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: 35.61,-92.05 Latitude: 35.61 Longitude: -92.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 979 241 26.9 16.4 53 10.5 19.8 193 11 301.9 304.1 293.7 337.5 12.08 2 950 508 24.0 15.1 58 8.9 18.1 195 20 301.5 303.7 293.2 335.4 11.46 3 900 978 19.4 13.9 71 5.5 15.8 197 23 301.5 303.6 292.9 334.5 11.18 4 850 1467 16.3 9.2 63 7.1 12.0 217 31 303.3 304.9 291.5 329.1 8.65 5 800 1979 11.9 11.6 98 0.3 11.7 221 34 303.9 305.9 293.3 336.0 10.79 6 750 2518 9.0 8.7 98 0.3 8.8 217 36 306.3 308.1 293.0 334.9 9.48 7 700 3088 5.9 5.6 98 0.3 5.7 221 38 309.0 310.5 292.8 333.9 8.17 8 650 3691 2.3 1.7 95 0.7 2.0 219 41 311.6 312.9 292.3 332.3 6.65 9 600 4335 -0.9 -3.2 84 2.3 -2.0 218 45 315.1 316.1 292.0 331.1 5.04 10 550 5025 -5.0 -11.5 60 6.5 -7.6 217 49 318.2 318.8 291.0 327.7 2.89 11 500 5765 -10.5 -16.4 62 5.8 -12.5 225 52 320.2 320.6 290.9 327.3 2.13 12 450 6573 -13.5 -33.4 17 19.8 -17.7 236 52 326.2 326.3 291.2 328.1 0.51 13 400 7456 -20.2 -41.6 13 21.4 -23.4 240 56 328.8 328.8 291.6 329.7 0.25 14 350 8429 -28.2 -48.1 13 19.9 -30.1 242 59 330.8 330.8 292.1 331.3 0.14 15 300 9514 -37.7 -46.0 42 8.3 -38.4 242 63 332.2 332.2 292.5 333.0 0.21 16 250 10740 -47.5 -56.2 36 8.7 -47.9 243 71 335.4 335.5 293.3 335.8 0.08 17 200 12194 -53.3 -72.9 8 19.5 -53.6 251 76 348.3 348.4 296.3 348.4 0.01 18 150 14010 -60.9 -81.2 5 20.3 -61.1 252 71 365.1 365.1 299.7 365.1 0.00 19 100 16479 -69.2 -86.4 6 17.2 -69.3 253 42 394.0 394.0 304.4 394.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.27 m Freezing level: 613.74 mb = 4157.74 m = 13640.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.49 mb = 4000.17 m = 13123.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.42 % Est. max temperature: 28.56 C = 83.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 840.06 mb = 1566.41 m = 5139.07 ft T: 15.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.12 C/km ThetaE index: 8.70 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 805.08 mb = 1925.89 m = 6318.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.85 C = 83.94 F Cap Strength: 1.75 C Lifted Index: -1.66 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.20 C Showalter Index: 1.16 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.67 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.89 C Cross Totals Index: 19.79 C K Index: 35.85 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 269.06 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.34 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 115.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 41.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 830.24 mb = 1665.77 m = 5465.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 725.24 mb = 2795.21 m = 9170.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 455.24 mb = 6484.25 m = 21273.54 ft B at Equ Level: 82.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 225.24 mb = 11419.60 m = 37465.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.4 at 38.6 knts Storm direction: 248.4 at 29.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.3 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 164.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 164.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 54.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 1.58 Bulk Shear: 73.42 m/s