MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 33.33,-93.46 Latitude: 33.33 Longitude: -93.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1001 87 22.1 21.7 98 0.4 21.9 95 4 295.2 298.2 295.0 342.8 16.58 1 1000 93 22.1 21.6 97 0.4 21.8 100 5 295.2 298.2 294.9 342.5 16.49 2 950 539 20.8 17.0 79 3.8 18.2 198 7 298.3 300.6 293.3 335.8 12.90 3 900 1007 19.9 11.7 59 8.2 14.7 245 19 302.0 303.8 291.9 330.7 9.66 4 850 1497 17.3 7.8 54 9.5 11.6 259 33 304.3 305.8 291.1 327.9 7.85 5 800 2011 13.4 5.3 58 8.1 8.8 266 40 305.5 306.8 290.7 326.7 7.00 6 750 2550 8.9 3.2 67 5.8 5.7 271 42 306.2 307.4 290.5 325.8 6.41 7 700 3117 4.3 1.1 79 3.2 2.6 274 45 307.3 308.4 290.4 325.4 5.92 8 650 3716 -0.2 -2.1 87 1.9 -1.2 267 50 308.7 309.7 290.1 324.3 5.04 9 600 4353 -3.2 -4.4 91 1.2 -3.8 255 54 312.4 313.3 290.8 326.9 4.59 10 550 5038 -5.9 -6.9 92 1.1 -6.4 247 50 317.1 317.9 291.9 330.5 4.14 11 500 5781 -9.0 -10.3 90 1.3 -9.5 237 42 322.1 322.8 292.7 333.7 3.49 12 450 6591 -12.9 -14.5 87 1.7 -13.5 228 36 327.0 327.6 293.4 336.4 2.75 13 400 7481 -18.3 -20.3 84 2.0 -18.9 226 34 331.2 331.6 293.8 337.9 1.90 14 350 8463 -25.3 -28.0 79 2.6 -25.9 233 36 334.6 334.8 294.0 338.6 1.10 15 300 9563 -34.3 -37.3 75 2.9 -34.7 237 42 337.0 337.1 294.1 339.0 0.52 16 250 10809 -45.2 -48.6 69 3.3 -45.4 235 59 338.8 338.8 294.2 339.5 0.19 17 200 12266 -52.8 -70.9 9 18.1 -53.1 256 57 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.3 0.01 18 150 14083 -62.0 -80.2 7 18.2 -62.1 257 46 363.3 363.3 299.4 363.4 0.00 19 100 16540 -70.8 -87.1 7 16.3 -70.8 260 35 391.0 391.0 303.9 391.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.69 m Freezing level: 652.36 mb = 3687.42 m = 12097.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.36 mb = 3526.97 m = 11571.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.76 % Est. max temperature: 31.18 C = 88.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 995.76 mb = 130.28 m = 427.43 ft T: 21.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.99 C/km ThetaE index: 18.42 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 816.02 mb = 1843.29 m = 6047.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.01 C = 89.62 F Cap Strength: 3.59 C Lifted Index: -0.61 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.15 C Showalter Index: 3.32 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.10 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.29 C Cross Totals Index: 16.81 C K Index: 30.89 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 201.32 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.07 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 295.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 136.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.65 mb = 1029.02 m = 3376.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 752.65 mb = 2520.75 m = 8270.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 472.65 mb = 6213.65 m = 20385.74 ft B at Equ Level: 295.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 252.65 mb = 10737.23 m = 35226.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.9 at 38.9 knts Storm direction: 286.9 at 29.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 145.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 286.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 286.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 95.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 8.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.48 Bulk Rich Number: 1.45 Bulk Shear: 203.81 m/s