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: 34.72,-92.32 Latitude: 34.72 Longitude: -92.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 999 99 27.5 17.5 54 10.0 20.6 196 11 300.8 303.1 293.9 338.0 12.69 2 950 537 22.1 16.2 69 5.9 18.1 199 17 299.6 301.8 293.2 335.5 12.28 3 900 1004 18.7 11.4 63 7.2 14.1 211 24 300.7 302.5 291.3 328.6 9.45 4 850 1493 16.3 9.9 66 6.5 12.3 216 23 303.2 304.9 291.7 330.1 9.01 5 800 2005 12.3 11.7 96 0.6 11.9 215 24 304.3 306.3 293.5 336.7 10.86 6 750 2544 9.0 6.9 87 2.1 7.8 214 24 306.3 307.9 292.2 331.6 8.36 7 700 3113 6.2 -0.3 63 6.5 2.8 219 27 309.4 310.4 290.5 325.9 5.34 8 650 3719 3.7 1.0 82 2.7 2.2 215 29 313.2 314.4 292.5 333.0 6.34 9 600 4364 -0.1 -4.9 70 4.8 -2.4 213 32 316.0 316.8 291.7 330.2 4.42 10 550 5055 -5.2 -11.0 64 5.8 -7.5 218 33 317.9 318.5 291.1 327.8 3.01 11 500 5796 -10.4 -18.9 50 8.5 -13.0 225 36 320.4 320.8 290.6 326.3 1.72 12 450 6599 -13.8 -34.9 15 21.2 -18.0 234 42 326.0 326.0 291.0 327.6 0.44 13 400 7485 -19.7 -43.8 10 24.0 -23.1 239 48 329.3 329.4 291.7 330.1 0.20 14 350 8459 -27.8 -50.0 10 22.2 -29.9 242 52 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.8 0.11 15 300 9547 -36.5 -52.8 17 16.3 -37.5 247 61 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.4 0.10 16 250 10782 -46.8 -54.7 40 8.0 -47.1 247 67 336.6 336.6 293.6 336.9 0.09 17 200 12239 -52.2 -71.1 9 18.9 -52.6 253 83 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.1 0.01 18 150 14056 -62.1 -79.5 8 17.4 -62.3 250 72 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.1 0.00 19 100 16501 -70.9 -87.9 6 17.0 -71.0 246 38 390.7 390.7 303.9 390.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.70 m Freezing level: 601.46 mb = 4345.51 m = 14256.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.04 mb = 4021.60 m = 13194.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.85 % Est. max temperature: 30.00 C = 85.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 863.38 mb = 1358.95 m = 4458.46 ft T: 16.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.17 C/km ThetaE index: 10.74 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 806.45 mb = 1937.33 m = 6355.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.85 C = 87.54 F Cap Strength: 2.76 C Lifted Index: -1.11 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.39 C Showalter Index: 0.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.87 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.66 C Cross Totals Index: 20.20 C K Index: 29.98 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 244.11 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.73 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 34.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 121.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.18 mb = 1460.68 m = 4792.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 568.18 mb = 4797.04 m = 15738.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 468.18 mb = 6297.20 m = 20659.84 ft B at Equ Level: 33.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 398.18 mb = 7518.16 m = 24665.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.9 at 27.2 knts Storm direction: 245.9 at 20.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 67.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 67.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.5 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: 1.26 Bulk Shear: 26.97 m/s