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: 33.59,-91.73 Latitude: 33.59 Longitude: -91.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1002 62 26.1 19.0 65 7.2 21.2 188 5 299.2 301.7 294.3 339.7 13.90 1 1000 76 26.3 19.0 64 7.3 21.2 189 5 299.4 302.0 294.3 340.1 13.92 2 950 527 23.1 17.9 73 5.1 19.5 191 21 300.6 303.1 294.5 340.8 13.73 3 900 996 19.4 15.6 79 3.8 16.8 195 26 301.5 303.8 293.9 338.3 12.48 4 850 1485 16.2 9.7 65 6.5 12.2 211 26 303.1 304.8 291.6 329.7 8.93 5 800 1999 13.7 9.7 76 4.1 11.2 217 25 305.8 307.5 292.9 334.3 9.47 6 750 2540 9.5 8.4 93 1.1 8.8 228 28 306.9 308.6 293.0 334.9 9.25 7 700 3110 6.9 4.9 87 1.9 5.8 233 29 310.1 311.6 292.8 334.1 7.80 8 650 3718 4.3 -2.5 61 6.9 0.8 231 32 313.8 314.8 291.5 329.3 4.88 9 600 4364 -0.3 -6.4 64 6.0 -3.1 231 32 315.7 316.5 291.3 328.4 3.96 10 550 5054 -4.5 -11.8 57 7.3 -7.4 235 37 318.7 319.3 291.2 328.0 2.81 11 500 5797 -9.5 -17.0 54 7.5 -12.1 234 45 321.5 321.9 291.2 328.4 2.03 12 450 6606 -13.7 -21.8 50 8.1 -16.1 238 47 326.0 326.3 292.0 331.2 1.48 13 400 7490 -20.0 -27.9 49 7.9 -21.8 238 55 329.0 329.2 292.4 332.5 0.96 14 350 8465 -27.5 -34.1 53 6.6 -28.6 238 60 331.6 331.8 292.7 333.9 0.61 15 300 9553 -36.6 -41.7 59 5.1 -37.1 239 65 333.8 333.8 293.0 335.0 0.33 16 250 10791 -44.3 -60.2 15 15.9 -44.9 248 69 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.4 0.05 17 200 12264 -51.8 -73.9 5 22.0 -52.2 255 61 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.7 0.01 18 150 14082 -62.7 -81.2 7 18.5 -62.9 255 60 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.0 0.00 19 100 16522 -71.6 -86.0 10 14.5 -71.6 256 38 389.5 389.5 303.7 389.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5721.81 m Freezing level: 603.70 mb = 4315.87 m = 14159.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.46 mb = 3849.80 m = 12630.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.24 % Est. max temperature: 30.07 C = 86.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.09 mb = 975.74 m = 3201.21 ft T: 19.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.08 C/km ThetaE index: 11.10 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 839.45 mb = 1591.15 m = 5220.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.67 C = 87.20 F Cap Strength: 1.62 C Lifted Index: -2.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.83 C Showalter Index: 1.89 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.85 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.68 C Cross Totals Index: 19.17 C K Index: 33.45 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 287.30 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.24 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 574.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 49.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.64 mb = 1201.60 m = 3942.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 773.64 mb = 2279.75 m = 7479.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 253.64 mb = 10693.11 m = 35081.95 ft B at Equ Level: 568.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 173.64 mb = 13157.06 m = 43165.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.4 at 30.1 knts Storm direction: 255.4 at 22.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 169.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 169.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 56.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.51 Bulk Rich Number: 10.26 Bulk Shear: 55.97 m/s