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: 35.63,-90.91 Latitude: 35.63 Longitude: -90.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1003 73 24.1 16.7 63 7.4 19.2 194 12 297.0 299.2 292.2 331.8 12.04 1 1000 101 23.4 16.6 66 6.8 18.9 195 12 296.6 298.7 292.0 331.1 11.98 2 950 548 22.5 16.4 69 6.0 18.4 228 28 300.0 302.3 293.4 336.5 12.48 3 900 1016 19.3 13.7 70 5.5 15.7 223 25 301.4 303.4 292.8 333.9 11.04 4 850 1505 15.8 10.6 72 5.1 12.6 225 23 302.7 304.4 292.0 330.9 9.51 5 800 2016 11.2 10.2 94 0.9 10.6 232 19 303.0 304.9 292.3 332.3 9.84 6 750 2553 8.0 4.7 79 3.3 6.1 214 24 305.3 306.6 290.8 326.9 7.15 7 700 3123 7.8 1.3 64 6.5 4.3 216 17 311.1 312.3 291.7 329.9 6.03 8 650 3731 4.5 -2.5 61 7.0 1.0 211 16 314.0 315.0 291.6 329.6 4.91 9 600 4377 -0.2 -6.6 62 6.4 -3.1 219 21 315.9 316.6 291.3 328.4 3.88 10 550 5067 -5.3 -14.8 47 9.5 -8.8 231 24 317.8 318.2 290.3 325.1 2.21 11 500 5807 -10.9 -20.7 44 9.8 -13.8 235 27 319.8 320.0 290.2 324.8 1.47 12 450 6607 -15.5 -36.4 15 20.9 -19.4 240 31 323.7 323.8 290.3 325.1 0.38 13 400 7489 -20.1 -44.7 9 24.5 -23.4 247 37 328.8 328.9 291.6 329.5 0.18 14 350 8461 -28.3 -48.3 13 19.9 -30.3 251 43 330.5 330.6 292.0 331.1 0.14 15 300 9547 -37.0 -51.0 22 14.0 -37.9 257 52 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.8 0.12 16 250 10780 -47.2 -54.8 41 7.6 -47.5 257 64 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.3 0.09 17 200 12231 -52.7 -70.8 10 18.0 -53.1 261 76 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.3 0.01 18 150 14048 -62.0 -81.0 6 19.0 -62.1 262 69 363.3 363.3 299.4 363.3 0.00 19 100 16501 -70.0 -85.7 8 15.8 -70.1 250 34 392.5 392.5 304.2 392.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.86 m Freezing level: 602.08 mb = 4350.47 m = 14273.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.33 mb = 3877.38 m = 12720.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.54 % Est. max temperature: 29.70 C = 85.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 900.26 mb = 1013.70 m = 3325.76 ft T: 19.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.97 C/km ThetaE index: 5.60 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 827.73 mb = 1729.06 m = 5672.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.96 C = 85.93 F Cap Strength: 2.67 C Lifted Index: -1.78 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.94 C Showalter Index: -0.08 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.20 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.65 C Cross Totals Index: 21.55 C K Index: 30.82 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 245.59 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.19 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 123.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 76.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 870.17 mb = 1304.59 m = 4280.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 795.17 mb = 2066.72 m = 6780.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 735.17 mb = 2717.83 m = 8916.65 ft B at Equ Level: 27.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 685.17 mb = 3298.55 m = 10821.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.7 at 21.7 knts Storm direction: 253.7 at 16.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 1.4 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 31.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 70.5 neg: -35.7 tot: 34.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 124.27 Bulk Shear: 1.00 m/s