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: 34.57,-92.35 Latitude: 34.57 Longitude: -92.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 88 SFC 999 96 27.6 17.7 55 9.9 20.8 196 10 300.8 303.2 294.0 338.6 12.87 2 950 538 22.1 16.0 68 6.1 18.0 198 16 299.6 301.8 293.1 335.1 12.14 3 900 1005 18.6 11.5 64 7.0 14.1 211 22 300.6 302.4 291.3 328.7 9.52 4 850 1494 16.4 8.3 59 8.1 11.6 214 22 303.4 304.9 291.0 327.7 8.13 5 800 2006 12.5 11.6 94 0.9 12.0 212 23 304.5 306.5 293.5 336.8 10.82 6 750 2545 8.9 6.3 83 2.6 7.3 215 23 306.2 307.7 291.8 330.4 7.98 7 700 3114 6.7 -3.6 48 10.3 1.7 218 26 309.9 310.7 289.7 323.0 4.18 8 650 3720 3.9 -0.5 73 4.4 1.6 214 29 313.4 314.5 292.0 331.3 5.69 9 600 4366 0.0 -5.5 66 5.5 -2.6 213 31 316.1 317.0 291.6 329.7 4.22 10 550 5057 -5.2 -11.3 62 6.1 -7.7 218 32 318.0 318.5 291.0 327.6 2.94 11 500 5798 -10.3 -18.9 49 8.6 -13.0 226 35 320.5 320.9 290.7 326.4 1.72 12 450 6602 -13.7 -35.1 15 21.3 -18.0 234 41 326.0 326.1 291.0 327.6 0.43 13 400 7488 -19.7 -45.0 9 25.3 -23.2 239 47 329.4 329.4 291.7 330.0 0.17 14 350 8462 -27.7 -50.8 9 23.1 -29.9 242 51 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.8 0.10 15 300 9550 -36.4 -53.2 16 16.9 -37.5 247 60 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.5 0.09 16 250 10786 -46.6 -55.2 37 8.5 -47.0 247 67 336.8 336.8 293.6 337.1 0.09 17 200 12244 -52.1 -71.9 8 19.7 -52.5 253 82 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.3 0.01 18 150 14061 -62.1 -79.6 8 17.4 -62.3 250 70 363.0 363.0 299.3 363.0 0.00 19 100 16503 -71.1 -87.4 7 16.3 -71.2 246 38 390.3 390.3 303.8 390.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.15 m Freezing level: 599.77 mb = 4369.47 m = 14335.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.02 mb = 3959.48 m = 12990.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.43 % Est. max temperature: 30.15 C = 86.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 865.15 mb = 1342.41 m = 4404.18 ft T: 17.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.32 C/km ThetaE index: 13.76 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 803.22 mb = 1972.33 m = 6470.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.18 C = 88.13 F Cap Strength: 2.87 C Lifted Index: -1.01 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.90 C Showalter Index: 2.12 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.27 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.68 C Cross Totals Index: 18.59 C K Index: 24.70 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 228.48 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.20 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 143.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.27 mb = 1460.66 m = 4792.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 558.27 mb = 4938.74 m = 16203.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 468.27 mb = 6298.18 m = 20663.08 ft B at Equ Level: 30.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 408.27 mb = 7333.82 m = 24060.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.6 at 26.4 knts Storm direction: 245.6 at 19.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.2 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 64.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 64.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.14 Bulk Shear: 27.02 m/s