MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 33.91,-93.11 Latitude: 33.91 Longitude: -93.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1000 67 27.9 20.1 63 7.8 22.3 184 9 301.0 303.7 295.5 345.0 14.98 1 1000 70 27.3 19.9 64 7.4 22.1 184 6 300.4 303.1 295.2 343.6 14.74 2 950 521 22.6 18.6 78 4.0 19.8 191 16 300.1 302.8 294.8 342.1 14.33 3 900 990 18.9 16.1 84 2.8 17.0 211 24 301.0 303.4 294.0 338.9 12.89 4 850 1479 16.8 6.3 50 10.5 10.7 218 26 303.8 305.1 290.3 325.0 7.06 5 800 1993 13.5 10.4 81 3.1 11.5 219 30 305.5 307.4 293.2 335.4 9.93 6 750 2534 9.6 8.9 96 0.6 9.2 222 31 306.9 308.7 293.3 336.0 9.62 7 700 3104 7.1 4.0 81 3.1 5.4 226 34 310.4 311.8 292.5 332.9 7.31 8 650 3711 3.9 0.9 81 3.0 2.2 225 39 313.4 314.6 292.6 333.1 6.28 9 600 4358 0.0 -5.0 69 5.0 -2.4 225 42 316.2 317.0 291.8 330.3 4.40 10 550 5049 -4.8 -10.6 64 5.8 -7.2 226 42 318.4 319.1 291.3 328.6 3.11 11 500 5790 -10.3 -17.5 56 7.2 -12.7 230 47 320.4 320.8 290.9 327.0 1.94 12 450 6597 -13.8 -33.0 18 19.2 -17.9 236 46 325.9 326.0 291.1 327.8 0.53 13 400 7480 -20.2 -42.9 11 22.7 -23.4 238 52 328.7 328.8 291.6 329.6 0.22 14 350 8453 -27.8 -49.2 11 21.4 -29.9 238 61 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.7 0.12 15 300 9540 -37.2 -47.6 33 10.5 -37.9 240 69 333.0 333.0 292.7 333.7 0.17 16 250 10774 -44.9 -59.6 18 14.7 -45.4 245 75 339.4 339.4 294.2 339.6 0.05 17 200 12245 -51.7 -73.4 6 21.7 -52.1 257 69 350.9 350.9 296.8 350.9 0.01 18 150 14064 -62.5 -81.5 6 19.0 -62.7 256 67 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.4 0.00 19 100 16508 -71.6 -85.9 10 14.3 -71.7 254 38 389.4 389.4 303.7 389.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5719.75 m Freezing level: 599.51 mb = 4364.44 m = 14318.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.74 mb = 4018.60 m = 13184.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.61 % Est. max temperature: 30.63 C = 87.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 893.78 mb = 1049.07 m = 3441.79 ft T: 18.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.50 C/km ThetaE index: 19.99 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 844.14 mb = 1537.69 m = 5044.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.86 C = 87.54 F Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lifted Index: -4.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.10 C Showalter Index: 3.35 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.82 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.17 C Cross Totals Index: 16.65 C K Index: 30.38 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 225.18 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.46 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 899.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 32.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.38 mb = 1100.96 m = 3612.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 793.38 mb = 2062.71 m = 6767.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 243.38 mb = 10950.98 m = 35927.96 ft B at Equ Level: 898.81 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 153.38 mb = 13922.77 m = 45677.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.9 at 33.5 knts Storm direction: 252.9 at 25.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 145.9 neg: -2.2 tot: 143.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 47.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.70 Bulk Rich Number: 11.20 Bulk Shear: 80.36 m/s