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: 33.56,-91.78 Latitude: 33.56 Longitude: -91.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 62 28.2 18.4 55 9.8 21.4 187 10 301.0 303.5 294.4 340.4 13.39 1 1000 95 26.7 18.0 59 8.7 20.7 187 10 299.8 302.2 293.9 338.1 13.08 2 950 544 21.6 16.6 73 5.0 18.2 188 15 299.1 301.4 293.3 335.8 12.59 3 900 1010 18.6 8.5 52 10.1 12.5 197 20 300.6 302.0 289.9 323.6 7.75 4 850 1499 17.0 -1.5 28 18.5 7.6 206 17 304.0 304.7 287.5 316.4 4.04 5 800 2012 13.3 3.9 53 9.4 8.0 208 13 305.3 306.5 290.1 324.5 6.32 6 750 2552 10.0 3.4 63 6.6 6.3 211 10 307.4 308.7 291.0 327.4 6.51 7 700 3122 7.8 1.9 67 5.8 4.5 208 16 311.1 312.3 291.9 330.6 6.30 8 650 3731 4.9 -1.2 65 6.1 1.7 219 22 314.5 315.5 292.2 331.6 5.39 9 600 4379 -0.0 -3.4 78 3.3 -1.7 212 20 316.1 317.1 292.3 332.0 4.98 10 550 5069 -4.7 -12.1 56 7.4 -7.6 213 22 318.6 319.1 291.0 327.6 2.76 11 500 5812 -9.8 -19.0 47 9.2 -12.8 220 29 321.1 321.4 290.8 326.9 1.71 12 450 6618 -13.0 -40.2 8 27.2 -17.8 227 36 326.9 327.0 291.1 327.9 0.26 13 400 7506 -18.8 -50.1 5 31.3 -22.7 240 42 330.6 330.6 292.0 331.0 0.10 14 350 8484 -26.8 -51.3 8 24.5 -29.1 241 47 332.6 332.6 292.5 333.0 0.10 15 300 9576 -35.7 -53.2 15 17.5 -36.9 246 54 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.4 0.09 16 250 10817 -45.6 -59.3 20 13.7 -46.1 247 59 338.3 338.3 294.0 338.5 0.05 17 200 12280 -51.4 -74.1 5 22.6 -51.8 257 72 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.4 0.01 18 150 14095 -62.8 -80.9 7 18.1 -63.0 249 57 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.9 0.00 19 100 16524 -72.7 -86.3 11 13.6 -72.7 257 36 387.4 387.4 303.4 387.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.81 m Freezing level: 600.22 mb = 4375.72 m = 14355.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.71 mb = 4052.22 m = 13294.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.26 % Est. max temperature: 30.90 C = 87.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 870.82 mb = 1292.13 m = 4239.21 ft T: 17.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.53 C/km ThetaE index: 23.99 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 788.48 mb = 2133.20 m = 6998.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.95 C = 91.30 F Cap Strength: 3.59 C Lifted Index: -0.33 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.11 C Showalter Index: 8.64 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.16 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.82 C Cross Totals Index: 8.33 C K Index: 19.54 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 118.65 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.23 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 268.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.14 mb = 1397.53 m = 4585.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 525.14 mb = 5429.62 m = 17813.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 485.14 mb = 6042.62 m = 19824.64 ft B at Equ Level: 5.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 465.14 mb = 6364.80 m = 20881.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.1 at 18.6 knts Storm direction: 240.1 at 14.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 0.9 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 37.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 43.6 neg: -14.1 tot: 29.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.66 Bulk Shear: 9.84 m/s