MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 34.04,-93.74 Latitude: 34.04 Longitude: -93.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 83 SFC 993 147 28.6 19.6 58 9.1 22.2 196 9 302.4 305.1 295.6 345.4 14.57 2 950 535 23.1 18.0 73 5.1 19.6 199 14 300.6 303.2 294.6 341.1 13.80 3 900 1003 18.5 16.9 90 1.6 17.5 202 15 300.6 303.1 294.4 340.6 13.62 4 850 1492 15.9 13.5 86 2.4 14.3 227 25 302.8 305.0 293.6 337.0 11.53 5 800 2005 12.5 10.8 89 1.8 11.4 225 26 304.5 306.4 293.0 335.0 10.20 6 750 2545 9.3 5.2 75 4.1 6.9 221 28 306.7 308.0 291.5 329.1 7.39 7 700 3116 8.1 1.5 63 6.6 4.5 223 26 311.5 312.6 291.8 330.5 6.09 8 650 3725 4.7 -1.5 64 6.2 1.5 226 28 314.3 315.3 292.0 330.9 5.28 9 600 4372 0.2 -6.0 63 6.2 -2.7 227 31 316.3 317.1 291.5 329.4 4.07 10 550 5063 -5.5 -9.2 75 3.7 -7.1 226 34 317.6 318.2 291.4 328.9 3.47 11 500 5801 -11.1 -18.0 56 7.0 -13.3 227 39 319.5 319.9 290.5 325.8 1.85 12 450 6606 -14.3 -44.0 6 29.7 -18.8 235 39 325.3 325.3 290.6 326.0 0.17 13 400 7488 -20.0 -44.9 9 24.8 -23.4 238 46 328.9 329.0 291.6 329.6 0.17 14 350 8462 -27.4 -51.6 8 24.2 -29.6 237 54 331.8 331.9 292.3 332.2 0.09 15 300 9552 -36.1 -51.8 18 15.7 -37.2 241 62 334.4 334.5 293.0 334.9 0.11 16 250 10789 -46.0 -55.7 33 9.7 -46.4 245 69 337.6 337.7 293.8 338.0 0.08 17 200 12249 -52.5 -72.1 8 19.7 -52.8 249 81 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.8 0.01 18 150 14065 -62.3 -81.2 6 18.9 -62.4 246 66 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.8 0.00 19 100 16508 -71.6 -86.6 9 15.0 -71.6 253 37 389.5 389.5 303.7 389.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.54 m Freezing level: 598.67 mb = 4389.91 m = 14402.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.40 mb = 3946.47 m = 12947.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.62 % Est. max temperature: 29.29 C = 84.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 870.65 mb = 1287.09 m = 4222.68 ft T: 17.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.15 C/km ThetaE index: 16.32 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 862.50 mb = 1367.51 m = 4486.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.50 C = 83.29 F Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lifted Index: -5.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.10 C Showalter Index: -3.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.59 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.00 C Cross Totals Index: 24.59 C K Index: 33.87 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 301.64 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 934.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.51 mb = 1210.21 m = 3970.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 833.51 mb = 1658.22 m = 5440.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.51 mb = 11235.77 m = 36862.32 ft B at Equ Level: 931.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 143.51 mb = 14331.43 m = 47018.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.5 at 27.3 knts Storm direction: 253.5 at 20.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.6 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 71.0 neg: -2.5 tot: 68.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.41 Bulk Rich Number: 23.86 Bulk Shear: 39.15 m/s