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: 35.55,-91.06 Latitude: 35.55 Longitude: -91.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 28.7 17.2 50 11.4 20.8 194 15 301.7 304.0 293.9 338.4 12.46 1 1000 81 27.5 16.9 52 10.6 20.3 193 14 300.7 302.9 293.4 336.5 12.21 2 950 531 22.4 15.6 65 6.8 17.9 196 20 299.9 302.1 292.9 334.6 11.83 3 900 998 19.4 7.8 47 11.6 12.5 210 28 301.5 302.9 289.8 323.6 7.41 4 850 1487 16.7 3.1 40 13.6 9.2 210 25 303.6 304.7 288.9 320.7 5.63 5 800 1999 12.0 10.2 89 1.8 10.9 212 23 303.9 305.7 292.6 333.2 9.82 6 750 2538 8.7 4.8 76 3.9 6.5 216 17 306.1 307.4 291.2 328.0 7.23 7 700 3107 7.7 -3.3 46 11.0 2.3 204 20 311.1 311.9 290.2 324.6 4.30 8 650 3714 4.3 -3.7 56 8.0 0.4 204 22 313.8 314.7 291.2 328.1 4.48 9 600 4360 -0.4 -5.5 68 5.2 -2.8 207 27 315.7 316.5 291.5 329.2 4.22 10 550 5050 -5.6 -10.0 71 4.4 -7.4 214 29 317.5 318.1 291.2 328.1 3.26 11 500 5789 -11.3 -15.0 74 3.7 -12.6 223 36 319.3 319.8 290.9 327.3 2.39 12 450 6590 -15.0 -27.8 33 12.8 -18.0 228 40 324.4 324.5 291.0 327.5 0.86 13 400 7473 -19.8 -52.1 4 32.4 -23.4 237 46 329.3 329.3 291.6 329.6 0.08 14 350 8446 -28.0 -51.9 8 23.8 -30.2 240 52 331.0 331.0 292.1 331.3 0.09 15 300 9534 -36.6 -51.1 21 14.5 -37.6 244 61 333.8 333.8 292.9 334.3 0.12 16 250 10767 -47.2 -53.4 49 6.2 -47.5 247 71 335.9 335.9 293.4 336.3 0.11 17 200 12220 -52.5 -70.9 9 18.4 -52.8 251 84 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.7 0.01 18 150 14039 -61.7 -80.8 6 19.1 -61.9 250 75 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.8 0.00 19 100 16491 -70.1 -85.3 9 15.2 -70.2 254 38 392.3 392.3 304.1 392.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.09 m Freezing level: 603.84 mb = 4310.41 m = 14141.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.13 mb = 3787.57 m = 12426.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.04 % Est. max temperature: 30.56 C = 87.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 847.97 mb = 1507.66 m = 4946.32 ft T: 16.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.09 C/km ThetaE index: 17.76 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 793.75 mb = 2064.89 m = 6774.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.14 C = 88.04 F Cap Strength: 3.06 C Lifted Index: -1.15 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.56 C Showalter Index: 4.77 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.35 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.98 C Cross Totals Index: 14.37 C K Index: 20.09 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 176.42 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.38 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 33.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 235.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 836.29 mb = 1624.80 m = 5330.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 551.29 mb = 5031.14 m = 16506.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 461.29 mb = 6401.62 m = 21002.43 ft B at Equ Level: 32.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 411.29 mb = 7264.65 m = 23833.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.7 at 24.9 knts Storm direction: 240.7 at 18.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 0.7 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 26.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 61.5 neg: -20.6 tot: 40.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.80 Bulk Shear: 11.82 m/s