MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 33.5,-93.9 Latitude: 33.50 Longitude: -93.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 SFC 999 84 23.1 22.0 94 1.1 22.3 156 5 296.4 299.4 295.6 345.1 16.90 2 950 519 21.7 20.1 91 1.6 20.5 184 23 299.2 302.0 295.6 345.1 15.74 3 900 988 19.2 17.6 90 1.7 18.1 199 25 301.3 304.0 295.1 343.1 14.20 4 850 1478 16.6 15.0 90 1.6 15.5 218 30 303.5 305.9 294.6 341.3 12.72 5 800 1993 13.2 11.8 91 1.4 12.3 229 30 305.2 307.3 293.9 338.1 10.96 6 750 2533 9.5 7.9 90 1.6 8.5 234 34 306.9 308.5 292.8 333.9 8.95 7 700 3103 6.7 1.0 67 5.8 3.7 230 40 309.9 311.0 291.2 328.1 5.87 8 650 3709 3.8 -4.5 55 8.2 -0.2 238 44 313.2 314.0 290.7 326.6 4.22 9 600 4353 -0.7 -7.6 60 6.9 -3.8 239 51 315.3 316.0 290.8 326.9 3.60 10 550 5042 -6.0 -13.1 57 7.1 -8.7 236 52 317.0 317.5 290.3 325.3 2.53 11 500 5780 -10.7 -25.3 29 14.6 -14.5 235 51 320.0 320.2 289.8 323.4 0.98 12 450 6582 -15.7 -31.0 26 15.3 -19.0 235 56 323.5 323.6 290.5 325.8 0.64 13 400 7460 -21.1 -35.7 26 14.6 -23.6 235 57 327.6 327.7 291.5 329.3 0.45 14 350 8434 -26.8 -32.4 59 5.6 -27.8 242 53 332.6 332.8 293.2 335.3 0.72 15 300 9530 -34.1 -37.5 72 3.4 -34.6 256 52 337.2 337.4 294.1 339.2 0.51 16 250 10778 -44.5 -48.3 66 3.8 -44.7 261 51 339.9 340.0 294.5 340.7 0.19 17 200 12245 -51.6 -71.6 7 19.9 -52.0 259 67 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.0 0.01 18 150 14071 -62.2 -79.6 8 17.4 -62.4 250 51 362.9 362.9 299.2 362.9 0.00 19 100 16523 -71.3 -86.3 9 15.0 -71.3 255 35 390.0 390.0 303.8 390.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.41 m Freezing level: 607.97 mb = 4250.60 m = 13945.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.77 mb = 3674.32 m = 12054.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.79 % Est. max temperature: 30.29 C = 86.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 983.11 mb = 219.54 m = 720.27 ft T: 22.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.50 C/km ThetaE index: 18.44 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 894.53 mb = 1040.00 m = 3412.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.30 C = 82.94 F Cap Strength: 1.02 C Lifted Index: -5.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.32 C Showalter Index: -4.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.94 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.26 C Cross Totals Index: 25.68 C K Index: 36.51 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 429.69 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.55 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1346.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 927.42 mb = 727.48 m = 2386.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 832.42 mb = 1655.74 m = 5432.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 222.42 mb = 11546.78 m = 37882.68 ft B at Equ Level: 1330.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 122.42 mb = 15299.73 m = 50195.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.3 at 38.7 knts Storm direction: 260.3 at 29.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.9 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 291.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 291.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 97.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.22 Bulk Rich Number: 10.39 Bulk Shear: 129.60 m/s