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: 35.84,-91.45 Latitude: 35.84 Longitude: -91.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 51 SFC 992 117 25.7 14.8 51 10.9 18.5 194 13 299.5 301.4 291.9 330.8 10.72 2 950 500 23.5 13.7 54 9.8 17.1 197 31 301.1 303.0 292.2 331.9 10.45 3 900 969 19.2 12.7 66 6.4 15.0 198 35 301.3 303.1 292.2 331.7 10.32 4 850 1458 16.3 9.6 64 6.7 12.1 212 37 303.2 304.8 291.6 329.6 8.84 5 800 1971 12.5 9.9 84 2.6 10.9 222 41 304.5 306.3 292.6 333.3 9.63 6 750 2510 8.8 8.5 98 0.3 8.7 225 43 306.2 307.9 292.9 334.4 9.36 7 700 3079 5.6 5.0 96 0.6 5.2 224 45 308.7 310.1 292.4 332.6 7.82 8 650 3682 2.4 0.8 89 1.6 1.5 226 50 311.6 312.8 292.0 331.0 6.23 9 600 4325 -1.1 -3.1 86 2.0 -2.1 225 54 314.9 315.8 292.0 331.0 5.07 10 550 5015 -5.4 -7.4 86 2.0 -6.3 225 55 317.7 318.4 291.9 330.6 3.98 11 500 5756 -9.6 -11.5 86 1.8 -10.4 232 55 321.3 322.0 292.2 331.9 3.19 12 450 6563 -14.6 -27.7 32 13.1 -17.7 233 53 324.9 325.1 291.2 328.0 0.87 13 400 7443 -20.9 -51.0 5 30.0 -24.2 235 57 327.8 327.8 291.2 328.1 0.09 14 350 8412 -28.9 -40.9 31 11.9 -30.4 237 56 329.7 329.8 292.0 330.9 0.31 15 300 9498 -37.0 -41.9 60 4.9 -37.5 250 46 333.2 333.3 292.9 334.4 0.32 16 250 10730 -46.6 -52.6 50 6.0 -46.9 252 65 336.8 336.8 293.6 337.3 0.12 17 200 12193 -51.2 -75.9 4 24.8 -51.6 250 63 351.7 351.8 297.0 351.8 0.01 18 150 14013 -61.8 -80.9 6 19.1 -61.9 250 54 363.7 363.7 299.4 363.7 0.00 19 100 16485 -67.7 -87.0 5 19.2 -67.8 261 46 396.8 396.8 304.8 396.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.46 m Freezing level: 615.72 mb = 4123.00 m = 13526.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.23 mb = 3942.96 m = 12936.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.53 % Est. max temperature: 29.58 C = 85.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 846.31 mb = 1494.91 m = 4904.51 ft T: 16.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.67 C/km ThetaE index: 3.84 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 774.02 mb = 2246.56 m = 7370.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.55 C = 88.78 F Cap Strength: 2.84 C Lifted Index: 0.87 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.71 C Showalter Index: 1.86 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.05 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.87 C Cross Totals Index: 19.17 C K Index: 34.82 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 309.81 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.43 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4931.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 825.58 mb = 1704.71 m = 5592.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.1 at 45.2 knts Storm direction: 252.1 at 33.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.3 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 276.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 276.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 92.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.08 Bulk Shear: 87.99 m/s