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: 34.26,-93.82 Latitude: 34.26 Longitude: -93.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 100 SFC 984 245 23.1 20.4 85 2.7 21.2 229 3 297.7 300.5 295.0 342.7 15.53 2 950 548 21.9 19.9 88 2.0 20.5 225 18 299.4 302.2 295.5 344.9 15.56 3 900 1016 18.7 18.4 98 0.3 18.5 236 23 300.7 303.5 295.4 344.6 14.94 4 850 1505 15.4 14.5 95 0.8 14.8 261 28 302.2 304.5 294.0 338.7 12.34 5 800 2017 11.5 8.8 84 2.7 9.8 284 39 303.4 305.0 291.7 329.9 8.91 6 750 2553 8.4 -1.2 51 9.7 3.5 290 34 305.7 306.6 288.8 320.0 4.66 7 700 3119 3.9 -5.8 49 9.8 -0.4 281 34 306.9 307.5 288.1 317.9 3.54 8 650 3715 0.1 -18.6 23 18.7 -6.1 279 38 309.1 309.3 286.6 313.5 1.35 9 600 4354 -2.2 -29.2 11 27.0 -9.1 281 41 313.6 313.7 287.3 315.6 0.57 10 550 5039 -6.8 -28.0 17 21.1 -12.1 285 38 316.0 316.1 288.2 318.4 0.70 11 500 5774 -12.2 -28.9 24 16.7 -16.0 282 41 318.2 318.3 288.9 320.7 0.70 12 450 6568 -18.2 -48.8 5 30.6 -21.8 265 48 320.3 320.4 289.0 320.7 0.10 13 400 7438 -23.3 -54.3 4 30.9 -26.2 261 54 324.6 324.7 290.2 324.9 0.06 14 350 8404 -28.5 -58.6 4 30.2 -30.6 258 59 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.5 0.04 15 300 9492 -35.1 -58.9 7 23.8 -36.5 261 61 335.8 335.9 293.3 336.0 0.04 16 250 10741 -43.1 -65.6 7 22.4 -43.9 261 57 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.0 0.02 17 200 12215 -51.6 -70.4 9 18.8 -52.0 255 59 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.1 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 -86.5 6 18.2 -68.5 269 40 395.6 395.6 304.6 395.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5673.39 m Freezing level: 647.58 mb = 3745.97 m = 12289.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 705.63 mb = 3052.92 m = 10016.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.05 % Est. max temperature: 28.02 C = 82.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 945.37 mb = 589.98 m = 1935.60 ft T: 21.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.07 C/km ThetaE index: 31.32 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 900.59 mb = 1010.28 m = 3314.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.15 C = 79.06 F Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lifted Index: -7.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -5.04 C Showalter Index: -4.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.22 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.51 C Cross Totals Index: 26.70 C K Index: 32.30 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 375.81 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.62 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1815.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.77 mb = 884.39 m = 2901.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 878.77 mb = 1220.18 m = 4003.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.77 mb = 11044.40 m = 36234.45 ft B at Equ Level: 1810.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 118.77 mb = 15460.28 m = 50722.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.0 at 34.3 knts Storm direction: 307.0 at 25.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.7 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 293.7 neg: -14.2 tot: 279.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 93.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.6 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.31 Bulk Rich Number: 18.05 Bulk Shear: 100.56 m/s