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: 34.83,-91.12 Latitude: 34.83 Longitude: -91.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 56 22.1 21.1 94 1.0 21.4 207 12 294.9 297.7 294.4 340.3 15.86 1 1000 93 21.9 21.0 95 0.9 21.3 206 14 295.1 297.9 294.4 340.5 15.84 2 950 538 20.1 18.7 91 1.5 19.1 224 34 297.6 300.2 294.1 339.4 14.41 3 900 1004 18.4 13.7 74 4.7 15.4 244 27 300.5 302.5 292.5 332.9 11.04 4 850 1493 16.5 9.4 63 7.1 12.1 265 26 303.5 305.1 291.6 329.5 8.74 5 800 2007 13.1 5.6 60 7.5 8.8 273 34 305.1 306.4 290.7 326.7 7.14 6 750 2545 8.6 3.1 68 5.6 5.6 274 37 306.0 307.1 290.3 325.3 6.37 7 700 3111 4.0 0.8 80 3.2 2.3 267 36 306.9 308.0 290.2 324.7 5.80 8 650 3709 -0.1 -1.6 90 1.5 -0.9 259 39 308.8 309.8 290.3 325.1 5.24 9 600 4345 -4.3 -6.1 88 1.7 -5.1 253 44 311.1 311.9 289.9 323.9 4.05 10 550 5029 -7.0 -7.7 95 0.7 -7.3 244 45 315.8 316.6 291.2 328.4 3.91 11 500 5767 -11.2 -12.7 88 1.5 -11.8 239 53 319.4 320.0 291.4 328.9 2.88 12 450 6567 -16.4 -23.0 57 6.6 -18.2 230 57 322.6 322.9 290.9 327.2 1.33 13 400 7445 -21.2 -47.7 7 26.5 -24.4 222 63 327.4 327.5 291.1 327.9 0.13 14 350 8415 -28.0 -50.5 10 22.5 -30.1 217 68 331.0 331.0 292.1 331.4 0.11 15 300 9505 -35.8 -55.6 11 19.8 -37.0 221 66 335.0 335.0 293.1 335.2 0.07 16 250 10748 -44.7 -66.0 7 21.3 -45.3 232 55 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.7 0.02 17 200 12210 -52.4 -72.1 8 19.7 -52.8 248 63 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.8 0.01 18 150 14036 -60.6 -80.9 5 20.3 -60.7 253 54 365.7 365.7 299.8 365.7 0.00 19 100 16508 -69.1 -87.2 6 18.1 -69.2 260 35 394.2 394.2 304.4 394.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5673.39 m Freezing level: 651.55 mb = 3690.83 m = 12108.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.58 mb = 3542.54 m = 11622.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.11 % Est. max temperature: 30.42 C = 86.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 990.22 mb = 178.48 m = 585.57 ft T: 21.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.71 C/km ThetaE index: 15.77 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 852.73 mb = 1465.86 m = 4809.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.51 C = 86.91 F Cap Strength: 1.80 C Lifted Index: -3.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.16 C Showalter Index: 0.30 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.25 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.69 C Cross Totals Index: 20.56 C K Index: 33.88 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 217.49 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.19 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 851.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 68.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 926.98 mb = 749.70 m = 2459.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 781.98 mb = 2196.64 m = 7206.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 281.98 mb = 9926.99 m = 32568.46 ft B at Equ Level: 850.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 161.98 mb = 13548.04 m = 44448.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.4 at 37.8 knts Storm direction: 282.4 at 28.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.7 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 203.2 neg: -17.4 tot: 185.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 61.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.06 Bulk Rich Number: 13.06 Bulk Shear: 65.18 m/s