MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 6Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 33.43,-92.11 Latitude: 33.43 Longitude: -92.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1005 49 22.7 11.5 49 11.2 15.8 168 4 295.4 297.0 288.8 320.0 8.50 1 1000 92 23.8 11.8 47 12.0 16.3 174 7 296.9 298.5 289.4 322.2 8.70 2 950 543 24.3 12.0 46 12.2 16.4 196 24 301.8 303.5 291.6 329.4 9.32 3 900 1013 19.9 11.4 58 8.5 14.5 197 21 302.0 303.8 291.7 330.0 9.44 4 850 1502 16.5 3.7 42 12.8 9.3 204 18 303.4 304.5 289.0 321.1 5.86 5 800 2014 13.1 3.5 52 9.6 7.8 227 12 305.2 306.3 289.9 323.9 6.17 6 750 2554 11.3 -12.5 18 23.8 1.5 222 15 308.8 309.2 287.1 315.1 1.95 7 700 3129 10.8 -15.1 15 25.9 0.4 263 10 314.4 314.8 288.8 320.1 1.69 8 650 3742 6.0 -3.8 49 9.8 1.1 282 11 315.8 316.6 291.7 330.0 4.45 9 600 4390 0.8 -7.9 52 8.8 -3.1 286 9 317.1 317.8 291.3 328.5 3.51 10 550 5084 -3.9 -11.8 54 7.9 -7.1 291 8 319.4 320.0 291.3 328.7 2.81 11 500 5828 -8.8 -18.9 44 10.1 -12.1 274 13 322.3 322.6 291.2 328.2 1.71 12 450 6636 -14.2 -26.4 35 12.2 -17.3 256 20 325.4 325.6 291.4 328.9 0.98 13 400 7518 -20.3 -37.4 20 17.1 -23.1 258 29 328.6 328.7 291.7 330.1 0.38 14 350 8493 -26.3 -62.3 2 36.0 -28.9 264 34 333.3 333.3 292.6 333.4 0.03 15 300 9586 -35.4 -60.4 6 25.0 -36.8 269 36 335.4 335.4 293.2 335.6 0.04 16 250 10828 -44.9 -61.5 14 16.7 -45.4 263 42 339.4 339.4 294.2 339.5 0.04 17 200 12292 -52.9 -73.5 7 20.5 -53.3 265 54 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.01 18 150 14101 -63.2 -82.0 6 18.8 -63.3 270 46 361.2 361.2 299.0 361.2 0.00 19 100 16530 -72.3 -86.7 10 14.4 -72.3 245 28 388.1 388.1 303.5 388.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.63 m Freezing level: 591.19 mb = 4512.44 m = 14804.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.66 mb = 3909.60 m = 12826.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.29 % Est. max temperature: 30.55 C = 86.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 851.62 mb = 1485.47 m = 4873.52 ft T: 16.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.26 C/km ThetaE index: 8.92 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 651.37 mb = 3724.22 m = 12218.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 43.05 C = 109.50 F Cap Strength: 7.44 C Lifted Index: 3.72 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.44 C Showalter Index: 7.00 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.73 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.28 C Cross Totals Index: 12.45 C K Index: 3.07 Risk: None Sweat Index: 93.62 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.54 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6447.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 806.52 mb = 1945.79 m = 6383.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.4 at 13.2 knts Storm direction: 266.4 at 9.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 90.5 neg: -6.5 tot: 84.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.35 Bulk Shear: 15.87 m/s