MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 33.51,-93.22 Latitude: 33.51 Longitude: -93.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 81 SFC 999 92 28.2 19.5 59 8.7 22.1 191 8 301.5 304.1 295.3 344.1 14.47 2 950 532 22.8 18.1 75 4.7 19.6 193 12 300.4 302.9 294.6 341.1 13.91 3 900 1001 18.5 17.4 93 1.2 17.8 205 17 300.6 303.2 294.7 341.7 14.00 4 850 1491 16.6 13.0 79 3.6 14.2 219 22 303.5 305.6 293.4 336.5 11.11 5 800 2005 13.4 11.7 89 1.7 12.3 233 25 305.5 307.5 293.9 338.1 10.88 6 750 2546 9.8 7.9 88 1.9 8.6 238 28 307.2 308.9 292.9 334.3 8.95 7 700 3116 7.0 4.5 84 2.5 5.5 240 35 310.2 311.6 292.7 333.5 7.58 8 650 3724 5.0 -9.2 35 14.2 -1.2 233 35 314.6 315.2 290.0 324.1 2.93 9 600 4371 0.2 -8.8 51 8.9 -3.8 231 34 316.3 316.9 290.9 327.0 3.28 10 550 5062 -5.1 -9.8 70 4.7 -7.1 228 36 318.0 318.6 291.3 328.7 3.30 11 500 5801 -11.3 -18.4 56 7.1 -13.6 228 39 319.3 319.6 290.4 325.3 1.80 12 450 6604 -14.4 -37.1 13 22.7 -18.6 233 41 325.1 325.2 290.7 326.4 0.35 13 400 7487 -19.9 -45.7 8 25.8 -23.3 234 49 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.8 0.16 14 350 8463 -27.0 -51.6 8 24.6 -29.3 235 58 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.8 0.09 15 300 9554 -36.0 -51.0 20 15.0 -37.1 239 65 334.6 334.6 293.1 335.1 0.12 16 250 10792 -45.3 -58.3 22 13.0 -45.8 245 72 338.7 338.7 294.1 339.0 0.06 17 200 12256 -52.4 -73.1 6 20.7 -52.7 251 78 349.9 349.9 296.6 349.9 0.01 18 150 14071 -62.6 -79.9 8 17.3 -62.7 253 69 362.3 362.3 299.1 362.3 0.00 19 100 16515 -71.1 -86.2 9 15.1 -71.2 256 38 390.3 390.3 303.8 390.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5719.76 m Freezing level: 598.47 mb = 4391.92 m = 14409.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.98 mb = 3611.37 m = 11848.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.37 % Est. max temperature: 30.30 C = 86.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 880.45 mb = 1188.98 m = 3900.81 ft T: 17.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.80 C/km ThetaE index: 13.92 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 849.61 mb = 1494.60 m = 4903.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.26 C = 86.47 F Cap Strength: 0.85 C Lifted Index: -5.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.31 C Showalter Index: -3.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.10 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.86 C Cross Totals Index: 24.24 C K Index: 38.36 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 346.78 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 894.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.95 mb = 1145.31 m = 3757.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 799.95 mb = 2005.48 m = 6579.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.95 mb = 11340.72 m = 37206.63 ft B at Equ Level: 881.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.95 mb = 14073.12 m = 46171.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.1 at 28.9 knts Storm direction: 259.1 at 21.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 120.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 120.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.54 Bulk Rich Number: 14.54 Bulk Shear: 61.57 m/s