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: 34.85,-92.25 Latitude: 34.85 Longitude: -92.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 96 SFC 1000 97 23.0 20.9 88 2.1 21.5 212 6 296.1 299.0 294.7 341.5 15.75 2 950 543 20.8 19.0 90 1.7 19.6 222 25 298.2 300.9 294.6 341.1 14.76 3 900 1009 17.5 16.3 93 1.2 16.7 237 26 299.5 301.9 293.7 337.6 13.02 4 850 1497 16.1 8.5 61 7.6 11.4 271 32 303.0 304.5 291.0 327.4 8.19 5 800 2008 11.2 6.8 75 4.3 8.6 279 42 303.0 304.5 290.6 326.3 7.79 6 750 2543 6.3 5.4 94 0.9 5.8 278 42 303.4 304.8 290.5 325.9 7.50 7 700 3106 3.2 1.6 89 1.6 2.3 269 39 306.0 307.1 290.2 324.7 6.14 8 650 3704 -0.3 -3.6 78 3.3 -1.9 265 38 308.6 309.4 289.5 322.5 4.49 9 600 4339 -3.9 -15.2 41 11.2 -7.9 259 46 311.6 311.9 288.1 317.9 1.96 10 550 5020 -8.2 -26.4 22 18.2 -12.8 251 53 314.4 314.5 287.8 317.2 0.81 11 500 5752 -12.9 -31.8 19 18.9 -16.9 242 58 317.3 317.4 288.5 319.2 0.53 12 450 6550 -16.6 -42.0 9 25.4 -20.4 239 58 322.4 322.4 289.8 323.2 0.21 13 400 7425 -22.0 -46.2 9 24.3 -24.9 236 58 326.5 326.5 290.9 327.0 0.15 14 350 8394 -27.6 -58.1 4 30.5 -29.9 242 58 331.6 331.6 292.2 331.7 0.04 15 300 9485 -35.8 -63.8 4 28.0 -37.1 242 57 334.9 334.9 293.0 335.0 0.02 16 250 10730 -43.3 -67.3 5 24.0 -44.0 238 55 341.7 341.7 294.7 341.8 0.02 17 200 12200 -51.7 -71.7 7 20.0 -52.1 248 63 350.9 350.9 296.8 351.0 0.01 18 150 14030 -60.6 -80.9 5 20.3 -60.7 253 56 365.7 365.7 299.8 365.7 0.00 19 100 16501 -67.6 -86.8 5 19.2 -67.7 265 34 397.1 397.1 304.8 397.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5656.24 m Freezing level: 654.92 mb = 3644.84 m = 11958.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.68 mb = 3427.05 m = 11243.48 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.48 % Est. max temperature: 29.82 C = 85.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 970.41 mb = 357.71 m = 1173.57 ft T: 21.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.08 C/km ThetaE index: 24.33 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 910.35 mb = 910.43 m = 2986.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.09 C = 78.97 F Cap Strength: 0.81 C Lifted Index: -6.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.57 C Showalter Index: -0.42 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.33 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.97 C Cross Totals Index: 21.36 C K Index: 35.84 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 250.45 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.62 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1289.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 926.53 mb = 758.53 m = 2488.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 831.53 mb = 1682.34 m = 5519.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 261.53 mb = 10421.74 m = 34191.65 ft B at Equ Level: 1281.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 151.53 mb = 13965.75 m = 45818.82 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.7 at 40.7 knts Storm direction: 287.7 at 30.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: 1.3 tot: 8.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 243.7 neg: -25.0 tot: 218.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 72.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.8 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.96 Bulk Rich Number: 11.39 Bulk Shear: 113.15 m/s