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: 34.91,-92.13 Latitude: 34.91 Longitude: -92.13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 64 SFC 997 93 28.6 16.7 49 11.9 20.5 190 12 302.0 304.3 293.8 337.8 12.11 2 950 516 23.8 15.2 58 8.6 18.0 193 19 301.3 303.4 293.1 335.2 11.48 3 900 985 19.2 14.0 72 5.2 15.8 194 21 301.3 303.4 292.9 334.4 11.23 4 850 1474 16.6 9.4 62 7.2 12.2 216 27 303.6 305.2 291.6 329.7 8.74 5 800 1988 12.4 11.9 97 0.5 12.0 218 30 304.3 306.4 293.6 337.1 10.98 6 750 2527 9.5 8.9 96 0.6 9.2 217 32 306.9 308.7 293.3 336.0 9.61 7 700 3098 6.5 5.8 95 0.7 6.1 223 34 309.6 311.2 293.0 335.0 8.28 8 650 3703 3.0 0.7 85 2.3 1.8 223 39 312.4 313.5 292.2 331.8 6.21 9 600 4348 -0.0 -5.1 69 5.1 -2.4 221 43 316.1 316.9 291.7 330.1 4.37 10 550 5040 -4.7 -12.1 56 7.4 -7.6 222 45 318.6 319.1 291.0 327.7 2.76 11 500 5781 -10.6 -16.5 62 5.9 -12.6 228 48 320.2 320.6 290.9 327.2 2.11 12 450 6586 -14.0 -37.2 12 23.2 -18.4 236 48 325.6 325.6 290.8 326.9 0.35 13 400 7469 -20.3 -43.2 11 23.0 -23.5 239 52 328.7 328.7 291.6 329.5 0.21 14 350 8442 -28.0 -48.7 12 20.7 -30.0 240 59 330.9 331.0 292.1 331.5 0.13 15 300 9528 -37.4 -47.1 36 9.8 -38.1 242 65 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.4 0.18 16 250 10757 -46.6 -56.0 33 9.4 -47.0 243 73 336.8 336.8 293.6 337.1 0.08 17 200 12219 -52.1 -72.1 7 20.0 -52.5 254 74 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.3 0.01 18 150 14037 -61.7 -80.8 6 19.1 -61.9 253 71 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.8 0.00 19 100 16491 -70.4 -86.1 8 15.7 -70.4 251 44 391.8 391.8 304.0 391.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.24 m Freezing level: 600.25 mb = 4345.03 m = 14255.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.93 mb = 3968.68 m = 13020.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.55 % Est. max temperature: 30.19 C = 86.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 838.48 mb = 1590.01 m = 5216.49 ft T: 15.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.35 C/km ThetaE index: 10.24 C Layer 750.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 803.61 mb = 1949.63 m = 6396.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.84 C = 87.51 F Cap Strength: 2.18 C Lifted Index: -1.91 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.24 C Showalter Index: 0.84 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.17 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.20 C Cross Totals Index: 19.97 C K Index: 35.92 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 265.50 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.46 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 116.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 67.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 836.24 mb = 1612.64 m = 5290.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 661.24 mb = 3563.13 m = 11689.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 631.24 mb = 3939.15 m = 12923.56 ft B at Equ Level: 3.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 231.24 mb = 11267.93 m = 36967.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.4 at 34.8 knts Storm direction: 249.4 at 26.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.4 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 127.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 127.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 1.89 Bulk Shear: 61.83 m/s