MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 6Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 35.46,-92.48 Latitude: 35.46 Longitude: -92.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 72 SFC 983 217 17.2 16.2 94 1.0 16.5 268 7 291.8 293.9 290.4 325.3 11.86 2 950 509 15.1 15.0 99 0.1 15.0 277 18 292.5 294.5 290.2 324.7 11.33 3 900 968 15.1 12.4 84 2.6 13.4 297 35 297.1 298.9 290.7 326.4 10.13 4 850 1450 12.6 9.0 78 3.6 10.4 300 26 299.4 300.9 290.0 324.3 8.49 5 800 1958 10.0 4.5 69 5.5 6.9 282 25 301.8 303.0 289.2 321.5 6.60 6 750 2492 7.2 2.6 73 4.6 4.7 274 35 304.4 305.5 289.7 323.0 6.16 7 700 3056 3.2 -2.1 68 5.3 0.6 272 39 306.0 306.9 288.9 320.4 4.68 8 650 3651 -1.4 -4.9 77 3.5 -3.0 273 42 307.4 308.2 288.8 320.1 4.08 9 600 4284 -5.1 -11.5 61 6.4 -7.5 269 40 310.2 310.7 288.3 318.6 2.64 10 550 4964 -8.2 -24.0 27 15.8 -12.5 255 45 314.4 314.6 288.0 317.8 1.00 11 500 5697 -12.5 -32.3 17 19.9 -16.6 241 53 317.9 317.9 288.6 319.7 0.51 12 450 6492 -18.0 -52.7 3 34.7 -21.7 233 61 320.7 320.7 289.0 320.9 0.06 13 400 7363 -22.1 -59.3 2 37.2 -25.3 232 64 326.3 326.3 290.7 326.4 0.03 14 350 8335 -27.0 -62.8 2 35.8 -29.5 231 68 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.5 0.02 15 300 9428 -35.1 -58.7 7 23.5 -36.5 220 75 335.9 335.9 293.3 336.0 0.05 16 250 10676 -43.0 -54.3 28 11.3 -43.6 218 81 342.1 342.1 294.9 342.5 0.10 17 200 12155 -49.4 -76.5 3 27.1 -49.9 249 74 354.5 354.5 297.6 354.6 0.01 18 150 13994 -59.6 -81.6 4 21.9 -59.8 258 63 367.4 367.4 300.1 367.4 0.00 19 100 16481 -66.9 -85.5 6 18.6 -67.1 261 39 398.4 398.4 305.0 398.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5625.36 m Freezing level: 665.27 mb = 3469.36 m = 11382.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 691.53 mb = 3153.64 m = 10346.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.44 % Est. max temperature: 25.56 C = 78.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 968.84 mb = 341.55 m = 1120.55 ft T: 16.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.91 C/km ThetaE index: 5.21 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 849.61 mb = 1454.30 m = 4771.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.78 C = 76.60 F Cap Strength: 1.94 C Lifted Index: 1.00 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.51 C Showalter Index: 1.62 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.51 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.08 C Cross Totals Index: 21.43 C K Index: 28.78 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 212.43 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.90 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 52.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 120.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.40 mb = 842.51 m = 2764.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 678.40 mb = 3307.63 m = 10851.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 558.40 mb = 4845.53 m = 15897.20 ft B at Equ Level: 50.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 448.40 mb = 6518.26 m = 21385.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 266.0 at 37.7 knts Storm direction: 296.0 at 28.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 3.2 tot: 7.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 87.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 87.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.82 Bulk Shear: 63.75 m/s