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: 34.80,-92.95 Latitude: 34.80 Longitude: -92.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 58 SFC 980 231 24.8 19.3 72 5.5 21.0 203 6 299.6 302.3 294.8 342.2 14.55 2 950 507 23.0 18.3 75 4.7 19.8 206 18 300.5 303.1 294.7 341.8 14.07 3 900 976 18.7 17.2 91 1.5 17.7 208 23 300.8 303.3 294.7 341.5 13.87 4 850 1465 15.1 14.6 97 0.5 14.8 211 25 302.0 304.3 294.0 338.5 12.37 5 800 1977 12.3 11.9 98 0.3 12.1 225 26 304.2 306.3 293.6 337.2 11.05 6 750 2517 9.5 9.1 97 0.5 9.2 234 24 306.9 308.7 293.4 336.2 9.70 7 700 3087 6.4 5.7 96 0.6 6.0 240 26 309.6 311.1 293.0 334.8 8.26 8 650 3692 3.0 1.6 91 1.4 2.2 237 35 312.4 313.6 292.6 333.1 6.64 9 600 4337 -0.9 -3.7 82 2.8 -2.3 234 44 315.1 316.0 291.9 330.6 4.87 10 550 5026 -5.8 -10.0 72 4.2 -7.5 232 53 317.2 317.8 291.1 327.7 3.25 11 500 5766 -8.6 -26.9 21 18.3 -13.4 233 57 322.6 322.7 290.5 325.6 0.85 12 450 6575 -14.0 -37.8 11 23.8 -18.4 233 64 325.6 325.7 290.8 326.9 0.33 13 400 7457 -20.1 -43.2 11 23.1 -23.4 232 72 328.8 328.9 291.6 329.6 0.21 14 350 8430 -28.1 -40.1 31 12.0 -29.6 233 70 330.9 330.9 292.3 332.1 0.33 15 300 9517 -36.8 -41.9 59 5.2 -37.2 239 62 333.6 333.6 293.0 334.8 0.32 16 250 10750 -46.5 -52.0 53 5.6 -46.7 242 70 337.0 337.0 293.7 337.5 0.13 17 200 12215 -50.3 -78.7 2 28.4 -50.8 260 64 353.1 353.1 297.3 353.1 0.00 18 150 14039 -61.9 -80.5 7 18.6 -62.1 263 57 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.4 0.00 19 100 16502 -70.7 -86.8 7 16.2 -70.8 256 40 391.2 391.2 303.9 391.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.23 m Freezing level: 611.48 mb = 4188.63 m = 13742.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.11 mb = 4006.50 m = 13144.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.07 % Est. max temperature: 27.99 C = 82.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 905.18 mb = 926.11 m = 3038.39 ft T: 19.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.59 C/km ThetaE index: 16.59 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 875.00 mb = 1216.76 m = 3991.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.53 C = 79.75 F Cap Strength: 0.55 C Lifted Index: -2.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.78 C Showalter Index: -1.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.88 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.71 C Cross Totals Index: 23.17 C K Index: 37.65 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 353.39 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1003.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.81 mb = 1111.75 m = 3647.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 860.81 mb = 1356.54 m = 4450.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.81 mb = 11274.34 m = 36988.85 ft B at Equ Level: 987.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.81 mb = 14004.76 m = 45946.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.0 at 35.7 knts Storm direction: 260.0 at 26.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 131.7 neg: -1.9 tot: 129.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.76 Bulk Rich Number: 14.98 Bulk Shear: 66.96 m/s