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: 33.92,-91.42 Latitude: 33.92 Longitude: -91.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1004 47 25.9 17.5 60 8.4 20.2 180 9 298.8 301.1 293.2 335.6 12.63 1 1000 78 26.2 17.4 58 8.8 20.2 180 11 299.3 301.6 293.3 336.0 12.58 2 950 528 22.7 16.5 68 6.2 18.5 186 24 300.2 302.5 293.6 337.0 12.54 3 900 996 18.6 13.5 72 5.1 15.3 193 25 300.7 302.6 292.4 332.6 10.85 4 850 1485 16.8 8.8 59 8.1 11.9 221 20 303.8 305.3 291.4 328.8 8.36 5 800 1999 13.1 11.3 89 1.8 12.0 236 24 305.1 307.1 293.5 336.8 10.57 6 750 2540 10.2 9.7 97 0.5 9.9 246 28 307.6 309.5 293.9 338.3 10.12 7 700 3111 6.5 2.6 76 3.9 4.4 244 32 309.7 310.9 291.7 330.1 6.62 8 650 3718 4.7 -5.1 49 9.9 -0.0 232 31 314.3 315.1 290.9 327.1 4.01 9 600 4365 0.0 -6.7 61 6.7 -3.1 229 31 316.1 316.9 291.3 328.6 3.86 10 550 5055 -5.0 -11.4 61 6.4 -7.6 226 34 318.1 318.7 291.0 327.7 2.91 11 500 5796 -10.4 -19.3 48 8.9 -13.2 229 39 320.3 320.6 290.6 325.9 1.66 12 450 6602 -13.4 -38.7 10 25.2 -18.0 234 43 326.4 326.4 291.0 327.5 0.30 13 400 7488 -19.5 -41.2 13 21.8 -22.8 235 51 329.7 329.7 291.9 330.7 0.26 14 350 8464 -26.8 -45.9 15 19.1 -28.9 236 60 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.4 0.18 15 300 9556 -36.2 -46.7 33 10.5 -37.1 239 67 334.3 334.3 293.1 335.1 0.19 16 250 10793 -45.8 -55.7 32 9.9 -46.3 243 74 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.3 0.08 17 200 12256 -51.9 -73.7 6 21.8 -52.2 252 67 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.7 0.01 18 150 14074 -61.7 -82.0 5 20.3 -61.9 256 63 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.8 0.00 19 100 16523 -71.3 -86.3 9 15.0 -71.3 257 37 390.0 390.0 303.8 390.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.89 m Freezing level: 599.86 mb = 4366.68 m = 14326.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.44 mb = 3712.52 m = 12180.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.29 % Est. max temperature: 30.70 C = 87.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 887.06 mb = 1120.04 m = 3674.63 ft T: 18.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.31 C/km ThetaE index: 11.16 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 804.98 mb = 1946.55 m = 6386.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.17 C = 89.90 F Cap Strength: 2.80 C Lifted Index: -1.84 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.21 C Showalter Index: 1.38 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.45 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.26 C Cross Totals Index: 19.19 C K Index: 32.13 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 226.50 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.51 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 76.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 150.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 863.96 mb = 1345.90 m = 4415.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 588.96 mb = 4512.07 m = 14803.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 448.96 mb = 6619.79 m = 21718.20 ft B at Equ Level: 74.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 278.96 mb = 10049.23 m = 32969.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.7 at 28.8 knts Storm direction: 256.7 at 21.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.5 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 140.4 neg: -2.6 tot: 137.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 45.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 1.45 Bulk Shear: 52.48 m/s