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: 34.63,-90.02 Latitude: 34.63 Longitude: -90.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1001 86 28.4 18.5 55 9.9 21.5 190 13 301.5 303.9 294.6 341.3 13.52 1 1000 99 27.2 18.1 58 9.0 20.9 191 11 300.3 302.7 294.1 339.0 13.21 2 950 549 22.1 16.9 72 5.2 18.5 191 17 299.6 302.0 293.6 337.1 12.81 3 900 1016 17.5 15.8 90 1.7 16.4 191 17 299.5 301.8 293.4 336.4 12.63 4 850 1503 16.0 6.1 52 9.9 10.2 199 22 302.9 304.1 289.9 323.7 6.96 5 800 2015 12.5 2.0 49 10.5 6.8 208 20 304.5 305.5 289.1 321.3 5.54 6 750 2552 9.1 -6.7 32 15.8 2.0 207 18 306.5 307.1 287.5 316.2 3.09 7 700 3121 7.6 -15.0 18 22.5 -1.1 204 22 310.9 311.2 287.6 316.5 1.71 8 650 3728 5.1 -19.7 15 24.8 -3.5 205 18 314.7 315.0 288.4 318.9 1.24 9 600 4375 0.3 -10.9 42 11.3 -4.4 207 17 316.5 317.0 290.5 325.5 2.76 10 550 5066 -4.6 -13.0 52 8.4 -7.9 219 21 318.6 319.1 290.9 327.0 2.55 11 500 5808 -10.3 -16.7 59 6.4 -12.5 231 27 320.4 320.8 291.0 327.4 2.06 12 450 6611 -14.4 -33.1 19 18.6 -18.3 233 34 325.1 325.2 290.9 327.0 0.52 13 400 7496 -19.2 -49.3 5 30.1 -22.9 242 37 330.1 330.1 291.9 330.5 0.11 14 350 8473 -27.1 -51.5 8 24.4 -29.3 245 42 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.6 0.09 15 300 9564 -36.2 -51.1 20 15.0 -37.2 252 50 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.9 0.12 16 250 10802 -46.3 -58.0 25 11.8 -46.7 251 59 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.5 0.06 17 200 12259 -51.6 -73.4 6 21.9 -52.0 260 75 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.2 0.01 18 150 14076 -62.4 -81.4 6 19.0 -62.6 252 63 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.6 0.00 19 100 16510 -71.7 -86.2 10 14.5 -71.8 257 35 389.2 389.2 303.7 389.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.65 m Freezing level: 596.70 mb = 4420.69 m = 14503.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 717.94 mb = 2912.18 m = 9554.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.30 % Est. max temperature: 29.74 C = 85.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 867.23 mb = 1332.06 m = 4370.23 ft T: 16.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.67 C/km ThetaE index: 25.10 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 834.57 mb = 1657.75 m = 5438.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.33 C = 86.59 F Cap Strength: 1.47 C Lifted Index: -2.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.70 C Showalter Index: 4.06 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.74 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.30 C Cross Totals Index: 16.44 C K Index: 9.87 Risk: None Sweat Index: 236.21 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.79 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 208.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 35.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.56 mb = 1221.39 m = 4007.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 773.56 mb = 2294.61 m = 7528.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 723.56 mb = 2847.94 m = 9343.51 ft B at Equ Level: 7.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 683.56 mb = 3315.55 m = 10877.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 208.8 at 19.8 knts Storm direction: 238.8 at 14.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.4 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 46.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 42.2 neg: -5.2 tot: 37.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 25.84 Bulk Shear: 8.05 m/s