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: 35.64,-90.42 Latitude: 35.64 Longitude: -90.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 59 SFC 999 67 25.9 17.0 58 8.9 19.8 179 12 299.1 301.4 293.0 334.9 12.27 2 950 511 23.8 15.8 61 8.0 18.5 189 33 301.4 303.6 293.5 336.7 12.00 3 900 980 19.4 14.8 75 4.6 16.3 193 35 301.5 303.7 293.4 336.3 11.82 4 850 1469 15.2 12.0 81 3.2 13.1 199 35 302.0 304.0 292.5 332.8 10.42 5 800 1981 12.6 8.0 74 4.5 9.8 218 33 304.5 306.1 291.7 330.0 8.47 6 750 2519 8.9 8.6 98 0.3 8.8 223 35 306.3 308.0 293.0 334.7 9.43 7 700 3089 6.1 4.4 89 1.7 5.1 230 37 309.2 310.6 292.3 332.2 7.49 8 650 3694 3.1 1.5 90 1.5 2.2 228 43 312.4 313.7 292.5 333.0 6.60 9 600 4339 -0.2 -5.3 69 5.1 -2.6 225 48 315.9 316.7 291.6 329.7 4.30 10 550 5029 -4.8 -12.9 53 8.1 -7.9 226 48 318.4 318.9 290.8 326.9 2.58 11 500 5771 -10.1 -18.3 51 8.2 -12.8 231 50 320.7 321.1 290.8 326.8 1.81 12 450 6578 -13.7 -32.8 18 19.1 -17.8 235 47 326.0 326.1 291.2 328.0 0.54 13 400 7461 -20.2 -37.3 20 17.0 -23.1 235 53 328.7 328.7 291.7 330.1 0.39 14 350 8434 -28.2 -43.9 21 15.7 -30.0 238 59 330.7 330.8 292.2 331.6 0.22 15 300 9518 -37.8 -49.0 30 11.2 -38.5 240 63 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.7 0.15 16 250 10747 -46.8 -60.9 19 14.0 -47.3 246 65 336.4 336.5 293.4 336.6 0.04 17 200 12208 -51.6 -72.4 7 20.9 -52.0 252 65 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.2 0.01 18 150 14024 -62.4 -79.0 9 16.7 -62.5 254 57 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.7 0.01 19 100 16492 -69.4 -86.6 6 17.2 -69.5 262 42 393.7 393.7 304.3 393.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.13 m Freezing level: 603.13 mb = 4298.39 m = 14102.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.91 mb = 3985.30 m = 13074.96 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.71 % Est. max temperature: 28.85 C = 83.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 877.02 mb = 1201.42 m = 3941.61 ft T: 17.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.03 C/km ThetaE index: 6.75 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 819.14 mb = 1781.16 m = 5843.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.33 C = 86.60 F Cap Strength: 1.10 C Lifted Index: -1.70 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.41 C Showalter Index: -0.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.39 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.29 C Cross Totals Index: 22.11 C K Index: 35.58 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 354.92 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.19 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 223.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 44.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.42 mb = 1454.77 m = 4772.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 756.42 mb = 2448.35 m = 8032.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 256.42 mb = 10576.17 m = 34698.30 ft B at Equ Level: 218.15 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 206.42 mb = 12001.40 m = 39374.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.7 at 39.8 knts Storm direction: 249.7 at 29.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 253.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 253.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 84.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.32 Bulk Rich Number: 3.02 Bulk Shear: 73.87 m/s