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: 33.58,-91.72 Latitude: 33.58 Longitude: -91.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1002 61 29.3 18.0 51 11.3 21.5 192 11 302.3 304.7 294.6 340.9 13.07 1 1000 78 28.6 17.7 52 10.9 21.1 192 9 301.7 304.1 294.2 339.5 12.82 2 950 531 23.7 16.5 64 7.2 18.8 193 16 301.2 303.5 293.9 338.2 12.56 3 900 1000 19.1 15.7 80 3.4 16.8 193 17 301.2 303.5 293.9 338.1 12.54 4 850 1489 16.1 6.1 52 9.9 10.3 213 20 303.0 304.3 289.9 323.8 6.96 5 800 2001 13.1 6.5 64 6.5 9.2 219 20 305.1 306.5 291.2 328.0 7.61 6 750 2541 9.5 4.4 71 5.1 6.6 214 18 306.9 308.2 291.2 328.2 7.00 7 700 3111 7.1 4.6 84 2.5 5.6 215 22 310.3 311.8 292.7 333.7 7.60 8 650 3719 4.7 -1.8 63 6.5 1.4 216 27 314.3 315.3 291.9 330.6 5.16 9 600 4366 -0.2 -4.2 75 4.0 -2.1 214 27 315.9 316.8 291.9 330.8 4.68 10 550 5057 -4.7 -13.4 51 8.7 -8.0 223 31 318.5 319.0 290.8 326.7 2.48 11 500 5797 -10.6 -18.2 53 7.6 -13.1 230 41 320.1 320.4 290.6 326.2 1.82 12 450 6605 -13.0 -46.3 4 33.3 -18.1 236 46 326.9 327.0 291.0 327.5 0.13 13 400 7492 -19.0 -47.8 6 28.7 -22.8 240 51 330.2 330.3 291.9 330.7 0.13 14 350 8469 -26.8 -52.5 7 25.6 -29.2 240 56 332.6 332.6 292.5 332.9 0.08 15 300 9560 -35.9 -52.4 17 16.4 -37.1 244 63 334.7 334.7 293.1 335.1 0.10 16 250 10798 -45.4 -57.7 24 12.3 -45.9 250 72 338.6 338.6 294.0 338.8 0.06 17 200 12264 -51.7 -72.6 6 20.9 -52.1 255 77 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.9 0.01 18 150 14081 -62.7 -80.8 7 18.1 -62.8 254 62 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.1 0.00 19 100 16516 -71.5 -86.0 10 14.5 -71.6 251 38 389.6 389.6 303.7 389.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5719.06 m Freezing level: 602.15 mb = 4337.85 m = 14231.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.55 mb = 3964.51 m = 13006.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.17 % Est. max temperature: 29.92 C = 85.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 850.30 mb = 1485.55 m = 4873.80 ft T: 16.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.59 C/km ThetaE index: 17.05 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 821.48 mb = 1777.27 m = 5830.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.17 C = 88.11 F Cap Strength: 1.36 C Lifted Index: -3.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.14 C Showalter Index: 3.71 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.42 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.68 C Cross Totals Index: 16.73 C K Index: 30.28 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 217.15 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.56 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 284.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 32.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.94 mb = 1439.01 m = 4721.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 769.94 mb = 2321.43 m = 7616.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 679.94 mb = 3349.49 m = 10989.00 ft B at Equ Level: 10.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 199.94 mb = 12265.55 m = 40240.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.0 at 24.2 knts Storm direction: 247.0 at 18.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 54.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 54.9 neg: -6.2 tot: 48.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 11.50 Bulk Shear: 24.71 m/s