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: 35.27,-92.95 Latitude: 35.27 Longitude: -92.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 57 SFC 990 145 26.2 19.5 67 6.7 21.5 197 10 300.2 302.9 295.0 342.9 14.58 2 950 507 23.5 17.9 71 5.5 19.6 199 20 301.0 303.5 294.6 341.3 13.73 3 900 977 19.0 16.7 87 2.3 17.5 201 23 301.1 303.6 294.4 340.6 13.43 4 850 1465 14.9 14.0 94 0.9 14.3 216 28 301.7 303.9 293.5 336.8 11.89 5 800 1977 12.2 10.5 89 1.8 11.2 229 33 304.2 306.0 292.8 334.0 10.00 6 750 2516 9.2 7.7 90 1.5 8.3 228 33 306.6 308.2 292.6 333.2 8.80 7 700 3086 5.8 4.6 92 1.2 5.1 224 37 308.9 310.3 292.3 332.1 7.60 8 650 3689 2.3 0.7 89 1.6 1.5 219 41 311.6 312.8 292.0 330.9 6.22 9 600 4332 -1.3 -3.4 85 2.1 -2.3 221 46 314.7 315.6 291.8 330.4 4.96 10 550 5022 -4.8 -6.6 87 1.8 -5.6 222 51 318.4 319.2 292.3 332.1 4.24 11 500 5766 -9.2 -11.1 86 1.9 -10.0 228 54 321.8 322.4 292.4 332.6 3.27 12 450 6572 -14.9 -21.5 57 6.6 -16.8 231 54 324.5 324.9 291.7 329.8 1.53 13 400 7452 -21.0 -28.7 50 7.7 -22.7 234 54 327.7 327.8 291.9 330.9 0.89 14 350 8423 -28.4 -40.5 31 12.0 -30.0 238 60 330.4 330.5 292.2 331.6 0.32 15 300 9506 -38.0 -46.5 41 8.4 -38.7 241 70 331.7 331.8 292.4 332.5 0.20 16 250 10733 -46.6 -58.8 24 12.1 -47.1 244 74 336.7 336.7 293.6 336.9 0.05 17 200 12196 -51.5 -74.7 5 23.1 -52.0 255 74 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.2 0.01 18 150 14018 -61.4 -81.6 5 20.2 -61.6 258 63 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.2 0.00 19 100 16484 -70.1 -86.5 7 16.4 -70.2 253 42 392.3 392.3 304.1 392.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.66 m Freezing level: 617.58 mb = 4106.02 m = 13471.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.51 mb = 3933.61 m = 12905.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.90 % Est. max temperature: 28.18 C = 82.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 898.59 mb = 990.17 m = 3248.56 ft T: 18.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.60 C/km ThetaE index: 12.49 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 870.70 mb = 1259.62 m = 4132.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.46 C = 81.42 F Cap Strength: 0.47 C Lifted Index: -3.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.35 C Showalter Index: -1.12 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.33 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.10 C Cross Totals Index: 23.22 C K Index: 36.89 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 329.71 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.92 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1148.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.22 mb = 1186.16 m = 3891.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 863.22 mb = 1333.41 m = 4374.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.22 mb = 11188.93 m = 36708.65 ft B at Equ Level: 1143.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 143.22 mb = 14299.03 m = 46912.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.6 at 38.0 knts Storm direction: 251.6 at 28.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 1.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 152.2 neg: -0.4 tot: 151.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.04 Bulk Rich Number: 15.16 Bulk Shear: 75.73 m/s