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: 35.63,-90.91 Latitude: 35.63 Longitude: -90.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1003 73 24.1 14.6 56 9.4 17.9 194 11 296.9 298.8 290.9 327.2 10.47 1 1000 101 23.2 14.3 57 8.9 17.5 195 11 296.4 298.2 290.6 326.2 10.31 2 950 548 22.5 15.6 65 6.9 17.9 230 28 300.0 302.2 293.0 334.7 11.85 3 900 1016 19.4 9.9 54 9.5 13.6 225 25 301.5 303.1 290.8 326.8 8.52 4 850 1504 15.0 8.9 67 6.1 11.3 225 24 301.8 303.4 290.8 326.9 8.45 5 800 2014 10.5 9.7 95 0.8 10.0 218 21 302.3 304.0 291.8 330.4 9.48 6 750 2550 9.6 -6.4 32 16.0 2.2 218 25 307.0 307.6 287.7 316.9 3.16 7 700 3122 8.8 -6.3 34 15.1 1.7 229 17 312.2 312.9 289.7 323.1 3.42 8 650 3731 4.2 -2.0 64 6.2 1.0 228 18 313.7 314.7 291.7 329.8 5.09 9 600 4376 -0.3 -6.9 61 6.7 -3.3 229 22 315.8 316.6 291.2 328.0 3.80 10 550 5067 -5.4 -11.6 61 6.3 -7.9 234 26 317.7 318.2 290.9 327.1 2.85 11 500 5806 -11.1 -18.4 55 7.3 -13.4 234 28 319.5 319.9 290.5 325.6 1.79 12 450 6608 -14.7 -40.6 9 26.0 -19.0 245 31 324.8 324.8 290.5 325.7 0.24 13 400 7491 -19.8 -45.9 8 26.1 -23.3 250 40 329.2 329.3 291.7 329.8 0.16 14 350 8464 -28.2 -49.1 12 20.9 -30.2 252 46 330.8 330.8 292.0 331.3 0.13 15 300 9550 -36.9 -50.9 22 14.0 -37.9 258 54 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.8 0.12 16 250 10783 -47.1 -53.4 49 6.2 -47.4 260 62 336.0 336.1 293.4 336.5 0.11 17 200 12235 -53.1 -70.4 10 17.3 -53.4 262 78 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.7 0.01 18 150 14051 -61.5 -80.6 6 19.2 -61.6 260 65 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.2 0.00 19 100 16506 -70.2 -86.6 7 16.4 -70.2 254 35 392.1 392.1 304.1 392.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.37 m Freezing level: 602.87 mb = 4339.28 m = 14236.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.29 mb = 3877.39 m = 12720.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.49 % Est. max temperature: 28.93 C = 84.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 873.28 mb = 1273.57 m = 4178.33 ft T: 17.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.40 C/km ThetaE index: 13.54 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 813.48 mb = 1873.41 m = 6146.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.30 C = 84.75 F Cap Strength: 4.26 C Lifted Index: -0.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.26 C Showalter Index: 1.67 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.03 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.04 C Cross Totals Index: 19.99 C K Index: 19.89 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 225.73 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.21 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 348.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 847.10 mb = 1532.97 m = 5029.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 502.10 mb = 5773.31 m = 18941.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 492.10 mb = 5927.05 m = 19445.48 ft B at Equ Level: 19.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 452.10 mb = 6572.41 m = 21562.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.3 at 22.8 knts Storm direction: 257.3 at 17.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 1.4 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 38.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 87.5 neg: -39.2 tot: 48.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 8.59 Bulk Shear: 2.33 m/s