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: 35.29,-90.49 Latitude: 35.29 Longitude: -90.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 64 SFC 1000 66 26.0 17.3 59 8.7 20.1 180 12 299.2 301.5 293.2 335.7 12.50 2 950 516 23.8 16.0 61 7.8 18.5 189 31 301.4 303.6 293.6 337.1 12.12 3 900 985 19.4 15.2 77 4.2 16.6 193 33 301.5 303.7 293.6 337.3 12.16 4 850 1474 15.1 12.7 86 2.4 13.6 199 34 302.0 304.0 292.9 334.3 10.93 5 800 1986 13.0 4.5 56 8.6 8.2 218 32 305.1 306.3 290.3 325.1 6.61 6 750 2525 8.7 8.4 98 0.3 8.5 227 34 306.0 307.7 292.7 333.9 9.25 7 700 3094 6.2 4.4 88 1.8 5.2 233 35 309.3 310.7 292.4 332.4 7.52 8 650 3700 3.3 0.9 84 2.4 2.0 230 42 312.7 313.9 292.3 332.3 6.28 9 600 4345 -0.4 -5.4 69 5.0 -2.8 226 45 315.6 316.5 291.5 329.3 4.26 10 550 5035 -4.8 -12.7 54 7.9 -7.9 227 45 318.4 318.9 290.9 327.1 2.63 11 500 5777 -10.1 -18.4 51 8.3 -12.8 231 48 320.7 321.1 290.8 326.8 1.79 12 450 6584 -13.6 -34.2 16 20.6 -17.9 234 46 326.1 326.2 291.1 327.8 0.47 13 400 7467 -20.1 -43.7 10 23.6 -23.4 236 52 328.9 328.9 291.6 329.6 0.20 14 350 8441 -27.9 -47.2 14 19.3 -29.9 238 59 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.8 0.16 15 300 9526 -37.6 -48.0 33 10.4 -38.4 240 65 332.4 332.5 292.6 333.1 0.17 16 250 10756 -46.5 -61.2 17 14.7 -46.9 246 68 337.0 337.0 293.6 337.2 0.04 17 200 12219 -51.5 -72.3 7 20.8 -51.9 252 63 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.3 0.01 18 150 14036 -62.5 -79.9 8 17.4 -62.6 254 58 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.4 0.00 19 100 16497 -69.7 -86.2 7 16.4 -69.8 260 42 393.0 393.0 304.2 393.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5712.10 m Freezing level: 605.61 mb = 4272.43 m = 14017.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.42 mb = 3958.88 m = 12988.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.17 % Est. max temperature: 28.80 C = 83.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 880.06 mb = 1177.04 m = 3861.65 ft T: 17.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.07 C/km ThetaE index: 12.23 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 818.75 mb = 1790.43 m = 5874.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.70 C = 87.26 F Cap Strength: 1.07 C Lifted Index: -1.98 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.46 C Showalter Index: -0.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.00 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.19 C Cross Totals Index: 22.81 C K Index: 36.14 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 359.05 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.49 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 277.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 43.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.77 mb = 1426.49 m = 4680.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 769.77 mb = 2307.67 m = 7571.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 259.77 mb = 10497.88 m = 34441.46 ft B at Equ Level: 275.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 199.77 mb = 12226.76 m = 40113.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.8 at 37.9 knts Storm direction: 250.8 at 28.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 244.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 244.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 81.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.38 Bulk Rich Number: 3.98 Bulk Shear: 69.85 m/s