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: 33.87,-92.32 Latitude: 33.87 Longitude: -92.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 26.2 17.9 60 8.3 20.5 197 7 299.3 301.7 293.6 337.2 13.00 1 1000 75 26.4 17.8 59 8.6 20.5 196 5 299.5 301.9 293.6 337.2 12.91 2 950 526 22.6 16.7 69 5.9 18.6 197 20 300.1 302.4 293.6 337.2 12.65 3 900 994 18.6 16.5 88 2.0 17.2 208 23 300.6 303.1 294.2 339.5 13.24 4 850 1483 16.2 9.9 66 6.4 12.3 221 25 303.1 304.8 291.7 330.0 9.02 5 800 1996 12.7 10.3 85 2.4 11.2 227 29 304.7 306.5 292.9 334.3 9.90 6 750 2536 9.8 8.6 93 1.1 9.0 232 32 307.2 308.9 293.2 335.6 9.40 7 700 3107 6.4 5.1 92 1.2 5.6 235 34 309.5 311.0 292.7 333.8 7.92 8 650 3712 3.0 0.6 84 2.4 1.7 230 36 312.4 313.5 292.2 331.6 6.16 9 600 4356 -0.7 -2.6 87 1.9 -1.7 223 37 315.3 316.3 292.3 332.0 5.26 10 550 5046 -5.0 -6.5 89 1.5 -5.7 221 38 318.2 319.0 292.3 332.0 4.29 11 500 5790 -9.3 -10.7 90 1.4 -9.8 225 41 321.7 322.4 292.5 333.0 3.40 12 450 6598 -13.6 -15.3 87 1.7 -14.2 231 46 326.2 326.7 293.0 335.0 2.59 13 400 7485 -19.5 -21.8 82 2.2 -20.2 235 53 329.6 329.9 293.2 335.5 1.67 14 350 8460 -27.0 -30.1 75 3.1 -27.6 239 60 332.3 332.5 293.2 335.6 0.90 15 300 9552 -36.1 -39.7 70 3.6 -36.5 242 69 334.5 334.5 293.3 336.0 0.40 16 250 10788 -46.4 -51.9 54 5.5 -46.7 246 75 337.1 337.1 293.7 337.6 0.13 17 200 12251 -50.7 -80.2 2 29.5 -51.1 260 70 352.5 352.5 297.2 352.6 0.00 18 150 14076 -61.8 -80.3 7 18.5 -61.9 261 58 363.6 363.6 299.4 363.7 0.00 19 100 16528 -71.5 -87.1 8 15.6 -71.5 259 36 389.6 389.6 303.8 389.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.23 m Freezing level: 609.37 mb = 4235.46 m = 13895.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.71 mb = 4031.34 m = 13226.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.91 % Est. max temperature: 30.01 C = 86.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 886.67 mb = 1121.44 m = 3679.24 ft T: 17.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.83 C/km ThetaE index: 9.48 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 829.49 mb = 1689.64 m = 5543.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.67 C = 87.21 F Cap Strength: 1.74 C Lifted Index: -1.55 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.62 C Showalter Index: 1.97 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.62 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.49 C Cross Totals Index: 19.13 C K Index: 34.12 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 243.72 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.56 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 264.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 50.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.63 mb = 1238.49 m = 4063.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 739.63 mb = 2651.37 m = 8698.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 249.63 mb = 10797.67 m = 35424.99 ft B at Equ Level: 258.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 199.63 mb = 12263.35 m = 40233.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.9 at 31.7 knts Storm direction: 253.9 at 23.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 149.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 149.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 49.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 4.54 Bulk Shear: 58.17 m/s