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: 35.36,-90.40 Latitude: 35.36 Longitude: -90.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 24.3 18.2 69 6.1 20.1 193 15 297.4 299.8 293.2 335.7 13.23 1 1000 70 24.5 18.0 67 6.5 20.1 193 14 297.7 300.0 293.2 335.6 13.09 2 950 518 21.9 16.7 72 5.2 18.4 199 39 299.4 301.7 293.4 336.4 12.66 3 900 985 17.8 15.9 89 1.9 16.5 205 44 299.8 302.1 293.6 337.1 12.72 4 850 1472 15.6 6.0 53 9.6 10.0 215 38 302.5 303.7 289.7 323.2 6.91 5 800 1984 11.5 11.3 99 0.2 11.4 224 39 303.4 305.4 293.0 335.0 10.61 6 750 2522 9.1 8.9 99 0.1 9.0 226 39 306.4 308.2 293.2 335.5 9.62 7 700 3092 5.7 5.4 98 0.3 5.5 231 43 308.8 310.3 292.6 333.3 8.04 8 650 3695 2.1 1.3 94 0.9 1.7 230 47 311.4 312.6 292.1 331.5 6.47 9 600 4337 -1.5 -2.4 93 0.9 -2.0 223 47 314.4 315.4 292.0 331.2 5.34 10 550 5026 -5.6 -6.1 96 0.5 -5.8 221 50 317.5 318.3 292.2 331.7 4.43 11 500 5768 -9.8 -10.4 96 0.6 -10.1 226 52 321.1 321.7 292.4 332.5 3.47 12 450 6574 -15.1 -16.1 92 1.0 -15.5 230 52 324.2 324.7 292.3 332.4 2.41 13 400 7452 -21.6 -30.2 46 8.5 -23.4 233 61 326.9 327.0 291.6 329.7 0.78 14 350 8421 -28.3 -32.8 66 4.4 -29.1 232 71 330.5 330.7 292.6 333.1 0.69 15 300 9509 -36.5 -39.7 72 3.2 -36.8 237 64 334.0 334.1 293.2 335.5 0.41 16 250 10747 -46.5 -49.9 68 3.4 -46.7 245 63 337.0 337.0 293.7 337.6 0.16 17 200 12198 -51.6 -71.5 8 19.8 -52.0 251 63 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.0 0.01 18 150 14026 -60.6 -80.9 5 20.3 -60.8 254 54 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.6 0.00 19 100 16506 -68.4 -86.6 6 18.2 -68.5 266 36 395.6 395.6 304.6 395.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.33 m Freezing level: 620.78 mb = 4070.52 m = 13354.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.15 mb = 3982.35 m = 13065.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.12 % Est. max temperature: 29.34 C = 84.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.13 mb = 840.85 m = 2758.67 ft T: 19.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.78 C/km ThetaE index: 13.89 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 841.99 mb = 1551.95 m = 5091.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.51 C = 85.13 F Cap Strength: 1.41 C Lifted Index: -1.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.86 C Showalter Index: 4.87 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.23 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.40 C Cross Totals Index: 15.83 C K Index: 31.11 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 249.73 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.86 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 368.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 39.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.25 mb = 1116.14 m = 3661.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 801.25 mb = 1970.41 m = 6464.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 281.25 mb = 9947.36 m = 32635.31 ft B at Equ Level: 366.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 201.25 mb = 12157.74 m = 39887.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.2 at 43.5 knts Storm direction: 251.2 at 32.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 279.5 neg: -1.8 tot: 277.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 92.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.58 Bulk Rich Number: 6.05 Bulk Shear: 60.86 m/s