latitude: 34.25 Longitude: -93.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 101 SFC 983 252 22.4 20.4 88 2.0 21.1 241 3 297.1 299.9 294.8 342.1 15.58 2 950 548 21.7 20.0 90 1.7 20.5 226 17 299.2 302.0 295.5 344.9 15.66 3 900 1016 18.9 18.7 99 0.2 18.8 236 22 300.9 303.7 295.7 345.8 15.26 4 850 1506 15.4 14.9 97 0.5 15.1 263 29 302.3 304.6 294.3 339.7 12.65 5 800 2018 11.4 9.3 87 2.2 10.1 282 39 303.4 305.1 291.9 330.9 9.23 6 750 2554 8.2 -0.8 53 9.0 3.6 290 34 305.5 306.4 288.8 320.2 4.80 7 700 3119 3.7 -5.0 53 8.7 -0.3 282 33 306.6 307.3 288.2 318.3 3.77 8 650 3716 0.3 -20.1 20 20.3 -6.2 279 38 309.3 309.5 286.5 313.2 1.20 9 600 4354 -2.1 -32.9 7 30.8 -9.3 282 40 313.7 313.8 287.1 315.2 0.40 10 550 5040 -6.6 -29.9 14 23.3 -12.2 287 38 316.2 316.3 288.2 318.3 0.58 11 500 5775 -12.4 -30.7 20 18.3 -16.4 283 42 317.9 318.0 288.7 320.0 0.59 12 450 6570 -18.2 -48.3 5 30.1 -21.8 269 48 320.4 320.4 289.0 320.8 0.11 13 400 7439 -23.4 -52.7 5 29.3 -26.2 263 54 324.6 324.6 290.2 324.9 0.07 14 350 8405 -28.9 -56.2 5 27.3 -30.9 259 58 329.8 329.8 291.7 330.1 0.05 15 300 9492 -35.1 -61.0 5 25.9 -36.5 265 59 335.9 335.9 293.3 336.1 0.03 16 250 10741 -43.3 -66.0 6 22.8 -44.0 264 58 341.7 341.7 294.7 341.8 0.02 17 200 12215 -51.6 -70.2 9 18.5 -52.0 256 60 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.1 0.01 18 150 14043 -60.7 -81.0 5 20.3 -60.9 256 53 365.5 365.5 299.8 365.5 0.00 19 100 16505 -68.4 -86.6 6 18.2 -68.5 269 41 395.6 395.6 304.6 395.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5673.29 m Freezing level: 644.21 mb = 3789.81 m = 12433.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 703.53 mb = 3078.06 m = 10098.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.00 % Est. max temperature: 28.03 C = 82.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.78 mb = 504.53 m = 1655.25 ft T: 21.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.09 C/km ThetaE index: 32.55 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 900.20 mb = 1014.52 m = 3328.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.29 C = 79.33 F Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lifted Index: -7.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -5.36 C Showalter Index: -5.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.21 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 27.87 C Cross Totals Index: 27.35 C K Index: 34.07 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 402.94 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.96 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1904.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.31 mb = 851.44 m = 2793.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 882.31 mb = 1186.46 m = 3892.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 232.31 mb = 11225.85 m = 36829.76 ft B at Equ Level: 1895.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 122.31 mb = 15282.02 m = 50137.25 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.7 at 34.3 knts Storm direction: 307.7 at 25.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 3.4 tot: 8.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 298.1 neg: -12.6 tot: 285.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 95.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.50 Bulk Rich Number: 18.92 Bulk Shear: 100.65 m/s