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: 35.80,-92.41 Latitude: 35.80 Longitude: -92.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 57 SFC 968 340 22.0 19.4 85 2.6 20.2 229 9 297.9 300.6 294.6 340.9 14.83 2 950 502 20.9 18.9 89 1.9 19.5 225 19 298.4 301.0 294.6 340.9 14.63 3 900 969 17.4 17.0 97 0.4 17.1 227 30 299.4 301.9 294.1 339.2 13.63 4 850 1455 14.2 14.1 99 0.1 14.1 231 32 301.0 303.2 293.4 336.2 11.97 5 800 1966 11.3 11.2 99 0.1 11.3 237 34 303.2 305.2 292.9 334.5 10.50 6 750 2503 8.5 8.3 99 0.2 8.4 240 34 305.8 307.5 292.7 333.5 9.21 7 700 3072 5.4 5.2 99 0.2 5.2 238 34 308.4 309.9 292.4 332.6 7.93 8 650 3674 1.8 1.5 98 0.3 1.6 232 35 311.0 312.2 292.1 331.3 6.56 9 600 4316 -1.9 -2.2 98 0.3 -2.0 227 40 313.9 315.0 292.0 331.0 5.43 10 550 5004 -5.5 -5.8 98 0.3 -5.6 225 47 317.6 318.5 292.3 332.1 4.51 11 500 5747 -9.0 -11.3 83 2.3 -9.9 224 54 322.1 322.7 292.4 332.8 3.23 12 450 6554 -14.8 -23.2 49 8.4 -17.1 224 55 324.6 324.9 291.5 329.2 1.32 13 400 7433 -21.5 -31.9 38 10.4 -23.5 225 60 327.1 327.2 291.6 329.5 0.66 14 350 8401 -28.8 -32.8 68 4.0 -29.5 231 51 329.9 330.0 292.4 332.4 0.69 15 300 9488 -37.1 -40.4 72 3.2 -37.5 240 49 333.0 333.1 292.9 334.5 0.38 16 250 10721 -45.6 -53.1 42 7.5 -45.9 249 71 338.3 338.3 294.0 338.7 0.11 17 200 12190 -51.2 -76.4 3 25.1 -51.7 249 59 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.6 0.01 18 150 14011 -61.2 -81.4 5 20.2 -61.4 251 53 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.6 0.00 19 100 16486 -66.8 -86.1 5 19.4 -66.9 266 45 398.8 398.8 305.0 398.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.51 m Freezing level: 625.84 mb = 3984.40 m = 13072.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.95 mb = 3950.95 m = 12962.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.44 % Est. max temperature: 26.49 C = 79.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.72 mb = 660.78 m = 2167.88 ft T: 19.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.37 C/km ThetaE index: 9.89 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 897.27 mb = 994.55 m = 3262.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.59 C = 74.46 F Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lifted Index: -2.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.22 C Showalter Index: -0.64 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.30 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.22 C Cross Totals Index: 23.08 C K Index: 37.10 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 287.76 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.80 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 906.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.81 mb = 941.74 m = 3089.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 887.81 mb = 1084.74 m = 3558.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 247.81 mb = 10779.25 m = 35364.56 ft B at Equ Level: 903.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 157.81 mb = 13689.33 m = 44911.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.6 at 38.2 knts Storm direction: 259.6 at 28.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 3.2 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 119.6 neg: -5.7 tot: 113.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.67 Bulk Rich Number: 20.73 Bulk Shear: 43.70 m/s