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: 35.63,-90.91 Latitude: 35.63 Longitude: -90.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 73 27.8 17.8 55 9.9 20.9 194 15 300.8 303.1 294.0 338.7 12.92 1 1000 86 26.9 17.4 56 9.5 20.4 193 14 300.0 302.4 293.6 337.0 12.63 2 950 536 22.1 16.1 69 5.9 18.1 199 23 299.6 301.8 293.2 335.3 12.23 3 900 1003 19.0 12.0 64 6.9 14.6 211 27 301.0 302.9 291.7 330.1 9.85 4 850 1492 16.3 5.0 47 11.3 9.9 212 25 303.2 304.4 289.6 322.6 6.44 5 800 2004 12.0 9.9 87 2.0 10.7 219 26 303.9 305.7 292.4 332.7 9.65 6 750 2541 8.3 6.7 89 1.6 7.3 218 26 305.6 307.1 291.8 330.4 8.23 7 700 3109 6.0 -1.4 59 7.4 2.2 218 26 309.1 310.1 290.1 324.5 4.93 8 650 3715 4.4 -3.3 57 7.7 0.6 212 27 314.0 314.8 291.3 328.6 4.63 9 600 4361 -0.2 -5.3 68 5.2 -2.6 214 28 315.9 316.7 291.6 329.6 4.28 10 550 5051 -5.4 -10.5 67 5.2 -7.5 222 30 317.7 318.3 291.1 327.9 3.11 11 500 5791 -11.1 -19.1 51 8.1 -13.6 225 32 319.6 319.9 290.3 325.2 1.68 12 450 6593 -14.5 -41.1 8 26.6 -18.9 232 37 325.0 325.0 290.5 325.9 0.23 13 400 7477 -20.0 -45.9 8 25.9 -23.4 239 47 329.0 329.0 291.6 329.6 0.16 14 350 8449 -28.3 -50.4 10 22.1 -30.3 242 50 330.6 330.7 292.0 331.1 0.11 15 300 9535 -36.9 -53.0 17 16.1 -37.9 249 61 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.8 0.09 16 250 10769 -47.3 -53.8 47 6.5 -47.6 249 68 335.7 335.7 293.3 336.1 0.10 17 200 12219 -52.8 -70.8 10 18.0 -53.1 253 84 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.3 0.01 18 150 14038 -61.4 -80.5 6 19.2 -61.5 253 71 364.4 364.4 299.5 364.4 0.00 19 100 16493 -69.7 -87.7 6 18.0 -69.7 245 34 393.1 393.1 304.2 393.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.73 m Freezing level: 601.95 mb = 4336.21 m = 14226.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.60 mb = 3832.69 m = 12574.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.94 % Est. max temperature: 30.14 C = 86.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 866.61 mb = 1326.37 m = 4351.55 ft T: 17.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.36 C/km ThetaE index: 16.10 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 812.99 mb = 1867.71 m = 6127.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.73 C = 87.31 F Cap Strength: 2.73 C Lifted Index: -1.94 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.12 C Showalter Index: 3.92 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.44 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.37 C Cross Totals Index: 16.07 C K Index: 24.97 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 195.48 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.60 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 82.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 70.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.20 mb = 1419.74 m = 4657.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 762.20 mb = 2406.87 m = 7896.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 702.20 mb = 3083.02 m = 10114.78 ft B at Equ Level: 7.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 672.20 mb = 3440.35 m = 11287.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.0 at 26.9 knts Storm direction: 246.0 at 20.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.1 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 57.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 70.9 neg: -3.2 tot: 67.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 4.99 Bulk Shear: 16.59 m/s