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: 34.60,-92.20 Latitude: 34.60 Longitude: -92.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1000 81 28.3 18.1 54 10.2 21.2 198 13 301.4 303.8 294.4 340.2 13.16 1 1000 83 27.2 17.5 56 9.7 20.6 198 11 300.4 302.7 293.7 337.6 12.72 2 950 533 22.2 16.2 69 6.0 18.2 200 18 299.7 301.9 293.2 335.7 12.30 3 900 1000 18.3 12.6 69 5.7 14.7 209 24 300.4 302.3 291.9 330.5 10.26 4 850 1489 16.3 9.5 64 6.8 12.1 212 21 303.2 304.9 291.6 329.5 8.81 5 800 2002 12.1 9.4 84 2.7 10.4 205 22 304.0 305.7 292.2 331.7 9.27 6 750 2541 9.4 3.9 68 5.5 6.3 219 18 306.8 308.1 291.0 327.4 6.76 7 700 3111 6.8 3.1 77 3.7 4.7 214 23 310.0 311.3 292.0 331.1 6.83 8 650 3718 3.9 -0.2 75 4.1 1.7 214 26 313.4 314.5 292.2 331.6 5.81 9 600 4364 0.1 -5.1 68 5.2 -2.4 214 28 316.2 317.1 291.8 330.3 4.37 10 550 5055 -5.3 -10.8 65 5.5 -7.5 216 31 317.8 318.4 291.1 327.8 3.05 11 500 5794 -11.1 -15.9 68 4.8 -12.8 218 37 319.5 319.9 290.8 326.9 2.22 12 450 6597 -13.8 -36.0 14 22.2 -18.1 225 41 325.9 325.9 290.9 327.3 0.39 13 400 7483 -19.7 -44.8 9 25.1 -23.1 236 50 329.4 329.4 291.7 330.1 0.18 14 350 8457 -27.6 -51.8 8 24.2 -29.8 238 55 331.5 331.5 292.2 331.9 0.09 15 300 9546 -36.2 -50.8 21 14.5 -37.3 242 62 334.3 334.3 293.0 334.8 0.12 16 250 10782 -46.4 -55.1 37 8.7 -46.8 245 71 337.0 337.0 293.7 337.4 0.09 17 200 12243 -51.5 -72.5 6 21.0 -51.8 251 82 351.3 351.3 296.9 351.3 0.01 18 150 14064 -62.1 -81.1 6 19.1 -62.2 250 69 363.2 363.2 299.3 363.2 0.00 19 100 16504 -71.7 -86.2 10 14.5 -71.8 253 41 389.1 389.1 303.6 389.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.77 m Freezing level: 599.14 mb = 4376.00 m = 14356.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.04 mb = 3982.39 m = 13065.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.11 % Est. max temperature: 30.11 C = 86.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 862.09 mb = 1368.58 m = 4490.05 ft T: 16.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.67 C/km ThetaE index: 10.66 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 814.45 mb = 1850.52 m = 6071.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.67 C = 87.20 F Cap Strength: 2.59 C Lifted Index: -2.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.79 C Showalter Index: 0.35 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.06 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.44 C Cross Totals Index: 20.62 C K Index: 33.21 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 231.46 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.49 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 74.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 121.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.51 mb = 1394.23 m = 4574.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 574.51 mb = 4708.65 m = 15448.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 454.51 mb = 6521.19 m = 21394.71 ft B at Equ Level: 73.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 294.51 mb = 9671.37 m = 31729.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.4 at 25.3 knts Storm direction: 243.4 at 19.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.9 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 54.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 50.1 neg: -10.2 tot: 39.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 4.46 Bulk Shear: 16.68 m/s