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: 35.37,-91.21 Latitude: 35.37 Longitude: -91.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 59 SFC 999 64 25.1 16.5 59 8.6 19.3 176 9 298.3 300.4 292.4 332.8 11.88 2 950 511 23.8 15.6 60 8.2 18.3 187 28 301.3 303.5 293.4 336.2 11.84 3 900 980 19.3 15.1 77 4.1 16.5 190 30 301.4 303.6 293.6 337.1 12.12 4 850 1469 15.8 9.3 65 6.6 11.8 204 28 302.7 304.3 291.3 328.5 8.66 5 800 1982 12.5 11.6 94 0.9 12.0 231 28 304.5 306.5 293.5 336.8 10.81 6 750 2521 9.3 7.8 90 1.5 8.5 235 32 306.7 308.4 292.7 333.7 8.92 7 700 3091 6.0 3.5 83 2.6 4.6 233 35 309.2 310.5 291.9 330.8 7.03 8 650 3696 3.8 -4.4 55 8.2 -0.2 226 40 313.2 314.1 290.8 326.7 4.25 9 600 4342 0.0 -6.6 61 6.6 -3.0 226 43 316.1 316.9 291.3 328.6 3.89 10 550 5032 -5.3 -10.2 68 5.0 -7.3 226 48 317.8 318.5 291.2 328.3 3.20 11 500 5772 -9.9 -25.4 27 15.5 -14.1 232 50 320.9 321.1 290.0 324.3 0.97 12 450 6580 -13.5 -41.8 7 28.2 -18.3 237 51 326.2 326.2 290.9 327.0 0.22 13 400 7464 -20.2 -47.3 7 27.1 -23.6 240 60 328.7 328.7 291.5 329.2 0.13 14 350 8437 -28.2 -46.0 17 17.8 -30.1 241 66 330.7 330.8 292.1 331.4 0.18 15 300 9522 -37.3 -44.2 49 6.9 -37.9 239 72 332.7 332.8 292.7 333.7 0.25 16 250 10751 -47.5 -54.6 44 7.0 -47.9 241 79 335.4 335.4 293.3 335.7 0.09 17 200 12204 -53.2 -73.7 7 20.5 -53.5 249 73 348.5 348.5 296.3 348.5 0.01 18 150 14022 -60.5 -83.4 3 22.9 -60.6 254 63 365.9 365.9 299.8 365.9 0.00 19 100 16493 -69.6 -86.8 6 17.2 -69.6 261 33 393.3 393.3 304.3 393.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.00 m Freezing level: 599.86 mb = 4343.41 m = 14249.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.64 mb = 3675.20 m = 12057.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.59 % Est. max temperature: 29.55 C = 85.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 881.48 mb = 1158.04 m = 3799.29 ft T: 18.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.96 C/km ThetaE index: 10.06 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 811.52 mb = 1860.72 m = 6104.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.90 C = 87.62 F Cap Strength: 1.94 C Lifted Index: -1.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.24 C Showalter Index: 2.00 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.96 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.76 C Cross Totals Index: 19.20 C K Index: 32.45 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 299.87 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.76 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 129.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 70.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.14 mb = 1437.46 m = 4716.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 718.14 mb = 2879.42 m = 9446.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 678.14 mb = 3349.69 m = 10989.67 ft B at Equ Level: 13.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 608.14 mb = 4232.77 m = 13886.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.8 at 36.5 knts Storm direction: 252.8 at 27.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.5 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 208.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 208.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 69.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 1.64 Bulk Shear: 78.89 m/s