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: 34.15,-92.77 Latitude: 34.15 Longitude: -92.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 91 SFC 1000 95 21.9 21.5 97 0.5 21.6 220 6 295.1 298.0 294.8 341.9 16.31 2 950 536 19.2 18.8 98 0.4 18.9 228 22 296.7 299.3 294.0 338.7 14.56 3 900 1000 17.1 14.5 84 2.6 15.4 234 29 299.1 301.2 292.5 332.9 11.58 4 850 1487 15.1 9.4 69 5.6 11.6 251 31 301.9 303.6 291.2 328.0 8.77 5 800 1998 12.4 5.2 62 7.2 8.3 265 36 304.3 305.6 290.3 325.3 6.94 6 750 2536 8.8 2.5 65 6.2 5.4 273 41 306.1 307.2 290.2 324.8 6.13 7 700 3103 4.4 0.4 75 4.0 2.3 275 45 307.3 308.4 290.2 324.6 5.61 8 650 3701 -0.1 -1.6 89 1.6 -0.9 271 49 308.9 309.9 290.3 325.1 5.22 9 600 4338 -4.3 -5.4 92 1.2 -4.8 266 53 311.2 312.0 290.2 324.6 4.26 10 550 5023 -5.8 -6.8 93 1.0 -6.2 259 44 317.2 318.0 291.9 330.7 4.19 11 500 5766 -8.8 -10.0 91 1.2 -9.3 248 31 322.4 323.1 292.9 334.2 3.59 12 450 6576 -13.3 -14.9 88 1.6 -13.9 228 23 326.5 327.0 293.2 335.6 2.68 13 400 7463 -19.6 -21.6 84 2.0 -20.2 205 25 329.5 329.8 293.2 335.5 1.69 14 350 8440 -26.5 -29.2 78 2.7 -27.1 209 29 333.0 333.2 293.4 336.6 0.98 15 300 9534 -34.9 -38.0 73 3.1 -35.3 225 32 336.2 336.3 293.9 338.1 0.48 16 250 10780 -45.7 -49.0 69 3.3 -45.9 235 51 338.2 338.2 294.0 338.9 0.18 17 200 12233 -52.8 -72.5 7 19.7 -53.2 254 58 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.2 0.01 18 150 14056 -60.3 -81.6 5 21.2 -60.5 256 52 366.1 366.1 299.9 366.2 0.00 19 100 16522 -70.3 -86.7 7 16.4 -70.4 255 39 392.0 392.0 304.1 392.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5674.78 m Freezing level: 650.80 mb = 3691.82 m = 12112.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.70 mb = 3532.81 m = 11590.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.63 % Est. max temperature: 28.78 C = 83.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 993.34 mb = 149.21 m = 489.52 ft T: 21.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.93 C/km ThetaE index: 17.31 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 920.31 mb = 808.73 m = 2653.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.93 C = 76.87 F Cap Strength: 0.47 C Lifted Index: -1.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.68 C Showalter Index: 3.46 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.06 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.85 C Cross Totals Index: 18.21 C K Index: 29.27 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 206.50 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.15 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 457.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 936.60 mb = 658.02 m = 2158.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 791.60 mb = 2086.17 m = 6844.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 321.60 mb = 9040.53 m = 29660.17 ft B at Equ Level: 457.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 181.60 mb = 12844.18 m = 42139.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.9 at 38.0 knts Storm direction: 290.9 at 28.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 127.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 291.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 291.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 97.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 8.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.73 Bulk Rich Number: 4.79 Bulk Shear: 95.68 m/s