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: 35.19,-92.35 Latitude: 35.19 Longitude: -92.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 82 SFC 994 135 28.0 16.9 51 11.0 20.4 190 10 301.6 303.9 293.8 337.9 12.29 2 950 532 22.7 15.1 62 7.6 17.7 195 16 300.2 302.3 292.7 333.7 11.41 3 900 1000 19.1 10.0 55 9.1 13.4 213 22 301.2 302.7 290.7 326.5 8.56 4 850 1489 15.6 14.2 91 1.4 14.7 222 21 302.5 304.8 293.9 338.3 12.10 5 800 2002 12.4 10.8 90 1.6 11.4 228 20 304.4 306.3 293.0 334.9 10.22 6 750 2540 8.7 6.7 87 2.0 7.5 227 26 306.1 307.6 292.0 331.0 8.24 7 700 3110 7.3 1.4 66 5.9 4.1 226 26 310.6 311.7 291.5 329.3 6.04 8 650 3717 4.1 -2.1 64 6.2 0.9 221 26 313.6 314.5 291.6 329.5 5.03 9 600 4363 0.1 -9.6 48 9.8 -4.1 225 30 316.3 316.9 290.6 326.3 3.07 10 550 5054 -5.5 -11.2 64 5.6 -7.8 228 35 317.5 318.1 290.9 327.2 2.96 11 500 5792 -11.2 -22.1 40 10.9 -14.3 235 35 319.4 319.6 289.9 323.8 1.30 12 450 6595 -14.8 -39.0 11 24.2 -19.0 237 37 324.6 324.6 290.5 325.7 0.29 13 400 7476 -20.6 -43.8 11 23.2 -23.8 239 45 328.2 328.3 291.4 329.0 0.20 14 350 8448 -28.0 -49.5 11 21.5 -30.0 239 54 331.0 331.0 292.1 331.5 0.12 15 300 9535 -36.6 -50.9 22 14.2 -37.7 243 62 333.7 333.7 292.9 334.2 0.12 16 250 10770 -47.0 -53.9 45 6.8 -47.3 246 70 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.6 0.10 17 200 12223 -52.9 -70.9 10 18.0 -53.2 250 85 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.1 0.01 18 150 14040 -61.9 -80.1 7 18.2 -62.0 249 69 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.5 0.00 19 100 16492 -70.2 -86.6 7 16.4 -70.3 253 34 392.0 392.0 304.1 392.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.93 m Freezing level: 598.81 mb = 4379.67 m = 14368.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.98 mb = 3830.21 m = 12566.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.33 % Est. max temperature: 29.07 C = 84.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 846.33 mb = 1525.80 m = 5005.84 ft T: 15.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.89 C/km ThetaE index: 11.36 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 782.81 mb = 2183.09 m = 7162.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.26 C = 88.28 F Cap Strength: 2.30 C Lifted Index: -1.08 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.11 C Showalter Index: -3.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.27 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.83 C Cross Totals Index: 25.44 C K Index: 35.15 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 367.64 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.88 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 211.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 829.97 mb = 1690.89 m = 5547.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 544.97 mb = 5124.81 m = 16813.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 464.97 mb = 6345.82 m = 20819.37 ft B at Equ Level: 27.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 404.97 mb = 7383.67 m = 24224.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.7 at 26.3 knts Storm direction: 254.7 at 19.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.9 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 78.2 neg: -2.4 tot: 75.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.81 Bulk Shear: 34.22 m/s