MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 33.2,-93.28 Latitude: 33.20 Longitude: -93.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 78 SFC 999 85 23.7 21.6 88 2.1 22.2 180 5 296.9 299.9 295.4 344.6 16.50 2 950 526 21.7 19.9 90 1.8 20.5 187 20 299.2 302.0 295.4 344.7 15.59 3 900 994 18.6 17.7 95 0.9 18.0 198 24 300.7 303.3 295.0 342.6 14.29 4 850 1484 15.9 14.0 89 1.9 14.7 226 27 302.8 305.0 293.9 338.1 11.93 5 800 1997 13.0 11.0 88 2.0 11.7 237 27 305.0 306.9 293.3 336.0 10.37 6 750 2538 10.0 8.3 89 1.7 9.0 241 29 307.5 309.2 293.2 335.3 9.20 7 700 3109 6.9 5.4 90 1.6 6.0 240 34 310.2 311.7 293.0 334.9 8.04 8 650 3716 3.1 1.7 91 1.3 2.3 240 37 312.4 313.7 292.6 333.3 6.70 9 600 4359 -0.5 -1.2 95 0.7 -0.9 242 40 315.5 316.6 292.8 334.0 5.83 10 550 5051 -4.2 -5.2 93 1.0 -4.7 236 42 319.1 320.0 292.9 334.4 4.72 11 500 5798 -7.8 -9.2 90 1.4 -8.4 234 46 323.5 324.2 293.3 336.1 3.81 12 450 6610 -12.8 -14.8 85 1.9 -13.6 235 53 327.1 327.6 293.4 336.3 2.70 13 400 7498 -19.3 -21.8 81 2.5 -20.0 236 59 329.9 330.2 293.3 335.7 1.67 14 350 8474 -27.5 -30.5 75 3.0 -28.0 239 61 331.7 331.9 293.0 334.9 0.86 15 300 9565 -35.3 -38.7 71 3.4 -35.7 234 64 335.6 335.7 293.6 337.3 0.45 16 250 10808 -45.3 -49.7 61 4.4 -45.6 235 70 338.7 338.7 294.1 339.3 0.16 17 200 12272 -51.7 -77.0 3 25.3 -52.1 263 66 350.9 350.9 296.8 351.0 0.01 18 150 14088 -62.8 -79.4 9 16.6 -62.9 266 59 361.9 361.9 299.1 362.0 0.00 19 100 16536 -71.7 -86.4 9 14.8 -71.7 261 35 389.3 389.3 303.7 389.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5720.30 m Freezing level: 607.26 mb = 4265.99 m = 13995.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.24 mb = 4170.78 m = 13683.51 ft Precipitable water: 2.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.86 % Est. max temperature: 29.62 C = 85.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 969.81 mb = 345.73 m = 1134.29 ft T: 22.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.50 C/km ThetaE index: 11.40 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 907.81 mb = 919.39 m = 3016.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.20 C = 80.96 F Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lifted Index: -2.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.98 C Showalter Index: -0.30 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.61 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.74 C Cross Totals Index: 21.87 C K Index: 36.19 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 310.24 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.51 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1112.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 926.54 mb = 742.61 m = 2436.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 881.54 mb = 1171.71 m = 3844.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 221.54 mb = 11600.84 m = 38060.03 ft B at Equ Level: 1096.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 131.54 mb = 14881.10 m = 48821.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.0 at 33.1 knts Storm direction: 263.0 at 24.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.7 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 213.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 213.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 71.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.37 Bulk Rich Number: 12.44 Bulk Shear: 89.48 m/s