MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 33.50,-93.51 Latitude: 33.50 Longitude: -93.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 87 SFC 999 95 27.0 20.4 67 6.5 22.3 184 8 300.2 303.0 295.5 345.0 15.31 2 950 536 21.1 19.0 87 2.2 19.6 192 15 298.6 301.3 294.7 341.4 14.68 3 900 1003 18.5 16.5 88 2.0 17.1 224 26 300.6 303.0 294.1 339.4 13.23 4 850 1493 16.9 8.1 56 8.9 11.6 216 22 303.9 305.4 291.1 327.8 7.98 5 800 2007 12.7 11.6 93 1.1 12.0 217 20 304.7 306.7 293.6 337.0 10.80 6 750 2547 9.6 8.9 95 0.7 9.2 221 21 307.0 308.8 293.3 336.1 9.61 7 700 3117 6.6 6.1 97 0.5 6.3 212 22 309.8 311.4 293.3 335.8 8.49 8 650 3723 3.8 2.2 90 1.5 2.9 213 25 313.2 314.6 293.0 334.9 6.94 9 600 4370 0.3 -5.5 65 5.9 -2.4 212 26 316.5 317.3 291.7 330.1 4.22 10 550 5062 -5.2 -12.8 55 7.6 -8.2 219 30 317.9 318.4 290.7 326.4 2.59 11 500 5800 -11.3 -20.1 48 8.7 -14.0 225 35 319.2 319.5 290.1 324.5 1.55 12 450 6607 -12.9 -46.1 4 33.2 -18.0 230 43 327.0 327.0 291.0 327.5 0.14 13 400 7494 -19.2 -46.1 7 26.8 -22.8 235 51 330.0 330.0 291.9 330.6 0.15 14 350 8470 -27.1 -52.2 7 25.1 -29.4 238 56 332.2 332.3 292.4 332.6 0.09 15 300 9561 -35.9 -51.4 19 15.4 -37.0 243 63 334.7 334.7 293.1 335.2 0.11 16 250 10798 -45.5 -56.6 28 11.0 -46.0 246 72 338.3 338.4 294.0 338.6 0.07 17 200 12266 -51.1 -74.3 5 23.2 -51.5 253 80 351.9 351.9 297.1 351.9 0.01 18 150 14086 -62.7 -80.8 7 18.1 -62.9 248 61 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.1 0.00 19 100 16522 -72.2 -85.7 12 13.4 -72.3 256 37 388.1 388.1 303.5 388.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5712.44 m Freezing level: 597.01 mb = 4411.51 m = 14473.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.89 mb = 4067.64 m = 13345.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.86 % Est. max temperature: 30.69 C = 87.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 908.57 mb = 921.38 m = 3022.86 ft T: 18.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.68 C/km ThetaE index: 17.20 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 851.17 mb = 1480.88 m = 4858.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.59 C = 87.07 F Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lifted Index: -5.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.63 C Showalter Index: 0.95 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.71 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.29 C Cross Totals Index: 19.42 C K Index: 35.92 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 220.27 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.60 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 835.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.43 mb = 951.30 m = 3121.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 810.43 mb = 1896.81 m = 6223.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.43 mb = 11334.59 m = 37186.52 ft B at Equ Level: 816.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.43 mb = 14067.88 m = 46153.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.5 at 24.5 knts Storm direction: 246.5 at 18.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 1.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 85.0 neg: -20.1 tot: 65.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.43 Bulk Rich Number: 28.35 Bulk Shear: 29.45 m/s