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: 34.98,-92.20 Latitude: 34.98 Longitude: -92.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 63 SFC 995 106 25.6 19.0 67 6.6 21.0 197 11 299.2 301.7 294.3 340.0 13.99 2 950 512 22.5 18.1 76 4.4 19.4 202 26 300.0 302.6 294.4 340.6 13.85 3 900 980 18.5 16.9 91 1.6 17.4 212 33 300.5 303.0 294.4 340.4 13.57 4 850 1469 15.9 10.1 68 5.9 12.3 224 35 302.8 304.5 291.7 330.1 9.15 5 800 1982 12.4 6.2 66 6.2 8.8 224 38 304.4 305.7 290.8 326.8 7.47 6 750 2520 8.9 8.5 97 0.5 8.6 225 40 306.3 308.0 292.9 334.3 9.30 7 700 3089 5.7 5.5 98 0.3 5.6 229 41 308.8 310.4 292.7 333.6 8.11 8 650 3693 2.4 2.1 98 0.3 2.2 230 44 311.6 312.9 292.5 333.0 6.87 9 600 4336 -1.6 -2.0 97 0.4 -1.8 229 47 314.3 315.3 292.2 331.7 5.53 10 550 5025 -5.4 -5.9 97 0.5 -5.7 227 50 317.6 318.5 292.3 332.1 4.48 11 500 5767 -9.6 -10.1 96 0.5 -9.8 230 55 321.3 322.0 292.5 333.0 3.55 12 450 6572 -15.4 -18.4 78 3.0 -16.4 232 56 323.8 324.2 291.9 330.6 1.99 13 400 7450 -21.9 -32.6 37 10.8 -23.8 232 64 326.6 326.7 291.4 328.8 0.62 14 350 8417 -29.1 -43.3 24 14.2 -30.7 229 67 329.5 329.5 291.8 330.4 0.24 15 300 9504 -35.8 -41.7 55 5.9 -36.4 239 56 334.9 335.0 293.4 336.2 0.33 16 250 10746 -44.7 -49.5 58 4.9 -44.9 250 67 339.7 339.7 294.4 340.3 0.17 17 200 12218 -51.1 -76.4 3 25.3 -51.5 257 58 351.9 351.9 297.0 351.9 0.01 18 150 14042 -61.9 -80.4 7 18.5 -62.0 252 49 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.5 0.00 19 100 16500 -70.1 -86.8 7 16.7 -70.2 259 43 392.2 392.2 304.1 392.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.13 m Freezing level: 620.08 mb = 4077.61 m = 13377.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.38 mb = 4041.67 m = 13259.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.80 % Est. max temperature: 29.41 C = 84.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.22 mb = 949.53 m = 3115.23 ft T: 18.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.73 C/km ThetaE index: 13.73 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 859.38 mb = 1375.52 m = 4512.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.82 C = 83.88 F Cap Strength: 0.97 C Lifted Index: -3.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.07 C Showalter Index: 1.62 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.23 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.54 C Cross Totals Index: 19.68 C K Index: 35.34 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 284.05 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.54 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 922.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.67 mb = 1079.14 m = 3540.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 814.67 mb = 1827.97 m = 5997.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 254.67 mb = 10619.97 m = 34841.99 ft B at Equ Level: 921.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 154.67 mb = 13847.25 m = 45430.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.7 at 41.4 knts Storm direction: 255.7 at 31.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 222.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 222.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 74.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.16 Bulk Rich Number: 11.31 Bulk Shear: 81.50 m/s