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: 34.14,-93.14 Latitude: 34.14 Longitude: -93.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 85 SFC 998 104 25.9 19.4 67 6.5 21.4 186 9 299.3 301.9 294.6 341.2 14.38 2 950 533 21.0 18.0 83 3.0 18.9 192 15 298.5 301.0 294.0 338.6 13.80 3 900 999 18.3 15.7 85 2.5 16.6 218 27 300.3 302.6 293.6 337.3 12.59 4 850 1488 16.5 9.8 65 6.7 12.4 216 24 303.4 305.1 291.8 330.3 9.00 5 800 2002 12.5 12.2 98 0.3 12.3 215 24 304.4 306.5 293.8 338.0 11.23 6 750 2542 9.7 9.4 98 0.3 9.5 224 25 307.1 308.9 293.6 337.1 9.93 7 700 3113 6.6 5.9 95 0.7 6.2 219 24 309.8 311.4 293.2 335.4 8.34 8 650 3719 3.7 1.4 85 2.3 2.4 215 27 313.1 314.4 292.7 333.5 6.51 9 600 4365 0.2 -5.6 65 5.8 -2.6 216 27 316.3 317.1 291.6 329.8 4.19 10 550 5056 -5.6 -10.1 70 4.5 -7.5 220 32 317.5 318.1 291.2 328.0 3.22 11 500 5793 -11.6 -17.1 64 5.5 -13.4 217 38 319.0 319.3 290.5 325.7 2.01 12 450 6598 -13.7 -42.3 7 28.6 -18.4 227 44 326.0 326.0 290.8 326.8 0.21 13 400 7483 -19.6 -48.1 6 28.5 -23.2 234 53 329.5 329.5 291.7 330.0 0.12 14 350 8457 -27.5 -51.7 8 24.2 -29.7 237 57 331.6 331.7 292.3 332.0 0.09 15 300 9547 -36.2 -50.8 21 14.5 -37.2 241 65 334.3 334.3 293.0 334.8 0.12 16 250 10783 -45.9 -55.9 31 10.0 -46.3 245 75 337.8 337.8 293.9 338.1 0.08 17 200 12248 -51.2 -73.1 6 21.9 -51.6 251 83 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.8 0.01 18 150 14072 -62.1 -81.2 6 19.1 -62.3 248 67 363.0 363.0 299.3 363.0 0.00 19 100 16511 -72.2 -86.1 11 13.9 -72.2 253 39 388.3 388.3 303.5 388.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.94 m Freezing level: 598.51 mb = 4385.60 m = 14388.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.68 mb = 4026.58 m = 13210.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.16 % Est. max temperature: 30.15 C = 86.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 907.31 mb = 929.67 m = 3050.05 ft T: 18.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.78 C/km ThetaE index: 12.29 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 841.99 mb = 1568.52 m = 5145.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.26 C = 86.47 F Cap Strength: 1.62 C Lifted Index: -4.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.73 C Showalter Index: -0.47 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.46 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.07 C Cross Totals Index: 21.39 C K Index: 37.17 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 240.27 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.89 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 497.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 40.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.12 mb = 1026.79 m = 3368.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 792.12 mb = 2084.33 m = 6838.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 252.12 mb = 10725.27 m = 35187.46 ft B at Equ Level: 496.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 182.12 mb = 12841.58 m = 42130.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.5 at 26.5 knts Storm direction: 246.5 at 19.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.7 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 94.5 neg: -15.7 tot: 78.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.27 Bulk Rich Number: 14.48 Bulk Shear: 34.34 m/s