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: 34.88,-93.01 Latitude: 34.88 Longitude: -93.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 79 SFC 984 219 27.9 18.0 55 9.9 21.0 190 10 302.4 304.9 294.7 341.7 13.28 2 950 529 23.3 16.5 66 6.8 18.7 195 15 300.9 303.2 293.7 337.8 12.56 3 900 998 18.9 14.5 76 4.3 16.0 207 19 300.9 303.1 293.1 335.2 11.64 4 850 1488 16.1 13.9 87 2.1 14.7 228 24 303.0 305.2 293.9 338.1 11.85 5 800 2001 12.8 10.0 83 2.8 11.0 229 22 304.8 306.6 292.7 333.8 9.68 6 750 2540 9.0 5.7 80 3.3 7.1 222 25 306.3 307.7 291.6 329.6 7.67 7 700 3111 7.7 2.0 67 5.7 4.5 228 27 311.0 312.2 291.9 330.6 6.33 8 650 3718 4.1 -1.8 66 5.8 1.1 225 27 313.6 314.6 291.7 329.9 5.18 9 600 4364 -0.2 -6.6 62 6.4 -3.1 223 30 315.9 316.6 291.3 328.4 3.88 10 550 5054 -5.5 -10.1 70 4.5 -7.4 226 37 317.5 318.1 291.2 328.0 3.23 11 500 5792 -11.5 -15.8 70 4.4 -13.0 230 39 319.0 319.5 290.7 326.4 2.22 12 450 6596 -14.7 -35.7 15 21.0 -18.7 235 39 324.7 324.8 290.6 326.2 0.40 13 400 7477 -20.5 -43.0 11 22.5 -23.7 238 47 328.3 328.4 291.5 329.2 0.21 14 350 8450 -27.8 -49.6 11 21.8 -29.9 238 55 331.2 331.3 292.2 331.7 0.12 15 300 9538 -36.5 -51.2 21 14.7 -37.5 241 63 333.9 334.0 292.9 334.4 0.11 16 250 10773 -46.8 -54.6 41 7.8 -47.1 245 70 336.5 336.5 293.6 336.9 0.09 17 200 12229 -52.7 -71.5 9 18.8 -53.0 249 84 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.4 0.01 18 150 14046 -62.0 -80.2 7 18.2 -62.1 248 69 363.3 363.3 299.4 363.4 0.00 19 100 16494 -70.8 -86.7 8 16.0 -70.8 251 37 391.0 391.0 303.9 391.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.87 m Freezing level: 602.28 mb = 4334.76 m = 14221.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.27 mb = 3878.06 m = 12723.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.75 % Est. max temperature: 29.01 C = 84.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 851.88 mb = 1468.81 m = 4818.88 ft T: 16.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.15 C/km ThetaE index: 8.55 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 816.02 mb = 1833.40 m = 6015.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.67 C = 85.40 F Cap Strength: 1.62 C Lifted Index: -3.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.79 C Showalter Index: -3.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.97 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.56 C Cross Totals Index: 25.42 C K Index: 35.82 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 364.46 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.35 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 386.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 38.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.73 mb = 1470.40 m = 4824.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 766.73 mb = 2356.22 m = 7730.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 726.73 mb = 2801.23 m = 9190.26 ft B at Equ Level: 10.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 676.73 mb = 3388.25 m = 11116.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.2 at 27.6 knts Storm direction: 254.2 at 20.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 86.7 neg: -4.5 tot: 82.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 10.20 Bulk Shear: 37.94 m/s