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,-91.85 Latitude: 34.52 Longitude: -91.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 62 25.1 17.2 62 7.9 19.7 185 9 298.2 300.4 292.9 334.2 12.41 1 1000 68 25.4 17.1 60 8.3 19.8 185 8 298.6 300.8 293.0 334.6 12.38 2 950 519 23.4 16.0 63 7.4 18.4 190 26 301.0 303.2 293.5 336.7 12.15 3 900 988 19.0 14.8 77 4.2 16.2 191 27 301.0 303.2 293.3 335.8 11.82 4 850 1478 16.3 12.4 78 3.9 13.8 220 25 303.2 305.2 293.1 335.1 10.72 5 800 1991 12.6 11.7 95 0.8 12.0 229 28 304.5 306.6 293.6 337.1 10.88 6 750 2531 9.3 8.4 94 1.0 8.8 235 29 306.7 308.4 293.0 334.7 9.24 7 700 3100 6.1 4.0 86 2.2 4.9 244 36 309.3 310.7 292.2 331.7 7.29 8 650 3706 3.6 -0.7 73 4.3 1.4 235 38 313.1 314.1 291.9 330.7 5.61 9 600 4351 -0.2 -6.2 64 6.0 -3.0 229 37 315.8 316.6 291.3 328.7 4.01 10 550 5041 -5.4 -9.3 74 3.8 -7.1 226 38 317.6 318.3 291.4 328.8 3.45 11 500 5782 -10.1 -18.5 50 8.4 -12.8 231 42 320.8 321.1 290.8 326.8 1.78 12 450 6587 -14.4 -25.4 39 11.1 -17.3 237 47 325.2 325.4 291.4 328.9 1.07 13 400 7469 -20.5 -32.2 34 11.7 -22.8 240 54 328.4 328.5 291.9 330.7 0.64 14 350 8442 -27.8 -36.3 44 8.4 -29.1 241 61 331.2 331.3 292.5 333.0 0.49 15 300 9531 -36.5 -40.8 65 4.3 -37.0 240 70 333.9 334.0 293.2 335.3 0.36 16 250 10766 -46.5 -51.0 60 4.5 -46.7 242 82 337.0 337.0 293.7 337.6 0.14 17 200 12227 -51.3 -77.5 3 26.2 -51.7 256 70 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.6 0.00 18 150 14050 -61.1 -82.2 4 21.2 -61.3 259 61 364.9 364.9 299.7 364.9 0.00 19 100 16512 -71.0 -86.7 8 15.7 -71.1 256 39 390.5 390.5 303.9 390.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.52 m Freezing level: 603.13 mb = 4310.94 m = 14143.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.44 mb = 3901.23 m = 12799.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.35 % Est. max temperature: 30.09 C = 86.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 891.31 mb = 1071.33 m = 3514.82 ft T: 18.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.05 C/km ThetaE index: 8.36 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 813.77 mb = 1846.42 m = 6057.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.09 C = 87.95 F Cap Strength: 2.32 C Lifted Index: -1.60 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.27 C Showalter Index: -1.19 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.88 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.37 C Cross Totals Index: 22.51 C K Index: 36.63 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 291.13 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.65 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 163.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 73.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.14 mb = 1386.10 m = 4547.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 724.14 mb = 2820.34 m = 9252.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 674.14 mb = 3407.90 m = 11180.62 ft B at Equ Level: 12.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 224.14 mb = 11481.06 m = 37667.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.5 at 32.7 knts Storm direction: 256.5 at 24.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 191.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 191.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 63.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 2.65 Bulk Shear: 61.61 m/s