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: 35.22,-91.96 Latitude: 35.22 Longitude: -91.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 60 SFC 992 135 24.4 16.2 60 8.2 18.9 190 8 298.2 300.4 292.3 332.3 11.73 2 950 510 23.1 15.3 62 7.8 17.9 194 26 300.6 302.7 292.9 334.6 11.56 3 900 978 19.0 12.8 67 6.2 15.0 198 30 301.1 303.0 292.2 331.6 10.35 4 850 1467 15.8 12.5 81 3.3 13.7 210 29 302.7 304.7 292.9 334.5 10.75 5 800 1980 12.5 11.0 90 1.5 11.5 227 29 304.5 306.4 293.2 335.4 10.34 6 750 2519 9.0 8.2 94 0.8 8.5 231 33 306.4 308.1 292.8 333.9 9.13 7 700 3088 5.6 4.5 93 1.1 4.9 233 37 308.6 310.1 292.2 331.7 7.55 8 650 3692 3.1 -1.2 73 4.3 0.9 231 43 312.5 313.5 291.6 329.5 5.41 9 600 4337 -0.0 -8.1 54 8.1 -3.6 229 46 316.1 316.7 290.9 327.2 3.45 10 550 5027 -5.5 -10.9 66 5.3 -7.7 229 49 317.5 318.1 291.0 327.4 3.04 11 500 5768 -9.5 -25.5 26 16.0 -13.8 232 53 321.5 321.7 290.2 324.9 0.96 12 450 6576 -13.8 -37.3 12 23.5 -18.3 238 56 325.8 325.9 290.9 327.1 0.34 13 400 7457 -20.5 -45.7 9 25.2 -23.8 239 65 328.4 328.4 291.4 329.0 0.16 14 350 8430 -28.3 -43.0 23 14.7 -30.0 240 68 330.7 330.7 292.2 331.6 0.25 15 300 9515 -37.3 -44.2 49 6.8 -37.9 242 71 332.7 332.8 292.7 333.7 0.25 16 250 10745 -47.3 -53.9 47 6.5 -47.6 245 73 335.7 335.7 293.3 336.1 0.10 17 200 12202 -52.3 -73.8 6 21.6 -52.6 254 67 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.1 0.01 18 150 14024 -60.5 -81.6 5 21.1 -60.7 258 60 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.8 0.00 19 100 16495 -70.0 -86.5 7 16.5 -70.1 257 36 392.4 392.4 304.2 392.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.31 m Freezing level: 600.61 mb = 4329.20 m = 14203.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.04 mb = 3816.43 m = 12520.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.29 % Est. max temperature: 29.09 C = 84.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 879.05 mb = 1179.47 m = 3869.61 ft T: 17.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.61 C/km ThetaE index: 8.12 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 792.58 mb = 2057.76 m = 6751.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.86 C = 87.55 F Cap Strength: 2.44 C Lifted Index: 0.30 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.15 C Showalter Index: -0.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.17 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.24 C Cross Totals Index: 21.93 C K Index: 36.62 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 332.65 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.90 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 143.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 844.44 mb = 1522.55 m = 4995.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 559.44 mb = 4892.31 m = 16050.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 509.44 mb = 5622.46 m = 18446.16 ft B at Equ Level: 13.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 459.44 mb = 6416.39 m = 21050.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.7 at 38.6 knts Storm direction: 255.7 at 29.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 220.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 220.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 73.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.18 Bulk Shear: 79.50 m/s