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: 33.79,-92.08 Latitude: 33.79 Longitude: -92.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1001 68 26.3 17.6 59 8.6 20.4 191 7 299.3 301.7 293.4 336.6 12.77 1 1000 77 26.3 17.5 58 8.8 20.3 190 5 299.5 301.8 293.4 336.6 12.71 2 950 527 22.7 16.6 68 6.1 18.5 194 20 300.2 302.5 293.6 337.1 12.58 3 900 995 18.8 15.9 83 3.0 16.8 209 23 300.9 303.2 293.9 338.2 12.69 4 850 1485 16.6 10.9 69 5.7 13.0 219 23 303.5 305.3 292.3 332.3 9.68 5 800 1998 12.9 11.4 90 1.5 11.9 230 28 304.9 306.8 293.5 336.7 10.62 6 750 2539 9.7 9.2 97 0.4 9.4 238 31 307.1 308.9 293.5 336.8 9.82 7 700 3109 6.5 5.1 91 1.4 5.6 239 33 309.6 311.1 292.7 333.8 7.88 8 650 3715 3.5 0.3 80 3.2 1.8 230 34 312.9 314.1 292.2 331.8 6.02 9 600 4360 -0.2 -4.8 71 4.6 -2.4 222 34 315.9 316.8 291.7 330.2 4.47 10 550 5051 -5.0 -9.3 72 4.3 -6.8 220 37 318.1 318.8 291.5 329.4 3.44 11 500 5792 -10.2 -15.8 63 5.6 -12.2 226 41 320.6 321.0 291.2 328.1 2.23 12 450 6598 -14.2 -18.1 72 3.9 -15.4 230 46 325.4 325.8 292.4 332.4 2.04 13 400 7482 -19.9 -23.6 73 3.7 -20.8 232 54 329.1 329.4 292.9 334.2 1.43 14 350 8458 -26.8 -30.5 70 3.8 -27.5 236 61 332.7 332.8 293.3 335.8 0.86 15 300 9551 -36.1 -39.6 71 3.4 -36.5 243 71 334.4 334.5 293.3 336.0 0.41 16 250 10786 -46.0 -53.0 45 6.9 -46.3 247 78 337.6 337.7 293.9 338.1 0.11 17 200 12253 -50.4 -79.9 2 29.6 -50.8 258 66 353.0 353.0 297.3 353.0 0.00 18 150 14077 -62.0 -80.5 7 18.5 -62.2 260 59 363.2 363.2 299.3 363.2 0.00 19 100 16526 -71.5 -86.8 8 15.4 -71.5 259 36 389.7 389.7 303.8 389.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5715.61 m Freezing level: 602.53 mb = 4327.76 m = 14198.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.64 mb = 3984.30 m = 13071.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.00 % Est. max temperature: 30.39 C = 86.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 882.45 mb = 1163.76 m = 3818.05 ft T: 18.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.21 C/km ThetaE index: 8.70 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 819.63 mb = 1793.09 m = 5882.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.28 C = 88.30 F Cap Strength: 2.18 C Lifted Index: -2.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.35 C Showalter Index: -0.09 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.87 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.77 C Cross Totals Index: 21.10 C K Index: 36.28 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 257.74 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.85 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 217.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 67.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.76 mb = 1287.86 m = 4225.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 734.76 mb = 2708.34 m = 8885.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 274.76 mb = 10146.28 m = 33287.91 ft B at Equ Level: 215.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 214.76 mb = 11785.07 m = 38664.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.9 at 30.5 knts Storm direction: 254.9 at 22.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 147.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 147.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 49.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 3.86 Bulk Shear: 56.22 m/s