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: 33.98,-93.43 Latitude: 33.98 Longitude: -93.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 75 SFC 996 106 24.2 21.0 83 3.1 21.9 220 5 297.6 300.5 295.2 343.8 15.93 2 950 523 21.4 19.6 89 1.8 20.2 208 17 298.9 301.7 295.1 343.5 15.28 3 900 990 18.5 17.6 94 1.0 17.9 223 26 300.6 303.2 294.8 342.2 14.17 4 850 1480 15.5 14.2 92 1.4 14.7 236 30 302.4 304.7 293.9 338.1 12.05 5 800 1992 12.4 11.2 93 1.1 11.6 243 28 304.3 306.3 293.3 335.7 10.51 6 750 2531 9.1 8.6 97 0.5 8.8 243 32 306.5 308.2 293.0 334.8 9.40 7 700 3101 5.8 5.5 98 0.2 5.6 239 36 308.9 310.4 292.7 333.7 8.13 8 650 3704 2.0 1.3 96 0.6 1.6 235 43 311.2 312.4 292.1 331.3 6.49 9 600 4346 -1.3 -4.4 79 3.1 -2.7 236 50 314.7 315.5 291.5 329.3 4.61 10 550 5035 -6.1 -9.4 77 3.4 -7.5 233 57 316.9 317.5 291.1 327.9 3.40 11 500 5773 -10.8 -20.7 44 9.9 -13.7 230 56 319.9 320.2 290.2 324.9 1.47 12 450 6574 -16.6 -28.8 34 12.2 -19.3 225 59 322.4 322.6 290.3 325.2 0.79 13 400 7449 -22.0 -30.5 46 8.5 -23.7 225 63 326.4 326.5 291.5 329.1 0.76 14 350 8420 -26.5 -29.5 76 3.0 -27.1 238 60 333.1 333.2 293.4 336.5 0.95 15 300 9520 -33.8 -36.8 74 3.1 -34.2 253 60 337.8 337.9 294.3 339.9 0.54 16 250 10769 -44.7 -48.1 69 3.4 -45.0 253 61 339.5 339.6 294.4 340.3 0.20 17 200 12234 -50.8 -64.7 18 13.9 -51.2 261 59 352.3 352.3 297.1 352.4 0.03 18 150 14066 -62.6 -79.9 8 17.3 -62.7 251 49 362.3 362.3 299.1 362.3 0.00 19 100 16516 -71.0 -86.2 9 15.2 -71.1 253 36 390.5 390.5 303.9 390.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.63 m Freezing level: 619.57 mb = 4095.03 m = 13434.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.53 mb = 3935.56 m = 12911.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.32 % Est. max temperature: 29.11 C = 84.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.98 mb = 504.46 m = 1655.04 ft T: 21.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.19 C/km ThetaE index: 18.85 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 900.98 mb = 981.11 m = 3218.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.10 C = 80.79 F Cap Strength: 0.77 C Lifted Index: -5.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.86 C Showalter Index: -3.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.26 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.32 C Cross Totals Index: 24.95 C K Index: 40.25 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 330.57 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.64 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1257.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 920.18 mb = 798.67 m = 2620.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 875.18 mb = 1229.83 m = 4034.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.18 mb = 11170.41 m = 36647.87 ft B at Equ Level: 1251.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 135.18 mb = 14694.41 m = 48209.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.9 at 38.8 knts Storm direction: 263.9 at 29.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 3.6 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 169.4 neg: -2.0 tot: 167.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.22 Bulk Rich Number: 12.16 Bulk Shear: 103.47 m/s