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: 35.58,-92.50 Latitude: 35.58 Longitude: -92.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 75 SFC 976 287 26.1 17.9 60 8.3 20.4 193 10 301.4 303.8 294.4 340.5 13.30 2 950 525 22.8 16.5 68 6.3 18.5 195 16 300.4 302.7 293.6 337.1 12.54 3 900 993 18.4 14.6 79 3.8 15.9 201 21 300.5 302.6 293.0 334.8 11.71 4 850 1481 15.7 13.6 87 2.1 14.4 220 30 302.6 304.8 293.6 337.0 11.61 5 800 1994 12.3 12.1 99 0.2 12.1 220 31 304.2 306.3 293.7 337.4 11.14 6 750 2533 8.9 7.7 92 1.2 8.2 214 31 306.2 307.9 292.5 333.0 8.86 7 700 3102 5.7 2.0 77 3.8 3.7 218 30 308.9 310.0 291.2 328.3 6.31 8 650 3705 3.3 -4.2 58 7.5 -0.3 209 31 312.7 313.5 290.7 326.4 4.32 9 600 4351 -0.6 -3.9 78 3.3 -2.2 208 34 315.4 316.4 291.9 330.7 4.77 10 550 5040 -5.4 -12.4 58 7.0 -8.2 215 37 317.7 318.2 290.7 326.5 2.67 11 500 5779 -11.1 -16.6 64 5.5 -12.9 223 41 319.5 319.9 290.7 326.5 2.09 12 450 6582 -14.7 -34.0 18 19.4 -18.6 230 46 324.8 324.9 290.7 326.5 0.48 13 400 7464 -20.3 -43.6 11 23.2 -23.5 236 54 328.6 328.6 291.5 329.4 0.20 14 350 8436 -28.1 -47.3 14 19.2 -30.1 241 61 330.8 330.8 292.1 331.4 0.15 15 300 9523 -37.0 -50.0 25 12.9 -37.9 247 70 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.7 0.13 16 250 10753 -47.8 -52.2 60 4.4 -48.0 246 75 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.5 0.12 17 200 12202 -53.1 -69.9 11 16.8 -53.4 249 89 348.6 348.6 296.4 348.7 0.02 18 150 14024 -60.7 -81.4 5 20.7 -60.9 249 76 365.5 365.5 299.8 365.5 0.00 19 100 16486 -69.7 -86.2 7 16.4 -69.8 248 35 393.0 393.0 304.2 393.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.68 m Freezing level: 607.44 mb = 4254.54 m = 13958.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.16 mb = 3653.34 m = 11985.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.00 % Est. max temperature: 28.14 C = 82.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 865.10 mb = 1330.74 m = 4365.89 ft T: 16.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.28 C/km ThetaE index: 11.06 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 823.34 mb = 1750.89 m = 5744.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.23 C = 82.82 F Cap Strength: 1.57 C Lifted Index: -2.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.83 C Showalter Index: -3.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.50 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.80 C Cross Totals Index: 24.70 C K Index: 36.63 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 345.89 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 345.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 32.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.15 mb = 1409.69 m = 4624.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 772.15 mb = 2289.96 m = 7512.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.15 mb = 10960.41 m = 35958.92 ft B at Equ Level: 336.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 192.15 mb = 12455.17 m = 40862.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.8 at 31.4 knts Storm direction: 244.8 at 23.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.4 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 100.1 neg: -9.2 tot: 90.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 8.57 Bulk Shear: 40.28 m/s