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: 35.12,-92.88 Latitude: 35.12 Longitude: -92.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 SFC 993 129 28.4 18.3 54 10.1 21.3 191 9 302.1 304.6 294.8 341.8 13.44 2 950 518 24.4 16.7 62 7.8 19.1 197 16 302.0 304.3 294.1 339.3 12.65 3 900 989 19.8 15.8 78 4.0 17.1 202 18 301.9 304.2 294.1 339.1 12.61 4 850 1478 15.3 14.7 96 0.7 14.9 224 22 302.2 304.5 294.1 339.0 12.44 5 800 1991 12.4 10.8 90 1.6 11.4 242 29 304.4 306.3 293.0 335.0 10.23 6 750 2530 8.9 6.9 88 2.0 7.7 236 30 306.2 307.8 292.1 331.5 8.37 7 700 3098 5.8 1.5 74 4.3 3.5 231 32 308.9 310.1 291.0 327.7 6.09 8 650 3703 3.3 -0.9 74 4.1 1.1 225 35 312.7 313.7 291.7 330.0 5.53 9 600 4347 -0.5 -4.1 77 3.6 -2.3 224 43 315.5 316.4 291.9 330.5 4.69 10 550 5037 -6.0 -8.2 84 2.2 -7.0 224 47 317.0 317.7 291.5 329.1 3.75 11 500 5775 -10.9 -20.6 45 9.6 -13.8 227 48 319.7 320.0 290.2 324.8 1.49 12 450 6578 -14.9 -37.1 13 22.3 -18.9 234 48 324.6 324.6 290.5 325.9 0.35 13 400 7458 -20.8 -43.2 11 22.4 -23.9 238 55 328.0 328.0 291.3 328.8 0.21 14 350 8430 -28.4 -48.5 13 20.1 -30.3 238 63 330.5 330.5 292.0 331.0 0.13 15 300 9515 -37.3 -47.0 36 9.7 -38.1 238 71 332.8 332.9 292.7 333.5 0.18 16 250 10745 -47.2 -53.2 50 6.0 -47.4 239 80 335.9 335.9 293.4 336.3 0.11 17 200 12201 -52.5 -73.1 7 20.6 -52.9 246 82 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.6 0.01 18 150 14023 -60.2 -83.2 3 23.0 -60.4 251 71 366.4 366.4 299.9 366.4 0.00 19 100 16489 -69.9 -87.0 6 17.2 -69.9 257 36 392.7 392.7 304.2 392.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.92 m Freezing level: 607.08 mb = 4256.05 m = 13963.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.47 mb = 3910.10 m = 12828.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.09 % Est. max temperature: 28.74 C = 83.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 857.52 mb = 1402.85 m = 4602.46 ft T: 16.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.26 C/km ThetaE index: 14.17 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 844.34 mb = 1534.85 m = 5035.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.68 C = 83.63 F Cap Strength: 0.20 C Lifted Index: -4.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.80 C Showalter Index: -3.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.88 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.27 C Cross Totals Index: 25.61 C K Index: 36.60 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 356.47 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.85 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 899.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 850.07 mb = 1477.66 m = 4847.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 825.07 mb = 1730.05 m = 5675.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.07 mb = 11147.01 m = 36571.13 ft B at Equ Level: 894.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 155.07 mb = 13812.41 m = 45315.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.6 at 33.3 knts Storm direction: 255.6 at 25.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 1.1 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 91.0 neg: -2.1 tot: 88.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.51 Bulk Rich Number: 13.18 Bulk Shear: 68.26 m/s