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: 34.75,-92.32 Latitude: 34.75 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 66 SFC 996 100 28.0 17.2 52 10.8 20.6 191 12 301.5 303.8 293.9 338.3 12.50 2 950 517 23.4 16.0 63 7.4 18.4 194 19 300.9 303.2 293.4 336.6 12.12 3 900 986 18.8 14.9 78 3.9 16.3 196 20 300.9 303.1 293.3 335.9 11.92 4 850 1475 16.7 8.0 57 8.7 11.4 219 27 303.6 305.1 291.0 327.5 7.95 5 800 1988 12.4 11.9 97 0.5 12.1 221 30 304.3 306.4 293.6 337.3 11.03 6 750 2529 9.8 9.7 99 0.1 9.7 219 34 307.2 309.1 293.7 337.7 10.10 7 700 3099 6.3 5.7 96 0.6 5.9 222 35 309.4 311.0 293.0 334.6 8.23 8 650 3705 3.2 0.5 82 2.7 1.8 223 38 312.6 313.8 292.2 331.7 6.12 9 600 4350 -0.0 -5.1 69 5.1 -2.4 222 42 316.1 316.9 291.7 330.1 4.37 10 550 5041 -4.6 -12.0 56 7.4 -7.5 222 43 318.7 319.2 291.1 327.8 2.77 11 500 5782 -10.7 -15.9 65 5.3 -12.5 229 47 320.0 320.5 291.0 327.4 2.21 12 450 6588 -14.0 -39.2 10 25.2 -18.5 236 48 325.6 325.6 290.7 326.6 0.28 13 400 7470 -20.4 -43.9 10 23.5 -23.7 239 52 328.5 328.5 291.5 329.2 0.19 14 350 8442 -28.1 -50.1 10 22.0 -30.1 239 59 330.9 330.9 292.1 331.3 0.11 15 300 9529 -37.4 -46.9 37 9.5 -38.2 241 66 332.6 332.7 292.6 333.4 0.19 16 250 10758 -46.4 -56.9 29 10.6 -46.8 243 74 337.1 337.1 293.7 337.4 0.07 17 200 12223 -51.9 -72.6 7 20.7 -52.2 254 73 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.6 0.01 18 150 14041 -61.9 -81.0 6 19.1 -62.0 254 70 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.5 0.00 19 100 16494 -70.7 -85.8 9 15.1 -70.7 252 43 391.2 391.2 304.0 391.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.48 m Freezing level: 600.20 mb = 4347.20 m = 14262.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.93 mb = 3970.12 m = 13025.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.37 % Est. max temperature: 30.21 C = 86.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 850.87 mb = 1466.16 m = 4810.17 ft T: 16.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.31 C/km ThetaE index: 11.11 C Layer 700.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 814.26 mb = 1838.68 m = 6032.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.66 C = 87.19 F Cap Strength: 2.40 C Lifted Index: -2.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.38 C Showalter Index: 1.79 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.06 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.36 C Cross Totals Index: 18.69 C K Index: 34.81 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 243.42 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.03 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 282.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 54.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 850.96 mb = 1465.19 m = 4807.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 725.96 mb = 2798.02 m = 9179.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 265.96 mb = 10340.71 m = 33925.79 ft B at Equ Level: 282.30 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 205.96 mb = 12029.78 m = 39467.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.3 at 34.4 knts Storm direction: 250.3 at 25.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.5 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 125.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 125.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 4.60 Bulk Shear: 61.48 m/s