MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 33.53,-91.84 Latitude: 33.53 Longitude: -91.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1007 61 24.4 17.8 67 6.6 19.9 196 6 297.0 299.3 292.9 334.2 12.87 1 1000 118 23.0 17.3 70 5.7 19.2 199 7 296.2 298.5 292.3 332.3 12.53 2 950 563 19.8 16.3 80 3.5 17.5 206 23 297.3 299.5 292.6 333.1 12.38 3 900 1028 17.6 11.4 67 6.2 13.7 198 21 299.6 301.4 290.9 327.3 9.42 4 850 1515 15.5 2.6 42 12.9 8.5 203 17 302.4 303.3 288.3 318.7 5.41 5 800 2026 12.3 6.2 66 6.1 8.8 201 9 304.3 305.6 290.7 326.7 7.45 6 750 2564 10.3 -3.1 39 13.4 3.7 214 13 307.8 308.5 288.9 320.4 4.07 7 700 3137 8.6 2.3 64 6.4 5.1 225 15 312.0 313.3 292.3 332.1 6.45 8 650 3747 5.2 -1.8 61 7.0 1.5 228 16 314.8 315.8 292.0 331.2 5.16 9 600 4395 0.4 -5.4 65 5.8 -2.3 225 15 316.6 317.4 291.8 330.3 4.27 10 550 5087 -4.8 -10.5 64 5.8 -7.1 230 17 318.4 319.0 291.3 328.7 3.12 11 500 5828 -10.3 -17.0 58 6.7 -12.6 232 22 320.5 320.9 290.9 327.3 2.01 12 450 6633 -13.0 -41.3 7 28.3 -17.9 243 25 326.9 327.0 291.1 327.8 0.23 13 400 7522 -18.6 -47.1 6 28.5 -22.5 253 32 330.7 330.8 292.0 331.3 0.14 14 350 8500 -26.6 -48.7 10 22.2 -28.9 258 37 332.9 333.0 292.6 333.4 0.13 15 300 9592 -35.8 -51.3 19 15.5 -36.9 262 43 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.4 0.11 16 250 10832 -45.6 -57.7 24 12.1 -46.0 260 49 338.3 338.3 294.0 338.6 0.06 17 200 12290 -53.2 -71.0 10 17.8 -53.5 260 61 348.5 348.5 296.3 348.6 0.01 18 150 14099 -63.1 -81.2 7 18.0 -63.3 252 51 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.4 0.00 19 100 16535 -72.3 -86.3 10 14.0 -72.3 258 30 388.1 388.1 303.5 388.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.83 m Freezing level: 595.95 mb = 4450.93 m = 14602.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.05 mb = 3999.43 m = 13121.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.01 % Est. max temperature: 29.40 C = 84.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.26 mb = 892.88 m = 2929.38 ft T: 18.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.04 C/km ThetaE index: 14.44 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 815.43 mb = 1864.61 m = 6117.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.09 C = 87.95 F Cap Strength: 3.69 C Lifted Index: 0.07 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.69 C Showalter Index: 6.84 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.63 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.78 C Cross Totals Index: 12.86 C K Index: 21.97 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 173.20 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.84 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5229.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.02 mb = 1103.82 m = 3621.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.1 at 16.1 knts Storm direction: 248.1 at 12.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 1.7 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 55.0 neg: -39.5 tot: 15.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 4.97 Bulk Shear: 2.37 m/s