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: 34.78,-92.38 Latitude: 34.78 Longitude: -92.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 81 SFC 997 109 27.4 18.3 58 9.0 21.1 197 11 300.8 303.3 294.4 340.2 13.43 2 950 530 21.9 17.0 74 4.9 18.5 200 18 299.4 301.7 293.6 337.1 12.92 3 900 997 19.1 10.2 56 8.9 13.6 212 27 301.2 302.8 290.8 326.9 8.69 4 850 1487 16.2 11.7 74 4.6 13.3 212 23 303.2 305.0 292.7 333.5 10.21 5 800 1999 11.8 11.1 96 0.6 11.4 211 22 303.7 305.6 293.0 334.8 10.45 6 750 2538 8.9 4.7 75 4.2 6.5 216 18 306.3 307.6 291.2 328.0 7.15 7 700 3109 7.1 1.3 66 5.8 3.9 212 24 310.4 311.5 291.5 329.0 6.01 8 650 3715 3.8 -1.9 66 5.7 0.9 212 26 313.3 314.3 291.6 329.4 5.12 9 600 4361 -0.1 -5.5 67 5.4 -2.6 212 29 316.0 316.9 291.6 329.7 4.25 10 550 5051 -5.5 -10.6 67 5.1 -7.6 217 33 317.5 318.1 291.0 327.7 3.11 11 500 5790 -11.2 -15.9 68 4.7 -12.9 217 39 319.3 319.8 290.7 326.7 2.21 12 450 6592 -14.1 -35.9 14 21.8 -18.3 225 43 325.5 325.6 290.9 327.0 0.40 13 400 7477 -19.8 -43.5 10 23.7 -23.2 235 52 329.2 329.3 291.7 330.0 0.20 14 350 8451 -27.7 -51.6 8 23.9 -29.9 237 56 331.3 331.4 292.2 331.7 0.09 15 300 9539 -36.4 -50.4 22 14.0 -37.4 242 65 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.6 0.13 16 250 10774 -46.6 -54.8 39 8.2 -47.0 245 74 336.8 336.8 293.6 337.1 0.09 17 200 12234 -51.6 -72.4 7 20.8 -52.0 250 84 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.1 0.01 18 150 14057 -61.8 -80.9 6 19.1 -62.0 250 73 363.6 363.6 299.4 363.6 0.00 19 100 16500 -71.6 -85.8 10 14.3 -71.6 252 41 389.5 389.5 303.7 389.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.90 m Freezing level: 600.92 mb = 4348.91 m = 14267.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.22 mb = 3875.16 m = 12713.62 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.31 % Est. max temperature: 29.77 C = 85.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 873.86 mb = 1249.90 m = 4100.66 ft T: 17.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.85 C/km ThetaE index: 13.33 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 816.60 mb = 1825.81 m = 5990.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.08 C = 86.15 F Cap Strength: 2.57 C Lifted Index: -2.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.14 C Showalter Index: -1.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.41 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.48 C Cross Totals Index: 22.93 C K Index: 33.33 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 290.12 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.35 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 89.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 110.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 855.91 mb = 1427.62 m = 4683.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 580.91 mb = 4617.21 m = 15148.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 450.91 mb = 6576.75 m = 21577.01 ft B at Equ Level: 89.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 260.91 mb = 10484.34 m = 34397.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.3 at 26.3 knts Storm direction: 243.3 at 19.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 74.4 neg: -22.9 tot: 51.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 4.67 Bulk Shear: 19.20 m/s