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: 35.26,-92.25 Latitude: 35.26 Longitude: -92.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 60 SFC 989 161 27.7 17.1 52 10.6 20.5 190 11 301.9 304.2 294.0 338.7 12.50 2 950 511 23.9 15.5 59 8.4 18.2 192 19 301.4 303.6 293.3 335.9 11.72 3 900 981 19.3 14.5 74 4.9 16.1 194 21 301.4 303.6 293.2 335.6 11.60 4 850 1470 16.4 9.6 64 6.8 12.2 217 29 303.3 305.0 291.6 329.7 8.85 5 800 1983 12.2 11.7 97 0.5 11.9 222 33 304.1 306.2 293.4 336.6 10.87 6 750 2522 9.1 8.9 99 0.2 8.9 219 35 306.4 308.2 293.2 335.3 9.57 7 700 3091 5.8 5.1 95 0.7 5.4 221 37 309.0 310.4 292.6 333.1 7.90 8 650 3695 2.5 1.1 91 1.4 1.8 221 41 311.8 313.0 292.2 331.7 6.40 9 600 4339 -0.6 -3.3 82 2.7 -2.0 219 46 315.4 316.4 292.0 331.3 4.99 10 550 5030 -4.8 -10.5 64 5.7 -7.2 219 49 318.3 318.9 291.3 328.5 3.11 11 500 5771 -10.6 -16.1 64 5.6 -12.5 225 51 320.1 320.6 291.0 327.4 2.17 12 450 6577 -13.8 -28.9 27 15.1 -17.4 235 48 325.9 326.1 291.3 328.7 0.78 13 400 7461 -20.2 -36.2 23 16.0 -23.0 238 52 328.7 328.8 291.8 330.3 0.43 14 350 8433 -28.3 -46.6 16 18.4 -30.2 240 59 330.6 330.7 292.0 331.3 0.16 15 300 9518 -37.7 -46.3 40 8.5 -38.4 242 66 332.2 332.2 292.5 332.9 0.20 16 250 10745 -46.9 -56.5 33 9.6 -47.3 243 72 336.3 336.3 293.4 336.6 0.07 17 200 12205 -52.4 -72.2 7 19.8 -52.7 253 75 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.9 0.01 18 150 14023 -61.4 -80.8 6 19.4 -61.6 253 70 364.3 364.3 299.5 364.3 0.00 19 100 16484 -70.0 -86.4 7 16.4 -70.1 253 43 392.5 392.5 304.2 392.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.67 m Freezing level: 609.80 mb = 4212.93 m = 13821.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.30 mb = 3994.02 m = 13103.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.98 % Est. max temperature: 29.38 C = 84.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 846.85 mb = 1501.41 m = 4925.83 ft T: 16.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.13 C/km ThetaE index: 9.16 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 810.94 mb = 1867.90 m = 6128.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.82 C = 85.68 F Cap Strength: 1.87 C Lifted Index: -2.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.62 C Showalter Index: 0.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.14 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.98 C Cross Totals Index: 20.16 C K Index: 35.83 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 266.68 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.45 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 272.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 39.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 839.74 mb = 1572.77 m = 5159.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 764.74 mb = 2359.28 m = 7740.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 254.74 mb = 10618.66 m = 34837.68 ft B at Equ Level: 267.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 204.74 mb = 12052.17 m = 39540.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.6 at 37.6 knts Storm direction: 248.6 at 28.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.4 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 149.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 149.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 49.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 3.51 Bulk Shear: 77.53 m/s