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: 33.97,-92.38 Latitude: 33.97 Longitude: -92.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1000 73 25.4 18.7 66 6.7 20.8 198 8 298.5 301.0 293.9 338.2 13.66 1 1000 76 25.6 18.7 66 6.9 20.8 200 6 298.7 301.2 293.9 338.5 13.66 2 950 525 21.9 17.3 75 4.6 18.8 198 21 299.4 301.8 293.8 337.9 13.18 3 900 993 18.3 16.5 89 1.8 17.1 204 23 300.4 302.8 294.1 339.3 13.25 4 850 1481 15.6 11.6 77 4.0 13.0 221 27 302.5 304.4 292.4 332.5 10.12 5 800 1994 12.7 11.0 89 1.7 11.6 226 29 304.7 306.6 293.2 335.6 10.33 6 750 2534 9.9 8.6 92 1.3 9.1 230 32 307.3 309.1 293.3 335.8 9.41 7 700 3105 6.3 5.2 93 1.1 5.6 234 34 309.5 311.0 292.7 333.8 7.94 8 650 3710 2.6 1.0 89 1.6 1.7 231 36 311.9 313.1 292.2 331.6 6.32 9 600 4353 -0.8 -1.7 93 1.0 -1.3 227 36 315.2 316.3 292.6 333.1 5.63 10 550 5044 -4.6 -5.5 93 1.0 -5.0 225 37 318.7 319.6 292.7 333.6 4.61 11 500 5789 -8.7 -9.9 91 1.1 -9.2 226 40 322.4 323.1 292.9 334.4 3.62 12 450 6598 -13.4 -15.0 87 1.6 -14.0 231 44 326.4 327.0 293.2 335.4 2.65 13 400 7485 -19.3 -21.5 83 2.2 -19.9 234 50 329.9 330.3 293.3 336.0 1.72 14 350 8463 -26.9 -29.8 76 2.9 -27.4 237 58 332.5 332.7 293.3 335.9 0.92 15 300 9554 -36.0 -39.4 71 3.3 -36.4 239 66 334.6 334.7 293.4 336.2 0.42 16 250 10791 -46.6 -50.9 62 4.3 -46.8 242 72 336.8 336.8 293.7 337.3 0.14 17 200 12251 -50.7 -78.6 2 27.9 -51.1 261 71 352.5 352.5 297.2 352.5 0.00 18 150 14076 -61.6 -80.8 6 19.2 -61.7 261 58 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.0 0.00 19 100 16530 -71.6 -87.0 8 15.4 -71.6 259 36 389.4 389.4 303.7 389.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5712.57 m Freezing level: 611.28 mb = 4207.94 m = 13805.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.24 mb = 4073.51 m = 13364.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.91 % Est. max temperature: 29.36 C = 84.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 906.76 mb = 928.08 m = 3044.85 ft T: 18.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.59 C/km ThetaE index: 6.74 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 852.93 mb = 1452.02 m = 4763.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.25 C = 84.65 F Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lifted Index: -1.29 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.87 C Showalter Index: 1.35 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.32 C Cross Totals Index: 20.28 C K Index: 34.77 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 269.04 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.31 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 323.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 36.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.20 mb = 1095.93 m = 3595.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 744.20 mb = 2598.38 m = 8524.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 244.20 mb = 10944.51 m = 35906.74 ft B at Equ Level: 317.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 194.20 mb = 12437.24 m = 40804.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.7 at 31.6 knts Storm direction: 254.7 at 23.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 151.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 151.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.26 Bulk Rich Number: 6.12 Bulk Shear: 52.84 m/s