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: 36.03,-92.00 Latitude: 36.03 Longitude: -92.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 87 SFC 987 199 25.5 17.3 61 8.2 19.9 199 9 299.7 302.0 293.5 336.8 12.68 2 950 534 21.4 16.2 72 5.2 17.9 210 20 298.9 301.1 293.0 334.6 12.26 3 900 1003 19.5 17.0 85 2.5 17.8 226 27 301.6 304.1 294.7 341.8 13.65 4 850 1493 16.0 12.8 81 3.2 13.9 226 24 302.9 305.0 293.2 335.5 10.98 5 800 2006 12.4 8.6 78 3.8 10.1 233 16 304.4 306.0 291.9 330.8 8.81 6 750 2544 10.0 -3.7 38 13.7 3.3 212 16 307.4 308.1 288.6 319.5 3.88 7 700 3116 8.4 -3.2 44 11.6 2.6 208 19 311.7 312.6 290.4 325.3 4.31 8 650 3723 3.7 -2.9 62 6.7 0.4 219 20 313.2 314.1 291.2 328.2 4.74 9 600 4368 -1.0 -7.5 61 6.5 -3.9 224 25 314.9 315.6 290.7 326.6 3.63 10 550 5056 -5.7 -14.6 50 8.8 -9.0 230 29 317.3 317.7 290.2 324.7 2.25 11 500 5794 -11.4 -20.5 47 9.1 -14.2 232 32 319.1 319.4 290.0 324.2 1.49 12 450 6594 -15.6 -38.5 12 22.9 -19.6 241 35 323.6 323.6 290.2 324.7 0.30 13 400 7475 -20.5 -44.4 10 23.9 -23.7 242 46 328.3 328.3 291.5 329.0 0.18 14 350 8445 -28.9 -48.1 14 19.2 -30.7 244 50 329.8 329.8 291.8 330.3 0.14 15 300 9528 -37.4 -51.5 22 14.0 -38.4 250 58 332.6 332.6 292.5 333.0 0.11 16 250 10759 -47.8 -53.1 54 5.3 -48.0 252 70 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.4 0.11 17 200 12207 -52.6 -70.7 10 18.1 -52.9 257 82 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.5 0.01 18 150 14028 -61.3 -82.2 5 21.0 -61.4 258 74 364.5 364.5 299.6 364.6 0.00 19 100 16489 -69.4 -86.5 7 17.0 -69.5 257 33 393.6 393.6 304.3 393.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.50 m Freezing level: 610.82 mb = 4228.32 m = 13872.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.04 mb = 3784.88 m = 12417.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.58 % Est. max temperature: 29.04 C = 84.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 876.07 mb = 1233.90 m = 4048.18 ft T: 17.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.39 C/km ThetaE index: 22.31 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 833.20 mb = 1661.88 m = 5452.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.15 C = 84.47 F Cap Strength: 2.10 C Lifted Index: -3.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.43 C Showalter Index: -2.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.66 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.45 C Cross Totals Index: 24.21 C K Index: 28.66 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 325.57 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 601.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 80.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.58 mb = 1258.32 m = 4128.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 648.58 mb = 3740.79 m = 12272.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.58 mb = 11062.50 m = 36293.85 ft B at Equ Level: 593.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 168.58 mb = 13288.94 m = 43598.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.1 at 23.1 knts Storm direction: 254.1 at 17.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 1.1 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 45.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 85.0 neg: -19.7 tot: 65.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.28 Bulk Rich Number: 70.94 Bulk Shear: 8.48 m/s