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: 34.28,-92.41 Latitude: 34.28 Longitude: -92.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1001 78 28.3 17.8 53 10.6 21.1 193 10 301.4 303.7 294.1 339.3 12.87 1 1000 90 27.3 17.2 54 10.1 20.4 192 7 300.4 302.7 293.5 336.9 12.42 2 950 540 22.2 15.9 67 6.3 17.9 196 15 299.7 301.9 293.0 334.8 12.02 3 900 1007 18.3 11.6 65 6.7 14.1 207 21 300.4 302.1 291.3 328.5 9.55 4 850 1495 16.7 6.8 52 9.8 10.9 211 20 303.6 304.9 290.5 325.5 7.31 5 800 2008 12.7 11.7 94 1.0 12.1 213 22 304.7 306.7 293.6 337.2 10.88 6 750 2548 9.1 6.7 85 2.4 7.6 219 23 306.4 308.0 292.0 331.3 8.22 7 700 3116 6.9 -6.4 38 13.4 0.8 216 25 310.2 310.8 289.0 320.8 3.37 8 650 3723 4.4 -2.9 59 7.3 0.7 213 28 314.0 314.9 291.5 329.0 4.75 9 600 4370 0.3 -6.1 62 6.4 -2.7 214 30 316.4 317.2 291.6 329.4 4.03 10 550 5061 -4.9 -12.1 57 7.2 -7.7 218 30 318.3 318.8 291.0 327.4 2.75 11 500 5802 -10.1 -18.8 49 8.7 -12.9 227 34 320.8 321.1 290.7 326.7 1.74 12 450 6607 -13.4 -35.9 13 22.6 -17.8 234 40 326.4 326.5 291.1 327.9 0.39 13 400 7493 -19.5 -45.5 8 26.0 -23.0 240 46 329.7 329.7 291.8 330.3 0.16 14 350 8468 -27.6 -50.7 9 23.1 -29.7 242 49 331.6 331.6 292.3 332.0 0.10 15 300 9557 -36.3 -53.1 16 16.9 -37.4 247 59 334.3 334.3 293.0 334.6 0.09 16 250 10793 -46.3 -55.8 33 9.5 -46.7 247 65 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.6 0.08 17 200 12253 -51.9 -71.6 8 19.8 -52.2 254 81 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.7 0.01 18 150 14069 -62.3 -80.5 7 18.2 -62.4 249 68 362.7 362.7 299.2 362.7 0.00 19 100 16508 -71.5 -86.6 9 15.0 -71.6 246 38 389.5 389.5 303.7 389.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5712.74 m Freezing level: 597.23 mb = 4407.97 m = 14461.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.54 mb = 3854.17 m = 12644.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.17 % Est. max temperature: 30.47 C = 86.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 858.44 mb = 1410.82 m = 4628.62 ft T: 16.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.33 C/km ThetaE index: 16.34 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 798.05 mb = 2028.76 m = 6655.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.71 C = 89.08 F Cap Strength: 3.22 C Lifted Index: -0.64 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.30 C Showalter Index: 3.40 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.58 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.71 C Cross Totals Index: 16.87 C K Index: 20.13 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 214.50 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.29 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 194.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.27 mb = 1462.43 m = 4797.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 538.27 mb = 5228.70 m = 17154.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 478.27 mb = 6141.63 m = 20149.47 ft B at Equ Level: 10.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 448.27 mb = 6635.83 m = 21770.82 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.4 at 25.2 knts Storm direction: 245.4 at 18.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 62.9 neg: -2.9 tot: 60.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.38 Bulk Shear: 29.42 m/s