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: 34.67,-92.32 Latitude: 34.67 Longitude: -92.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 SFC 997 97 25.7 19.4 68 6.3 21.3 199 10 299.1 301.7 294.6 340.9 14.33 2 950 518 22.1 18.4 79 3.8 19.5 203 25 299.7 302.2 294.6 341.0 14.14 3 900 986 18.6 16.7 89 1.9 17.4 214 34 300.7 303.1 294.4 340.2 13.45 4 850 1475 15.3 10.2 72 5.1 12.1 226 34 302.1 303.8 291.6 329.5 9.23 5 800 1985 11.3 8.1 80 3.2 9.4 226 37 303.2 304.8 291.3 328.5 8.48 6 750 2523 9.2 8.9 98 0.2 9.0 225 39 306.5 308.3 293.2 335.5 9.61 7 700 3093 6.0 5.8 99 0.2 5.9 229 39 309.1 310.7 292.9 334.5 8.32 8 650 3698 2.5 2.1 97 0.4 2.2 230 42 311.7 313.0 292.5 333.0 6.86 9 600 4341 -1.2 -1.8 96 0.6 -1.5 228 45 314.7 315.8 292.4 332.4 5.59 10 550 5031 -5.3 -5.6 97 0.4 -5.4 229 48 317.9 318.7 292.4 332.6 4.58 11 500 5773 -9.5 -9.8 98 0.2 -9.6 232 52 321.4 322.1 292.6 333.4 3.65 12 450 6578 -15.5 -16.1 95 0.6 -15.7 233 53 323.8 324.2 292.2 331.9 2.42 13 400 7457 -21.6 -22.4 93 0.8 -21.8 230 60 326.9 327.2 292.3 332.4 1.58 14 350 8424 -29.5 -36.0 53 6.5 -30.4 227 66 329.0 329.1 292.0 330.9 0.51 15 300 9510 -35.7 -43.5 44 7.9 -36.4 238 59 335.1 335.2 293.4 336.2 0.27 16 250 10754 -44.5 -48.6 63 4.1 -44.7 251 64 340.0 340.0 294.5 340.7 0.19 17 200 12226 -51.0 -75.7 4 24.7 -51.4 259 57 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.0 0.01 18 150 14052 -62.0 -80.2 7 18.2 -62.1 252 50 363.3 363.3 299.4 363.4 0.00 19 100 16507 -70.9 -86.6 8 15.7 -71.0 258 41 390.7 390.7 303.9 390.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.52 m Freezing level: 616.34 mb = 4130.80 m = 13552.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.05 mb = 4076.89 m = 13375.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.68 % Est. max temperature: 28.78 C = 83.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 908.79 mb = 902.28 m = 2960.20 ft T: 19.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.79 C/km ThetaE index: 12.46 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 874.22 mb = 1234.84 m = 4051.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.99 C = 82.39 F Cap Strength: 0.97 C Lifted Index: -3.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.94 C Showalter Index: 1.95 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.49 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.78 C Cross Totals Index: 19.71 C K Index: 34.83 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 280.15 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.73 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 971.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.68 mb = 1037.12 m = 3402.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 849.68 mb = 1478.14 m = 4849.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 249.68 mb = 10762.85 m = 35310.75 ft B at Equ Level: 966.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 159.68 mb = 13654.87 m = 44798.90 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.4 at 39.6 knts Storm direction: 256.4 at 29.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.6 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 214.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 214.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 71.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.22 Bulk Rich Number: 12.79 Bulk Shear: 75.97 m/s