MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 34.15,-91.41 Latitude: 34.15 Longitude: -91.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 52 29.5 16.8 46 12.7 20.8 189 13 302.2 304.5 293.8 338.0 12.09 1 1000 96 27.5 16.4 51 11.2 20.0 189 15 300.7 302.8 293.1 335.3 11.77 2 950 546 22.6 15.4 64 7.2 17.8 190 18 300.1 302.2 292.9 334.2 11.65 3 900 1013 18.0 14.4 80 3.6 15.6 191 19 300.0 302.1 292.7 333.7 11.51 4 850 1501 16.3 0.6 34 15.8 8.0 206 21 303.3 304.1 287.9 317.5 4.68 5 800 2013 13.0 1.3 45 11.7 6.8 199 18 305.0 306.0 289.0 321.1 5.25 6 750 2552 8.9 6.2 83 2.7 7.3 204 21 306.3 307.7 291.8 330.3 7.94 7 700 3121 7.7 -2.7 48 10.4 2.5 207 20 311.1 311.9 290.3 325.1 4.48 8 650 3730 4.8 -1.6 63 6.4 1.5 214 23 314.4 315.4 292.0 331.0 5.25 9 600 4376 -0.0 -4.5 72 4.5 -2.2 216 25 316.1 317.0 291.9 330.7 4.57 10 550 5068 -4.6 -12.0 56 7.5 -7.6 224 25 318.6 319.2 291.0 327.7 2.76 11 500 5810 -10.0 -20.7 41 10.7 -13.3 230 30 320.8 321.1 290.5 325.8 1.46 12 450 6616 -13.4 -39.5 9 26.1 -18.1 234 37 326.3 326.4 291.0 327.4 0.27 13 400 7503 -19.0 -46.4 7 27.4 -22.7 243 42 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.9 0.15 14 350 8479 -27.3 -49.7 10 22.4 -29.5 245 44 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.4 0.12 15 300 9569 -36.2 -52.6 17 16.4 -37.4 249 54 334.3 334.3 293.0 334.7 0.10 16 250 10806 -46.1 -57.5 27 11.3 -46.6 249 59 337.5 337.5 293.7 337.7 0.06 17 200 12265 -52.0 -71.8 7 19.9 -52.3 256 75 350.5 350.5 296.7 350.5 0.01 18 150 14078 -62.9 -80.9 7 18.1 -63.0 251 64 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.8 0.00 19 100 16515 -71.9 -86.3 10 14.4 -71.9 248 35 388.9 388.9 303.6 388.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.86 m Freezing level: 600.10 mb = 4375.14 m = 14353.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.89 mb = 3983.65 m = 13069.56 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.74 % Est. max temperature: 30.22 C = 86.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 836.00 mb = 1641.24 m = 5384.57 ft T: 15.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.60 C/km ThetaE index: 20.45 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 795.51 mb = 2060.07 m = 6758.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.44 C = 90.39 F Cap Strength: 2.73 C Lifted Index: -0.89 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.86 C Showalter Index: 7.78 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.93 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.36 C Cross Totals Index: 10.57 C K Index: 16.48 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 155.62 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.80 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 182.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 852.92 mb = 1471.67 m = 4828.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 547.92 mb = 5097.16 m = 16722.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 467.92 mb = 6316.87 m = 20724.39 ft B at Equ Level: 20.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 427.92 mb = 6994.64 m = 22948.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 211.3 at 22.2 knts Storm direction: 241.3 at 16.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 39.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 48.6 neg: -12.3 tot: 36.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.91 Bulk Shear: 11.33 m/s