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: 35.79,-91.33 Latitude: 35.79 Longitude: -91.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 SFC 997 91 29.1 15.0 42 14.0 19.7 192 15 302.4 304.4 292.9 334.5 10.83 2 950 520 24.3 13.6 51 10.8 17.3 194 23 301.9 303.8 292.4 332.5 10.34 3 900 990 19.8 12.6 63 7.2 15.2 195 24 301.9 303.8 292.3 332.2 10.25 4 850 1479 15.9 9.7 67 6.2 12.0 209 28 302.8 304.4 291.5 329.3 8.91 5 800 1991 12.0 10.7 92 1.3 11.2 225 24 303.9 305.8 292.9 334.3 10.17 6 750 2530 8.8 8.4 98 0.3 8.6 231 28 306.1 307.8 292.8 334.1 9.29 7 700 3098 5.8 4.4 91 1.4 5.0 236 32 308.9 310.3 292.2 331.9 7.51 8 650 3703 3.0 -0.3 79 3.3 1.3 227 34 312.4 313.5 291.8 330.4 5.75 9 600 4347 -0.3 -6.8 61 6.5 -3.3 223 38 315.7 316.5 291.2 328.0 3.82 10 550 5038 -5.5 -10.6 68 5.0 -7.6 225 43 317.5 318.1 291.0 327.7 3.11 11 500 5775 -11.7 -13.9 84 2.2 -12.5 228 46 318.8 319.3 291.0 327.4 2.62 12 450 6578 -14.9 -37.5 13 22.6 -19.0 232 45 324.5 324.5 290.5 325.7 0.34 13 400 7458 -20.8 -44.8 10 24.1 -23.9 238 53 328.0 328.1 291.3 328.7 0.18 14 350 8430 -28.2 -50.1 10 21.9 -30.2 240 61 330.8 330.8 292.0 331.2 0.11 15 300 9516 -37.0 -49.6 26 12.5 -37.9 242 68 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.7 0.14 16 250 10747 -47.6 -52.7 56 5.1 -47.9 243 76 335.2 335.3 293.2 335.7 0.12 17 200 12197 -53.4 -71.3 9 17.9 -53.7 248 85 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.3 0.01 18 150 14016 -60.6 -83.0 4 22.4 -60.8 249 75 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.6 0.00 19 100 16483 -68.8 -86.9 6 18.1 -68.9 254 33 394.7 394.7 304.5 394.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.41 m Freezing level: 604.84 mb = 4285.10 m = 14058.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.32 mb = 3874.16 m = 12710.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.22 % Est. max temperature: 29.43 C = 84.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 812.90 mb = 1856.43 m = 6090.56 ft T: 13.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.53 C/km ThetaE index: 8.55 C Layer 750.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 779.49 mb = 2208.03 m = 7244.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.43 C = 88.58 F Cap Strength: 1.54 C Lifted Index: -1.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.41 C Showalter Index: -0.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.94 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.56 C Cross Totals Index: 21.38 C K Index: 35.86 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 283.36 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.36 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 55.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 98.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 810.96 mb = 1876.56 m = 6156.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 555.96 mb = 4952.03 m = 16246.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 455.96 mb = 6477.61 m = 21251.75 ft B at Equ Level: 55.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 345.96 mb = 8511.57 m = 27924.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.3 at 32.8 knts Storm direction: 252.3 at 24.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 117.7 neg: -2.6 tot: 115.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 1.25 Bulk Shear: 44.63 m/s