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: 34.10,-91.81 Latitude: 34.10 Longitude: -91.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1001 62 26.3 18.6 63 7.7 20.9 189 8 299.3 301.8 294.0 338.9 13.57 1 1000 73 26.4 18.6 62 7.9 21.0 189 8 299.6 302.1 294.1 339.3 13.58 2 950 523 22.7 17.5 73 5.1 19.2 194 21 300.2 302.7 294.2 339.4 13.40 3 900 992 19.0 14.5 75 4.5 16.1 201 25 301.1 303.3 293.2 335.4 11.63 4 850 1481 15.9 10.7 71 5.2 12.7 220 26 302.8 304.6 292.0 331.3 9.57 5 800 1995 13.4 10.7 84 2.7 11.7 220 29 305.4 307.3 293.3 335.8 10.13 6 750 2535 9.4 9.3 99 0.1 9.3 226 32 306.8 308.6 293.4 336.5 9.84 7 700 3105 6.5 6.3 99 0.2 6.4 233 32 309.7 311.3 293.3 336.0 8.60 8 650 3711 3.3 0.9 84 2.5 2.0 230 36 312.7 313.9 292.3 332.4 6.28 9 600 4356 -0.6 -5.4 70 4.9 -2.9 228 39 315.5 316.3 291.5 329.1 4.25 10 550 5046 -5.2 -9.4 72 4.2 -7.0 230 41 317.9 318.6 291.5 329.1 3.42 11 500 5787 -9.9 -14.3 70 4.4 -11.5 233 47 321.0 321.5 291.6 329.4 2.52 12 450 6594 -14.5 -18.2 73 3.8 -15.7 235 51 325.1 325.5 292.3 332.0 2.03 13 400 7476 -20.8 -24.8 70 4.0 -21.8 235 59 327.9 328.2 292.4 332.4 1.28 14 350 8447 -28.2 -37.4 41 9.2 -29.5 237 67 330.7 330.8 292.3 332.4 0.44 15 300 9534 -36.5 -45.2 40 8.7 -37.2 239 65 333.9 334.0 293.0 334.8 0.23 16 250 10772 -44.3 -56.6 24 12.4 -44.8 248 63 340.2 340.3 294.4 340.5 0.07 17 200 12248 -51.7 -72.5 7 20.8 -52.1 256 57 350.9 350.9 296.8 350.9 0.01 18 150 14068 -62.7 -80.0 8 17.3 -62.9 256 55 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.1 0.00 19 100 16514 -71.4 -86.4 9 15.0 -71.5 259 38 389.8 389.8 303.8 389.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.57 m Freezing level: 607.36 mb = 4261.14 m = 13979.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.31 mb = 3971.83 m = 13030.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.17 % Est. max temperature: 29.75 C = 85.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 894.92 mb = 1040.30 m = 3413.01 ft T: 18.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.11 C/km ThetaE index: 8.18 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 832.03 mb = 1661.93 m = 5452.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.70 C = 87.26 F Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lifted Index: -2.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.65 C Showalter Index: 0.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.40 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.80 C Cross Totals Index: 20.60 C K Index: 36.33 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 281.41 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.37 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 490.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 51.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.59 mb = 1236.94 m = 4058.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 759.59 mb = 2428.48 m = 7967.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 269.59 mb = 10260.21 m = 33661.70 ft B at Equ Level: 485.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 189.59 mb = 12586.36 m = 41293.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.2 at 33.2 knts Storm direction: 255.2 at 24.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 168.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 168.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 56.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.44 Bulk Rich Number: 7.63 Bulk Shear: 64.29 m/s