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: 35.63,-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 1002 73 26.9 17.3 56 9.6 20.4 195 12 299.9 302.1 293.4 336.4 12.48 1 1000 91 26.0 16.8 57 9.1 19.8 193 12 299.1 301.3 292.9 334.6 12.15 2 950 539 21.7 15.2 66 6.5 17.4 205 26 299.3 301.4 292.5 332.9 11.51 3 900 1006 19.1 10.7 58 8.4 13.8 215 27 301.1 302.8 291.0 327.7 8.99 4 850 1494 15.7 5.7 51 10.0 10.0 220 24 302.6 303.9 289.6 322.9 6.78 5 800 2005 11.2 9.7 91 1.5 10.3 227 23 303.1 304.8 292.0 331.3 9.48 6 750 2541 8.2 2.8 69 5.4 5.2 227 26 305.4 306.6 290.1 324.4 6.23 7 700 3111 8.0 -2.1 49 10.1 2.8 225 22 311.4 312.3 290.6 326.1 4.69 8 650 3719 4.1 -1.7 66 5.8 1.1 224 23 313.6 314.6 291.7 330.1 5.21 9 600 4365 0.0 -7.7 56 7.7 -3.4 227 28 316.1 316.8 291.0 327.7 3.57 10 550 5055 -5.3 -10.8 65 5.5 -7.6 230 32 317.8 318.4 291.0 327.7 3.04 11 500 5794 -11.2 -18.0 57 6.7 -13.4 231 36 319.3 319.7 290.5 325.6 1.86 12 450 6597 -14.7 -43.9 6 29.1 -19.2 239 36 324.7 324.7 290.4 325.4 0.17 13 400 7478 -20.4 -47.3 7 26.9 -23.8 243 42 328.4 328.5 291.4 329.0 0.13 14 350 8451 -28.0 -50.2 10 22.2 -30.1 242 50 331.0 331.0 292.1 331.4 0.11 15 300 9538 -36.7 -51.6 20 14.9 -37.7 246 57 333.7 333.7 292.8 334.1 0.11 16 250 10772 -47.2 -53.7 47 6.5 -47.4 249 65 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.4 0.10 17 200 12223 -53.2 -70.4 10 17.3 -53.5 254 83 348.6 348.6 296.3 348.7 0.01 18 150 14038 -62.0 -80.2 7 18.2 -62.1 253 68 363.2 363.2 299.3 363.3 0.00 19 100 16489 -70.1 -87.3 6 17.1 -70.2 250 36 392.2 392.2 304.1 392.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.34 m Freezing level: 599.75 mb = 4368.31 m = 14331.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.60 mb = 3874.40 m = 12711.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.60 % Est. max temperature: 29.59 C = 85.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 871.12 mb = 1284.69 m = 4214.83 ft T: 17.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.18 C/km ThetaE index: 13.43 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 811.13 mb = 1888.77 m = 6196.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.99 C = 85.99 F Cap Strength: 2.96 C Lifted Index: -1.01 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.96 C Showalter Index: 3.56 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.96 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.98 C Cross Totals Index: 16.98 C K Index: 22.60 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 200.91 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.60 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 235.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 850.46 mb = 1489.74 m = 4887.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 535.46 mb = 5262.97 m = 17266.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 465.46 mb = 6339.61 m = 20798.99 ft B at Equ Level: 26.15 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 415.46 mb = 7194.68 m = 23604.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.0 at 26.7 knts Storm direction: 254.0 at 20.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.2 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 50.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 93.0 neg: -11.5 tot: 81.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.54 Bulk Shear: 17.83 m/s