MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 12Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 34.68,-90.10 Latitude: 34.68 Longitude: -90.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1004 77 18.6 17.7 94 0.9 18.0 193 8 291.4 293.7 291.0 327.5 12.77 1 1000 111 18.9 17.8 93 1.1 18.1 195 8 292.0 294.3 291.3 328.6 12.91 2 950 556 20.9 16.7 77 4.2 18.1 222 29 298.4 300.7 293.2 335.4 12.71 3 900 1023 18.9 12.9 68 6.0 15.0 209 22 301.0 302.9 292.2 331.6 10.41 4 850 1511 16.4 4.7 46 11.7 9.7 217 17 303.3 304.5 289.5 322.3 6.30 5 800 2023 12.1 4.9 62 7.2 8.0 231 15 304.0 305.3 290.1 324.5 6.81 6 750 2560 9.7 -5.6 33 15.3 2.6 225 21 307.1 307.8 288.0 317.6 3.35 7 700 3131 8.3 -20.4 11 28.8 -1.6 234 15 311.7 311.9 287.2 315.3 1.07 8 650 3739 5.6 -20.7 13 26.3 -3.4 255 9 315.4 315.6 288.5 319.2 1.14 9 600 4387 0.2 -8.8 51 9.0 -3.7 258 8 316.4 317.0 290.9 327.0 3.28 10 550 5077 -5.4 -13.3 53 8.0 -8.4 249 10 317.7 318.2 290.5 325.9 2.48 11 500 5817 -10.5 -17.8 55 7.4 -12.9 253 17 320.3 320.6 290.7 326.6 1.88 12 450 6618 -16.4 -29.9 30 13.5 -19.3 250 22 322.6 322.7 290.3 325.1 0.71 13 400 7497 -20.0 -57.8 2 37.9 -23.7 256 26 329.0 329.1 291.5 329.2 0.04 14 350 8471 -27.4 -49.1 11 21.7 -29.5 270 28 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.4 0.13 15 300 9561 -36.1 -52.0 18 15.9 -37.2 276 38 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.9 0.10 16 250 10799 -45.9 -58.7 22 12.8 -46.4 264 45 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.1 0.06 17 200 12256 -52.0 -72.7 7 20.7 -52.3 270 68 350.5 350.5 296.7 350.5 0.01 18 150 14076 -62.6 -81.4 6 18.8 -62.7 257 51 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.2 0.00 19 100 16510 -71.4 -86.4 9 15.0 -71.5 251 32 389.8 389.8 303.8 389.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.52 m Freezing level: 597.88 mb = 4415.80 m = 14487.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 719.21 mb = 2906.84 m = 9536.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.18 % Est. max temperature: 30.30 C = 86.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 990.44 mb = 194.60 m = 638.43 ft T: 19.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.00 C/km ThetaE index: 13.08 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 820.90 mb = 1805.26 m = 5922.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.93 C = 87.67 F Cap Strength: 3.57 C Lifted Index: -0.48 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.08 C Showalter Index: 4.67 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.03 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.86 C Cross Totals Index: 15.17 C K Index: 2.79 Risk: None Sweat Index: 205.13 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.95 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 73.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 359.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.45 mb = 999.16 m = 3278.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 537.45 mb = 5255.92 m = 17243.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 427.45 mb = 7001.72 m = 22971.23 ft B at Equ Level: 72.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 357.45 mb = 8317.71 m = 27288.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.4 at 15.2 knts Storm direction: 262.4 at 11.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 1.1 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 92.2 neg: -47.1 tot: 45.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 16.66 Bulk Shear: 4.41 m/s