MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 33.30,-93.35 Latitude: 33.30 Longitude: -93.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 76 SFC 998 89 26.4 20.7 71 5.7 22.3 194 6 299.7 302.5 295.6 345.3 15.59 2 950 526 21.9 18.6 81 3.3 19.6 193 13 299.4 302.1 294.6 341.3 14.34 3 900 994 18.7 16.9 89 1.8 17.5 212 23 300.8 303.3 294.5 340.7 13.60 4 850 1483 15.5 14.9 96 0.7 15.1 227 25 302.4 304.8 294.3 339.8 12.62 5 800 1996 12.9 10.5 85 2.5 11.4 215 24 304.9 306.8 293.0 334.8 9.99 6 750 2536 9.6 8.8 95 0.8 9.1 216 26 307.0 308.8 293.3 335.8 9.52 7 700 3107 6.4 5.5 94 0.8 5.9 223 28 309.5 311.1 292.9 334.4 8.13 8 650 3713 3.7 0.4 79 3.3 2.0 219 35 313.2 314.3 292.3 332.2 6.07 9 600 4359 -0.1 -3.8 76 3.6 -1.9 217 41 316.0 316.9 292.1 331.4 4.83 10 550 5050 -4.9 -10.6 65 5.6 -7.2 217 43 318.2 318.8 291.3 328.4 3.11 11 500 5791 -10.0 -19.9 44 9.9 -13.1 231 48 320.8 321.1 290.6 326.2 1.58 12 450 6599 -13.2 -32.3 18 19.1 -17.4 242 53 326.7 326.8 291.3 328.7 0.57 13 400 7484 -19.9 -46.0 8 26.1 -23.3 239 58 329.1 329.2 291.6 329.7 0.15 14 350 8458 -27.6 -51.1 9 23.5 -29.7 239 63 331.6 331.6 292.2 332.0 0.10 15 300 9547 -36.4 -48.9 26 12.6 -37.3 241 72 334.1 334.2 293.0 334.7 0.15 16 250 10787 -44.4 -58.8 19 14.4 -45.0 248 77 340.0 340.0 294.4 340.2 0.05 17 200 12258 -51.2 -73.2 6 21.9 -51.7 255 77 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.7 0.01 18 150 14077 -62.5 -81.5 6 19.0 -62.7 258 64 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.4 0.00 19 100 16514 -71.7 -85.7 11 14.0 -71.8 254 36 389.1 389.1 303.6 389.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5715.24 m Freezing level: 601.61 mb = 4337.81 m = 14231.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.74 mb = 4032.54 m = 13229.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.20 % Est. max temperature: 29.22 C = 84.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.13 mb = 811.51 m = 2662.41 ft T: 19.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.10 C/km ThetaE index: 10.44 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 880.86 mb = 1177.57 m = 3863.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.13 C = 82.63 F Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lifted Index: -4.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.99 C Showalter Index: -3.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.45 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.55 C Cross Totals Index: 24.89 C K Index: 39.60 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 339.45 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.71 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 906.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.92 mb = 984.80 m = 3230.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 855.92 mb = 1423.28 m = 4669.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.92 mb = 11169.22 m = 36643.97 ft B at Equ Level: 892.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 155.92 mb = 13832.38 m = 45381.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.8 at 31.5 knts Storm direction: 249.8 at 23.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.7 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 115.7 neg: -7.9 tot: 107.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.55 Bulk Rich Number: 13.17 Bulk Shear: 68.86 m/s