MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 6Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 33.87,-91.51 Latitude: 33.87 Longitude: -91.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1005 49 19.1 16.4 84 2.7 17.3 192 7 291.8 293.9 290.3 325.0 11.72 1 1000 89 19.0 15.9 82 3.1 17.0 188 9 292.1 294.1 290.1 324.4 11.40 2 950 530 19.2 11.6 62 7.5 14.5 248 20 296.6 298.3 289.7 323.0 9.08 3 900 994 17.9 10.9 64 6.9 13.6 273 27 299.9 301.6 290.8 326.8 9.16 4 850 1481 15.2 8.8 66 6.4 11.3 290 34 302.1 303.6 290.9 327.1 8.40 5 800 1992 11.6 7.4 75 4.2 9.1 292 39 303.5 305.0 291.0 327.7 8.10 6 750 2528 7.9 4.1 77 3.7 5.8 280 43 305.1 306.4 290.5 325.9 6.88 7 700 3093 3.8 -1.2 70 5.1 1.3 264 49 306.7 307.7 289.4 322.1 5.00 8 650 3692 0.7 -3.6 73 4.2 -1.4 252 55 309.7 310.6 289.9 323.8 4.51 9 600 4332 -1.9 -4.4 83 2.5 -3.1 243 54 313.9 314.8 291.3 328.5 4.61 10 550 5021 -4.7 -5.9 91 1.2 -5.3 233 50 318.5 319.4 292.6 333.1 4.49 11 500 5766 -8.5 -9.7 91 1.2 -9.0 225 49 322.7 323.4 293.0 334.8 3.66 12 450 6577 -13.3 -14.8 88 1.5 -13.9 220 51 326.5 327.1 293.2 335.7 2.69 13 400 7463 -19.5 -21.5 84 1.9 -20.1 215 51 329.6 329.9 293.2 335.6 1.72 14 350 8440 -26.7 -29.4 78 2.7 -27.2 211 49 332.8 333.0 293.4 336.3 0.96 15 300 9534 -35.4 -38.5 73 3.1 -35.8 220 45 335.5 335.6 293.6 337.2 0.46 16 250 10774 -46.1 -49.6 67 3.5 -46.3 230 50 337.5 337.5 293.9 338.2 0.17 17 200 12227 -51.8 -72.5 7 20.7 -52.2 250 62 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.8 0.01 18 150 14057 -60.8 -80.4 6 19.6 -61.0 250 51 365.3 365.3 299.7 365.3 0.00 19 100 16518 -69.9 -87.1 6 17.2 -70.0 261 39 392.7 392.7 304.2 392.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5677.90 m Freezing level: 637.25 mb = 3855.06 m = 12647.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.72 mb = 3378.42 m = 11083.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.31 % Est. max temperature: 29.14 C = 84.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.99 mb = 395.03 m = 1296.02 ft T: 19.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.60 C/km ThetaE index: 5.63 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 773.24 mb = 2274.51 m = 7462.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.61 C = 88.90 F Cap Strength: 4.93 C Lifted Index: 5.63 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.64 C Showalter Index: 4.22 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.70 C Cross Totals Index: 17.29 C K Index: 27.47 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 222.91 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.47 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7980.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 871.28 mb = 1270.10 m = 4166.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.1 at 42.4 knts Storm direction: 284.1 at 31.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 3.9 tot: 10.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 108.3 neg: -65.6 tot: 42.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.6 stream: -1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.25 Bulk Shear: 119.38 m/s