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: 36.18,-90.07 Latitude: 36.18 Longitude: -90.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 54 SFC 997 79 25.3 16.9 60 8.3 19.6 176 12 298.7 300.9 292.9 334.3 12.25 2 950 505 23.8 15.7 60 8.1 18.3 186 33 301.3 303.5 293.4 336.2 11.85 3 900 974 19.4 14.5 73 4.9 16.1 192 36 301.5 303.6 293.2 335.7 11.59 4 850 1463 14.8 12.6 87 2.2 13.4 197 37 301.7 303.7 292.7 333.8 10.87 5 800 1974 12.7 4.9 59 7.7 8.3 216 34 304.7 305.9 290.3 325.2 6.82 6 750 2513 8.9 6.8 86 2.1 7.6 221 36 306.3 307.8 292.1 331.3 8.29 7 700 3081 6.2 1.3 71 4.9 3.5 228 38 309.3 310.5 291.1 327.9 6.01 8 650 3686 3.1 1.1 87 2.0 2.0 226 44 312.5 313.7 292.4 332.4 6.39 9 600 4331 -0.4 -4.8 72 4.4 -2.6 223 49 315.6 316.5 291.7 329.9 4.45 10 550 5021 -4.9 -11.8 58 6.9 -7.7 224 51 318.3 318.8 291.0 327.5 2.82 11 500 5762 -10.3 -18.4 52 8.1 -12.9 231 53 320.5 320.8 290.7 326.6 1.80 12 450 6570 -13.8 -36.9 12 23.2 -18.1 236 52 325.9 326.0 290.9 327.3 0.36 13 400 7453 -20.1 -43.5 11 23.4 -23.4 237 54 328.9 328.9 291.6 329.6 0.20 14 350 8426 -28.3 -43.2 23 14.9 -30.0 238 59 330.6 330.7 292.2 331.6 0.24 15 300 9510 -37.8 -47.4 36 9.5 -38.5 240 62 332.1 332.1 292.4 332.7 0.18 16 250 10738 -47.7 -56.8 34 9.1 -48.1 248 63 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.4 0.07 17 200 12192 -52.5 -72.2 8 19.7 -52.8 251 68 349.7 349.7 296.5 349.7 0.01 18 150 14006 -62.1 -79.6 8 17.6 -62.2 254 60 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.1 0.00 19 100 16484 -68.1 -87.3 5 19.2 -68.2 264 41 396.2 396.2 304.7 396.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.90 m Freezing level: 606.13 mb = 4251.80 m = 13949.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.99 mb = 3963.58 m = 13003.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.64 % Est. max temperature: 28.44 C = 83.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 882.69 mb = 1140.10 m = 3740.42 ft T: 17.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.15 C/km ThetaE index: 10.98 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 814.45 mb = 1822.97 m = 5980.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.38 C = 86.69 F Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lifted Index: -1.66 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.12 C Showalter Index: -0.84 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.07 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.13 C Cross Totals Index: 22.94 C K Index: 32.87 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 373.17 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.44 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 170.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 48.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 850.52 mb = 1457.47 m = 4781.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 755.52 mb = 2451.31 m = 8042.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 445.52 mb = 6644.83 m = 21800.37 ft B at Equ Level: 86.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 215.52 mb = 11704.61 m = 38400.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.2 at 41.5 knts Storm direction: 248.2 at 31.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 286.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 286.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 95.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.27 Bulk Rich Number: 1.99 Bulk Shear: 85.84 m/s