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: 35.63,-90.91 Latitude: 35.63 Longitude: -90.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 63 SFC 999 73 29.8 15.6 42 14.2 20.2 191 16 303.1 305.2 293.4 336.5 11.25 2 950 516 24.6 14.2 52 10.4 17.7 193 24 302.2 304.2 292.8 334.0 10.76 3 900 986 20.0 13.2 65 6.7 15.6 194 25 302.1 304.1 292.7 333.7 10.67 4 850 1476 15.6 10.8 73 4.8 12.6 200 26 302.5 304.2 292.0 330.9 9.59 5 800 1988 12.6 9.3 80 3.3 10.6 215 30 304.6 306.3 292.3 332.3 9.25 6 750 2527 8.8 4.6 75 4.2 6.4 218 33 306.1 307.5 291.1 327.7 7.12 7 700 3095 6.8 -5.9 40 12.7 0.9 223 34 310.0 310.7 289.1 321.1 3.51 8 650 3701 4.0 -5.4 50 9.4 -0.4 219 38 313.5 314.3 290.6 326.1 3.93 9 600 4346 -0.2 -5.1 69 4.9 -2.5 218 41 315.9 316.8 291.7 329.9 4.37 10 550 5037 -5.1 -11.7 59 6.7 -7.7 222 41 318.1 318.6 291.0 327.4 2.83 11 500 5778 -10.2 -17.1 57 6.9 -12.5 228 44 320.6 321.0 290.9 327.3 2.00 12 450 6583 -13.9 -38.2 11 24.2 -18.4 239 48 325.7 325.8 290.8 326.9 0.32 13 400 7467 -19.9 -45.8 8 25.8 -23.4 242 50 329.1 329.1 291.6 329.7 0.16 14 350 8440 -27.8 -49.7 11 21.9 -29.9 245 55 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.7 0.12 15 300 9527 -37.3 -49.4 27 12.2 -38.1 247 59 332.8 332.9 292.6 333.4 0.14 16 250 10755 -47.9 -53.0 56 5.1 -48.1 245 69 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.4 0.11 17 200 12204 -53.8 -70.2 12 16.4 -54.1 251 78 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.6 0.01 18 150 14018 -60.8 -82.1 4 21.3 -61.0 249 77 365.3 365.3 299.7 365.3 0.00 19 100 16480 -69.4 -86.6 6 17.2 -69.5 246 41 393.7 393.7 304.3 393.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5715.20 m Freezing level: 602.09 mb = 4319.44 m = 14171.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.66 mb = 3493.92 m = 11462.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.24 % Est. max temperature: 29.26 C = 84.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 812.48 mb = 1857.09 m = 6092.73 ft T: 13.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.35 C/km ThetaE index: 11.16 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 783.40 mb = 2162.94 m = 7096.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.85 C = 89.33 F Cap Strength: 1.50 C Lifted Index: -1.09 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.95 C Showalter Index: 0.58 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.77 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.78 C Cross Totals Index: 20.98 C K Index: 23.81 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 309.70 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.71 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 41.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 90.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 814.42 mb = 1836.86 m = 6026.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 569.42 mb = 4761.64 m = 15622.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 459.42 mb = 6424.45 m = 21077.34 ft B at Equ Level: 40.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 349.42 mb = 8452.10 m = 27729.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.5 at 34.4 knts Storm direction: 246.5 at 25.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 120.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 120.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.98 Bulk Shear: 42.06 m/s