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: 34.52,-91.69 Latitude: 34.52 Longitude: -91.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 61 25.4 17.1 60 8.4 19.8 184 10 298.5 300.8 292.9 334.4 12.33 1 1000 69 25.8 17.1 58 8.8 19.9 183 9 299.0 301.2 293.0 334.9 12.32 2 950 520 23.4 16.0 63 7.4 18.4 189 26 300.9 303.1 293.4 336.5 12.12 3 900 989 18.9 15.1 78 3.9 16.4 190 27 301.0 303.2 293.4 336.4 12.04 4 850 1479 16.3 12.7 80 3.5 14.0 219 24 303.2 305.2 293.3 335.7 10.96 5 800 1992 12.8 11.6 93 1.1 12.0 230 28 304.7 306.8 293.6 337.0 10.80 6 750 2532 9.3 8.0 91 1.4 8.5 238 29 306.7 308.4 292.7 333.9 8.99 7 700 3101 5.9 3.4 84 2.5 4.5 245 37 309.0 310.4 291.9 330.5 7.00 8 650 3707 4.1 -4.1 55 8.2 0.1 234 37 313.6 314.4 291.0 327.3 4.33 9 600 4353 -0.1 -7.5 57 7.4 -3.4 228 36 316.0 316.7 291.0 327.7 3.62 10 550 5043 -5.3 -10.4 67 5.1 -7.4 226 38 317.8 318.4 291.2 328.1 3.14 11 500 5783 -10.3 -22.0 38 11.7 -13.7 232 42 320.5 320.8 290.3 325.0 1.31 12 450 6589 -14.1 -31.7 21 17.6 -17.9 237 46 325.5 325.6 291.0 327.7 0.60 13 400 7472 -20.2 -37.1 21 16.9 -23.1 239 53 328.7 328.8 291.7 330.2 0.40 14 350 8445 -27.6 -39.4 32 11.8 -29.2 240 60 331.5 331.6 292.5 332.9 0.36 15 300 9534 -36.6 -42.2 56 5.6 -37.1 241 69 333.8 333.9 293.0 335.0 0.31 16 250 10769 -46.5 -51.7 55 5.2 -46.7 243 81 337.0 337.0 293.7 337.5 0.13 17 200 12229 -51.6 -77.8 3 26.1 -52.0 255 69 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.0 0.00 18 150 14051 -61.2 -81.6 5 20.4 -61.4 258 61 364.7 364.7 299.6 364.7 0.00 19 100 16511 -71.0 -86.7 8 15.7 -71.1 257 38 390.5 390.5 303.9 390.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.87 m Freezing level: 601.11 mb = 4338.49 m = 14233.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.89 mb = 3720.69 m = 12206.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.23 % Est. max temperature: 30.09 C = 86.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 885.70 mb = 1126.44 m = 3695.61 ft T: 18.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.04 C/km ThetaE index: 9.69 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 811.91 mb = 1866.84 m = 6124.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.31 C = 88.35 F Cap Strength: 2.27 C Lifted Index: -1.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.49 C Showalter Index: -1.68 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.57 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.55 C Cross Totals Index: 23.02 C K Index: 36.79 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 306.06 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 151.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 71.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.02 mb = 1388.29 m = 4554.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 734.02 mb = 2709.58 m = 8889.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 674.02 mb = 3410.30 m = 11188.53 ft B at Equ Level: 13.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 224.02 mb = 11487.15 m = 37687.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.6 at 32.5 knts Storm direction: 256.6 at 24.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 182.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 182.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 60.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 2.44 Bulk Shear: 61.99 m/s