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: 34.85,-92.84 Latitude: 34.85 Longitude: -92.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 57 SFC 984 202 25.2 19.0 68 6.3 20.9 197 6 299.8 302.4 294.6 341.2 14.15 2 950 506 23.1 18.0 73 5.2 19.6 203 18 300.7 303.2 294.6 341.0 13.76 3 900 975 18.8 17.0 89 1.8 17.6 205 23 300.9 303.4 294.6 341.1 13.67 4 850 1464 15.1 14.5 96 0.6 14.7 211 25 302.0 304.2 293.9 338.3 12.30 5 800 1976 12.3 11.8 97 0.4 12.0 224 26 304.2 306.3 293.6 337.0 10.97 6 750 2516 9.6 9.0 96 0.5 9.2 233 25 307.0 308.8 293.4 336.2 9.68 7 700 3086 6.4 5.7 95 0.7 6.0 238 27 309.6 311.2 293.0 334.9 8.26 8 650 3691 3.2 1.7 90 1.5 2.4 236 36 312.5 313.8 292.6 333.3 6.66 9 600 4336 -0.8 -4.2 78 3.3 -2.4 233 45 315.1 316.0 291.7 330.0 4.68 10 550 5025 -5.7 -10.4 69 4.7 -7.7 232 53 317.3 317.9 291.0 327.5 3.15 11 500 5767 -8.7 -27.4 20 18.8 -13.6 232 57 322.5 322.6 290.3 325.3 0.80 12 450 6575 -14.0 -37.8 11 23.9 -18.4 233 64 325.7 325.7 290.8 326.9 0.33 13 400 7457 -20.2 -45.0 9 24.9 -23.5 232 73 328.8 328.8 291.6 329.5 0.17 14 350 8430 -28.1 -41.8 26 13.7 -29.8 233 72 330.8 330.9 292.2 331.9 0.28 15 300 9517 -36.8 -42.6 55 5.8 -37.3 239 64 333.5 333.6 293.0 334.7 0.30 16 250 10749 -46.6 -52.1 53 5.5 -46.9 242 70 336.7 336.8 293.6 337.2 0.12 17 200 12213 -50.5 -77.4 3 26.8 -51.0 260 64 352.8 352.8 297.3 352.8 0.01 18 150 14037 -61.7 -80.8 6 19.1 -61.9 263 58 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.8 0.00 19 100 16502 -70.6 -87.0 7 16.3 -70.7 256 39 391.3 391.3 304.0 391.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.48 m Freezing level: 610.55 mb = 4200.32 m = 13780.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.40 mb = 4002.24 m = 13130.55 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.51 % Est. max temperature: 28.12 C = 82.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 897.31 mb = 1000.79 m = 3283.38 ft T: 18.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 15.76 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 869.34 mb = 1271.60 m = 4171.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.98 C = 80.56 F Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lifted Index: -2.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.57 C Showalter Index: -1.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.93 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.78 C Cross Totals Index: 23.16 C K Index: 37.58 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 352.24 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.56 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 910.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.89 mb = 1158.66 m = 3801.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 855.89 mb = 1404.86 m = 4609.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.89 mb = 11130.21 m = 36515.99 ft B at Equ Level: 905.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 155.89 mb = 13792.76 m = 45251.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.1 at 36.0 knts Storm direction: 259.1 at 27.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 146.5 neg: -1.7 tot: 144.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.77 Bulk Rich Number: 12.36 Bulk Shear: 73.63 m/s