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: 34.18,-92.65 Latitude: 34.18 Longitude: -92.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 72 SFC 998 91 25.2 20.0 73 5.2 21.6 208 5 298.5 301.3 294.8 342.0 14.95 2 950 521 22.2 18.8 81 3.5 19.8 204 19 299.7 302.4 294.8 342.1 14.49 3 900 990 18.8 15.8 83 2.9 16.8 217 27 300.8 303.2 293.9 338.0 12.66 4 850 1478 14.9 11.9 83 2.9 13.0 227 28 301.7 303.6 292.3 332.4 10.37 5 800 1989 12.4 10.9 91 1.5 11.4 224 34 304.3 306.2 293.1 335.1 10.30 6 750 2529 9.4 8.7 96 0.7 9.0 228 37 306.8 308.6 293.2 335.5 9.49 7 700 3099 6.0 5.4 95 0.7 5.6 233 41 309.2 310.7 292.7 333.8 8.05 8 650 3704 2.6 1.4 92 1.2 2.0 234 45 311.9 313.2 292.3 332.3 6.53 9 600 4347 -1.0 -2.4 91 1.3 -1.7 236 49 314.9 316.0 292.2 331.9 5.36 10 550 5037 -5.4 -6.9 89 1.5 -6.1 237 53 317.7 318.5 292.0 331.1 4.15 11 500 5778 -10.0 -13.7 74 3.7 -11.3 234 52 320.9 321.4 291.6 329.7 2.65 12 450 6581 -15.9 -32.1 23 16.2 -19.2 232 52 323.2 323.4 290.3 325.3 0.58 13 400 7459 -21.2 -47.9 7 26.7 -24.4 232 62 327.4 327.5 291.1 327.9 0.13 14 350 8428 -28.7 -48.6 13 19.9 -30.6 230 66 330.0 330.0 291.9 330.5 0.13 15 300 9518 -34.8 -43.5 41 8.7 -35.7 244 61 336.3 336.4 293.7 337.4 0.27 16 250 10765 -44.4 -48.2 66 3.7 -44.7 254 63 340.0 340.1 294.5 340.8 0.19 17 200 12236 -50.8 -71.8 6 21.1 -51.2 259 56 352.4 352.4 297.1 352.4 0.01 18 150 14061 -62.5 -80.6 7 18.2 -62.6 252 51 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.5 0.00 19 100 16511 -71.5 -86.5 9 15.0 -71.6 258 39 389.5 389.5 303.7 389.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.26 m Freezing level: 614.02 mb = 4166.48 m = 13669.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.33 mb = 4040.26 m = 13255.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.70 % Est. max temperature: 28.48 C = 83.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.59 mb = 746.79 m = 2450.07 ft T: 20.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.98 C/km ThetaE index: 10.15 C Layer 700.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 878.32 mb = 1197.98 m = 3930.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.88 C = 82.18 F Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lifted Index: -3.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.94 C Showalter Index: 0.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.74 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.83 C Cross Totals Index: 21.91 C K Index: 36.09 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 292.55 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.56 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 921.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.17 mb = 1016.60 m = 3335.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 862.17 mb = 1356.45 m = 4450.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 252.17 mb = 10706.12 m = 35124.64 ft B at Equ Level: 919.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 152.17 mb = 13970.00 m = 45832.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.9 at 39.4 knts Storm direction: 260.9 at 29.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 3.5 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 228.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 228.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 76.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.06 Bulk Rich Number: 8.80 Bulk Shear: 104.67 m/s