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: 34.23,-93.13 Latitude: 34.23 Longitude: -93.13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 73 SFC 994 127 24.7 20.4 77 4.3 21.7 208 5 298.4 301.2 295.1 343.2 15.40 2 950 522 21.9 19.3 86 2.5 20.1 209 18 299.4 302.1 295.1 343.3 15.03 3 900 989 18.1 17.3 95 0.8 17.6 221 25 300.2 302.7 294.6 341.0 13.95 4 850 1478 15.1 14.1 93 1.1 14.4 234 29 302.0 304.2 293.6 337.3 11.95 5 800 1990 12.0 11.4 96 0.6 11.6 238 30 303.9 305.9 293.2 335.7 10.67 6 750 2528 8.8 8.3 96 0.6 8.5 242 32 306.2 307.9 292.7 333.9 9.20 7 700 3097 5.6 5.4 99 0.2 5.5 241 34 308.6 310.2 292.6 333.3 8.06 8 650 3700 2.1 1.9 99 0.2 2.0 236 41 311.3 312.6 292.3 332.4 6.79 9 600 4342 -2.0 -2.2 98 0.3 -2.1 237 47 313.9 314.9 292.0 330.9 5.41 10 550 5031 -5.7 -5.9 98 0.3 -5.8 234 55 317.4 318.2 292.2 331.7 4.46 11 500 5772 -10.0 -11.4 89 1.4 -10.5 230 56 320.9 321.5 292.1 331.5 3.20 12 450 6575 -16.4 -23.9 53 7.4 -18.4 228 56 322.6 322.8 290.8 326.9 1.24 13 400 7448 -22.9 -28.1 62 5.2 -23.9 225 64 325.3 325.4 291.3 328.6 0.95 14 350 8416 -27.1 -30.1 76 3.0 -27.7 234 62 332.2 332.4 293.2 335.5 0.90 15 300 9515 -33.9 -36.9 74 3.1 -34.3 250 60 337.6 337.8 294.3 339.7 0.54 16 250 10763 -44.8 -48.3 68 3.5 -45.0 251 62 339.4 339.5 294.4 340.2 0.19 17 200 12231 -50.0 -70.2 7 20.3 -50.4 261 56 353.6 353.6 297.4 353.7 0.01 18 150 14059 -62.4 -79.8 8 17.4 -62.6 251 50 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.5 0.00 19 100 16513 -71.0 -86.4 8 15.4 -71.1 254 36 390.5 390.5 303.9 390.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.80 m Freezing level: 624.21 mb = 4031.39 m = 13226.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.47 mb = 4008.71 m = 13151.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.02 % Est. max temperature: 28.54 C = 83.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 933.46 mb = 673.67 m = 2210.16 ft T: 20.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.80 C/km ThetaE index: 12.35 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 901.76 mb = 972.55 m = 3190.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.45 C = 79.61 F Cap Strength: 0.54 C Lifted Index: -4.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.90 C Showalter Index: -2.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.11 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.09 C Cross Totals Index: 24.02 C K Index: 38.99 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 284.97 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.25 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1214.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.19 mb = 882.52 m = 2895.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 886.19 mb = 1121.50 m = 3679.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 236.19 mb = 11136.74 m = 36537.41 ft B at Equ Level: 1203.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 136.19 mb = 14643.72 m = 48043.13 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.8 at 38.0 knts Storm direction: 263.8 at 28.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.3 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 165.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 165.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.16 Bulk Rich Number: 12.98 Bulk Shear: 93.54 m/s