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: 33.64,-91.69 Latitude: 33.64 Longitude: -91.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 61 28.3 18.4 55 9.9 21.4 187 11 301.1 303.6 294.4 340.5 13.40 1 1000 95 26.7 17.9 59 8.8 20.7 187 11 299.9 302.3 293.9 338.0 13.04 2 950 544 21.7 16.8 74 4.9 18.4 188 16 299.2 301.5 293.4 336.4 12.74 3 900 1010 18.5 9.5 56 9.0 13.0 195 20 300.5 302.1 290.3 325.0 8.29 4 850 1499 17.0 -1.4 28 18.4 7.6 205 17 303.9 304.7 287.5 316.4 4.05 5 800 2012 13.2 3.1 50 10.1 7.6 207 14 305.2 306.4 289.8 323.4 5.99 6 750 2551 9.9 3.5 64 6.4 6.3 212 11 307.4 308.6 291.0 327.5 6.58 7 700 3122 7.8 1.1 63 6.6 4.2 207 16 311.1 312.2 291.6 329.6 5.95 8 650 3731 4.9 -1.1 65 6.0 1.7 218 22 314.5 315.5 292.2 331.7 5.44 9 600 4378 -0.0 -3.3 78 3.3 -1.7 213 20 316.1 317.1 292.3 332.0 4.99 10 550 5069 -4.7 -11.9 57 7.2 -7.6 213 22 318.5 319.0 291.0 327.7 2.79 11 500 5811 -9.8 -19.2 46 9.4 -12.8 219 29 321.1 321.4 290.8 326.8 1.67 12 450 6617 -13.1 -38.6 10 25.5 -17.8 227 36 326.8 326.8 291.1 327.9 0.30 13 400 7505 -18.8 -51.0 4 32.2 -22.7 240 42 330.6 330.6 292.0 330.9 0.09 14 350 8483 -26.8 -51.3 8 24.5 -29.2 241 46 332.6 332.6 292.5 333.0 0.10 15 300 9575 -35.7 -53.2 15 17.5 -36.9 246 54 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.4 0.09 16 250 10815 -45.6 -59.3 20 13.7 -46.2 247 59 338.2 338.2 293.9 338.4 0.05 17 200 12278 -51.4 -73.7 5 22.3 -51.8 257 73 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.4 0.01 18 150 14094 -62.8 -80.9 7 18.1 -62.9 249 57 361.9 361.9 299.1 361.9 0.00 19 100 16523 -72.6 -86.4 11 13.9 -72.6 256 36 387.5 387.5 303.4 387.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.50 m Freezing level: 600.02 mb = 4377.93 m = 14363.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.71 mb = 4051.81 m = 13293.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.23 % Est. max temperature: 30.85 C = 87.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 869.11 mb = 1308.84 m = 4294.03 ft T: 17.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.53 C/km ThetaE index: 24.18 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 794.92 mb = 2064.99 m = 6774.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.64 C = 90.75 F Cap Strength: 3.36 C Lifted Index: -0.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.92 C Showalter Index: 8.63 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.17 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.78 C Cross Totals Index: 8.39 C K Index: 18.75 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 119.38 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.21 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 14.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 234.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.87 mb = 1370.46 m = 4496.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 547.87 mb = 5099.13 m = 16729.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 477.87 mb = 6157.65 m = 20202.03 ft B at Equ Level: 13.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 447.87 mb = 6653.23 m = 21827.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 209.7 at 18.8 knts Storm direction: 239.7 at 14.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 0.9 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 32.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 39.0 neg: -12.5 tot: 26.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.70 Bulk Shear: 8.65 m/s