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: 34.97,-92.24 Latitude: 34.97 Longitude: -92.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 61 SFC 995 106 25.6 16.9 59 8.7 19.7 186 8 299.2 301.4 293.1 335.1 12.30 2 950 511 23.0 16.3 66 6.7 18.5 194 24 300.6 302.8 293.6 336.9 12.39 3 900 979 18.7 15.7 83 2.9 16.7 199 28 300.8 303.1 293.7 337.7 12.59 4 850 1468 15.7 12.1 79 3.6 13.4 219 29 302.6 304.5 292.7 333.6 10.47 5 800 1980 12.6 11.3 92 1.3 11.8 229 29 304.6 306.5 293.4 336.3 10.60 6 750 2520 9.3 8.9 97 0.4 9.1 230 32 306.7 308.5 293.3 335.7 9.61 7 700 3090 6.1 5.2 94 0.9 5.6 235 37 309.3 310.8 292.7 333.7 7.96 8 650 3695 3.0 0.9 86 2.2 1.8 235 42 312.4 313.6 292.3 332.0 6.28 9 600 4340 -0.2 -6.1 64 5.9 -2.9 233 44 315.9 316.7 291.4 328.9 4.05 10 550 5030 -5.8 -8.9 79 3.0 -7.1 231 46 317.2 317.8 291.3 328.7 3.55 11 500 5770 -9.5 -18.4 48 8.9 -12.5 231 51 321.4 321.8 291.0 327.5 1.79 12 450 6577 -14.3 -28.8 28 14.5 -17.7 236 57 325.3 325.4 291.2 328.1 0.79 13 400 7458 -20.4 -39.9 16 19.4 -23.4 238 67 328.4 328.5 291.6 329.5 0.30 14 350 8431 -28.1 -42.5 24 14.3 -29.9 238 72 330.8 330.9 292.2 331.8 0.26 15 300 9517 -36.9 -45.4 41 8.6 -37.6 241 74 333.4 333.4 292.9 334.3 0.22 16 250 10749 -47.0 -53.8 45 6.9 -47.3 244 75 336.2 336.2 293.5 336.6 0.10 17 200 12208 -51.3 -76.3 4 25.0 -51.7 257 66 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.5 0.01 18 150 14032 -60.9 -81.1 5 20.3 -61.0 260 59 365.2 365.2 299.7 365.2 0.00 19 100 16501 -70.3 -86.7 7 16.4 -70.4 257 38 391.9 391.9 304.0 391.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.92 m Freezing level: 602.47 mb = 4307.86 m = 14133.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.66 mb = 3938.11 m = 12920.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.04 % Est. max temperature: 29.17 C = 84.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 876.42 mb = 1206.08 m = 3956.91 ft T: 17.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.84 C/km ThetaE index: 8.73 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 825.78 mb = 1712.13 m = 5617.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.93 C = 85.88 F Cap Strength: 1.63 C Lifted Index: -1.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.51 C Showalter Index: 0.01 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.79 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.20 C Cross Totals Index: 21.59 C K Index: 36.35 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 305.68 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.21 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 293.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 46.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.61 mb = 1322.06 m = 4337.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 749.61 mb = 2524.34 m = 8281.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 249.61 mb = 10759.19 m = 35298.76 ft B at Equ Level: 286.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 199.61 mb = 12220.68 m = 40093.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.6 at 37.1 knts Storm direction: 257.6 at 27.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 221.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 221.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 73.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.35 Bulk Rich Number: 3.63 Bulk Shear: 80.87 m/s