MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 35.60,-91.76 Latitude: 35.60 Longitude: -91.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 95 SFC 990 186 24.6 16.8 62 7.8 19.4 200 9 298.7 300.9 292.9 334.4 12.27 2 950 541 21.0 15.8 72 5.2 17.5 217 26 298.5 300.7 292.6 333.3 11.94 3 900 1009 19.1 16.9 87 2.2 17.6 227 27 301.2 303.7 294.6 341.2 13.59 4 850 1499 15.8 13.9 88 1.9 14.6 225 25 302.7 304.9 293.7 337.7 11.81 5 800 2011 12.0 8.9 81 3.1 10.1 227 18 303.9 305.6 291.9 330.7 8.96 6 750 2549 8.8 1.8 61 7.1 5.0 209 20 306.1 307.2 289.9 323.9 5.80 7 700 3120 8.8 -5.7 35 14.6 1.9 211 17 312.3 312.9 289.9 323.6 3.56 8 650 3729 4.4 -7.9 40 12.3 -1.1 212 16 314.0 314.6 290.1 324.4 3.25 9 600 4374 -0.4 -7.9 57 7.5 -3.7 221 22 315.6 316.3 290.9 327.0 3.52 10 550 5064 -5.5 -13.4 54 7.8 -8.5 230 26 317.5 318.0 290.5 325.7 2.48 11 500 5802 -11.3 -18.1 57 6.8 -13.5 230 29 319.2 319.6 290.4 325.4 1.83 12 450 6603 -15.2 -40.1 10 24.8 -19.4 238 32 324.1 324.1 290.3 325.0 0.26 13 400 7485 -20.2 -46.0 8 25.8 -23.6 242 42 328.7 328.7 291.5 329.3 0.15 14 350 8456 -28.4 -47.7 14 19.3 -30.3 247 46 330.4 330.5 292.0 331.0 0.15 15 300 9542 -37.1 -51.2 22 14.0 -38.1 253 55 333.0 333.1 292.7 333.5 0.11 16 250 10775 -47.4 -54.6 44 7.1 -47.7 253 66 335.5 335.6 293.3 335.9 0.09 17 200 12224 -52.7 -70.7 10 18.1 -53.0 259 79 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.4 0.01 18 150 14043 -61.7 -80.7 6 19.0 -61.8 259 71 363.9 363.9 299.4 363.9 0.00 19 100 16498 -69.6 -86.1 7 16.4 -69.7 253 34 393.2 393.2 304.3 393.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.47 m Freezing level: 604.42 mb = 4316.99 m = 14163.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.30 mb = 3500.65 m = 11484.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.41 % Est. max temperature: 28.90 C = 84.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 882.85 mb = 1174.28 m = 3852.59 ft T: 17.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.52 C/km ThetaE index: 17.57 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 833.11 mb = 1668.83 m = 5475.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.06 C = 84.31 F Cap Strength: 2.34 C Lifted Index: -2.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.34 C Showalter Index: -3.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.33 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.12 C Cross Totals Index: 25.20 C K Index: 26.44 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 345.29 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.45 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 319.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 53.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.15 mb = 1229.82 m = 4034.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 782.15 mb = 2199.27 m = 7215.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 732.15 mb = 2748.21 m = 9016.32 ft B at Equ Level: 12.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 702.15 mb = 3094.80 m = 10153.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.3 at 22.2 knts Storm direction: 252.3 at 16.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 1.6 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 37.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 75.6 neg: -29.0 tot: 46.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 209.80 Bulk Shear: 1.52 m/s