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,-92.76 Latitude: 34.18 Longitude: -92.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 997 97 24.6 20.3 77 4.3 21.6 207 5 298.0 300.8 294.8 342.2 15.23 2 950 521 21.9 18.9 83 3.0 19.8 203 19 299.4 302.1 294.8 342.1 14.62 3 900 989 18.7 15.7 83 3.0 16.7 219 27 300.8 303.1 293.7 337.7 12.57 4 850 1477 14.9 12.4 85 2.5 13.3 228 28 301.8 303.8 292.6 333.4 10.71 5 800 1989 12.4 11.1 92 1.3 11.6 226 35 304.4 306.3 293.2 335.5 10.42 6 750 2529 9.3 8.9 97 0.4 9.0 230 38 306.7 308.5 293.2 335.6 9.58 7 700 3098 5.9 5.5 97 0.4 5.7 234 40 309.0 310.6 292.8 333.9 8.14 8 650 3703 2.5 1.7 95 0.8 2.0 234 44 311.7 313.0 292.4 332.4 6.66 9 600 4346 -1.2 -2.6 90 1.4 -1.9 237 49 314.7 315.7 292.1 331.4 5.27 10 550 5035 -5.5 -7.2 87 1.8 -6.2 237 54 317.6 318.4 291.9 330.7 4.04 11 500 5777 -9.9 -14.7 68 4.8 -11.6 233 53 321.0 321.4 291.5 329.1 2.45 12 450 6580 -15.9 -36.4 15 20.5 -19.6 232 53 323.2 323.3 290.2 324.6 0.38 13 400 7457 -21.5 -41.8 14 20.3 -24.4 231 63 327.0 327.1 291.1 327.9 0.24 14 350 8425 -28.8 -41.1 30 12.3 -30.3 230 66 330.0 330.0 292.0 331.1 0.30 15 300 9516 -34.3 -39.6 59 5.3 -35.0 245 61 337.0 337.1 294.0 338.6 0.41 16 250 10765 -44.5 -48.0 68 3.5 -44.7 253 64 339.9 340.0 294.5 340.7 0.20 17 200 12235 -50.7 -71.8 6 21.1 -51.1 259 56 352.5 352.5 297.2 352.6 0.01 18 150 14061 -62.5 -80.6 7 18.1 -62.6 252 51 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.5 0.00 19 100 16511 -71.4 -86.5 9 15.1 -71.5 257 38 389.7 389.7 303.8 389.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.39 m Freezing level: 616.59 mb = 4132.38 m = 13557.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.38 mb = 4025.80 m = 13207.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.28 % Est. max temperature: 28.55 C = 83.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.71 mb = 643.13 m = 2109.98 ft T: 21.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.91 C/km ThetaE index: 10.97 C Layer 700.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 880.27 mb = 1178.58 m = 3866.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.78 C = 82.00 F Cap Strength: 1.17 C Lifted Index: -3.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.04 C Showalter Index: -0.26 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.17 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.86 C Cross Totals Index: 22.32 C K Index: 36.87 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 294.17 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.89 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 921.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.07 mb = 969.37 m = 3180.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 857.07 mb = 1406.70 m = 4615.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 247.07 mb = 10842.80 m = 35573.07 ft B at Equ Level: 914.15 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 157.07 mb = 13768.28 m = 45170.96 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.6 at 39.5 knts Storm direction: 261.6 at 29.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 3.6 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 224.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 224.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 74.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.08 Bulk Rich Number: 8.63 Bulk Shear: 106.80 m/s