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: 35.72,-91.57 Latitude: 35.72 Longitude: -91.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 85 SFC 995 130 21.4 12.7 58 8.7 16.0 195 4 295.0 296.7 289.3 321.8 9.30 2 950 533 24.1 10.5 42 13.6 15.6 216 26 301.6 303.1 290.7 326.5 8.40 3 900 1002 19.7 10.3 55 9.4 13.8 217 29 301.8 303.4 291.1 327.8 8.77 4 850 1490 15.1 9.9 71 5.2 11.9 223 28 302.0 303.6 291.3 328.7 9.02 5 800 2001 12.5 2.5 50 10.0 7.1 226 21 304.5 305.6 289.3 321.9 5.74 6 750 2542 12.8 -23.4 6 36.2 0.7 228 21 310.5 310.7 286.4 313.1 0.77 7 700 3117 9.6 -4.3 37 14.0 2.7 250 16 313.1 313.9 290.5 325.7 3.96 8 650 3727 5.1 -3.7 53 8.7 0.7 255 16 314.7 315.6 291.5 329.0 4.49 9 600 4375 0.6 -5.5 63 6.1 -2.3 259 19 316.9 317.7 291.9 330.5 4.23 10 550 5067 -4.4 -12.0 55 7.6 -7.4 259 18 318.9 319.4 291.2 328.0 2.77 11 500 5809 -10.1 -14.1 73 4.0 -11.6 253 21 320.7 321.2 291.5 329.3 2.58 12 450 6613 -15.6 -23.1 53 7.5 -17.6 251 25 323.6 323.9 291.2 328.2 1.32 13 400 7490 -22.2 -31.3 43 9.1 -23.9 255 27 326.2 326.3 291.3 328.7 0.70 14 350 8458 -28.2 -58.1 4 29.9 -30.4 262 33 330.7 330.7 292.0 330.9 0.04 15 300 9545 -36.4 -58.0 9 21.6 -37.6 260 38 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.3 0.05 16 250 10782 -45.9 -61.9 15 16.0 -46.4 254 44 337.9 337.9 293.8 338.0 0.04 17 200 12239 -53.4 -71.2 10 17.7 -53.8 259 58 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.2 0.01 18 150 14053 -61.4 -81.5 5 20.1 -61.6 265 55 364.3 364.3 299.5 364.3 0.00 19 100 16503 -70.4 -86.8 7 16.4 -70.5 264 33 391.7 391.7 304.0 391.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.60 m Freezing level: 593.67 mb = 4462.30 m = 14639.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.02 mb = 3877.18 m = 12720.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.57 % Est. max temperature: 28.62 C = 83.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 874.70 mb = 1245.28 m = 4085.50 ft T: 17.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.33 C/km ThetaE index: 15.58 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 654.79 mb = 3666.24 m = 12028.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.93 C = 105.68 F Cap Strength: 7.07 C Lifted Index: 3.17 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.85 C Showalter Index: 1.76 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.19 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.22 C Cross Totals Index: 19.97 C K Index: 21.12 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 281.72 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.16 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6489.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 799.39 mb = 2007.36 m = 6585.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.6 at 20.3 knts Storm direction: 268.6 at 15.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 117.0 neg: -14.5 tot: 102.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 2.76 Bulk Shear: 9.30 m/s