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: 33.66,-91.72 Latitude: 33.66 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 63 29.3 17.8 50 11.5 21.3 192 11 302.3 304.7 294.4 340.4 12.89 1 1000 77 28.6 17.5 51 11.1 20.9 192 10 301.8 304.1 294.1 339.1 12.66 2 950 530 23.7 16.3 63 7.4 18.7 193 16 301.2 303.5 293.7 337.7 12.40 3 900 999 19.1 15.4 79 3.7 16.7 193 17 301.2 303.5 293.7 337.6 12.35 4 850 1488 16.1 5.6 50 10.5 10.1 213 20 303.0 304.3 289.8 323.3 6.74 5 800 2001 13.1 6.5 64 6.6 9.2 218 20 305.1 306.5 291.2 328.0 7.60 6 750 2540 9.6 3.7 67 5.9 6.2 213 18 307.0 308.2 290.9 327.2 6.65 7 700 3110 6.9 4.9 87 2.1 5.8 216 22 310.2 311.6 292.8 334.1 7.77 8 650 3718 4.6 -1.6 64 6.3 1.4 216 28 314.2 315.2 291.9 330.8 5.24 9 600 4365 -0.2 -3.8 76 3.7 -2.0 214 27 315.9 316.8 292.0 331.3 4.81 10 550 5056 -4.8 -13.1 52 8.3 -8.0 223 31 318.4 318.9 290.8 326.8 2.54 11 500 5796 -10.7 -18.4 53 7.7 -13.2 230 41 320.0 320.3 290.6 326.0 1.79 12 450 6603 -13.0 -46.9 4 33.9 -18.1 236 46 327.0 327.0 291.0 327.4 0.12 13 400 7490 -19.1 -47.5 6 28.5 -22.8 240 51 330.2 330.2 291.9 330.7 0.13 14 350 8467 -26.9 -52.2 7 25.3 -29.3 239 56 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.8 0.09 15 300 9558 -36.0 -52.2 17 16.3 -37.1 244 63 334.7 334.7 293.1 335.1 0.10 16 250 10796 -45.5 -57.8 24 12.3 -46.0 249 72 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.7 0.06 17 200 12261 -51.8 -72.5 7 20.7 -52.1 255 78 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.8 0.01 18 150 14079 -62.6 -80.7 7 18.1 -62.7 254 63 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.3 0.00 19 100 16514 -71.5 -86.1 10 14.6 -71.5 251 38 389.6 389.6 303.8 389.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.47 m Freezing level: 601.80 mb = 4341.45 m = 14243.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.02 mb = 3983.18 m = 13068.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.22 % Est. max temperature: 29.98 C = 85.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 847.31 mb = 1514.57 m = 4968.99 ft T: 15.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.57 C/km ThetaE index: 17.12 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 815.04 mb = 1843.11 m = 6046.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.49 C = 88.68 F Cap Strength: 1.51 C Lifted Index: -3.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.11 C Showalter Index: 3.91 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.85 C Cross Totals Index: 16.35 C K Index: 30.42 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 210.86 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.64 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 235.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 39.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 852.21 mb = 1465.63 m = 4808.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 757.21 mb = 2460.07 m = 8071.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 687.21 mb = 3261.42 m = 10700.05 ft B at Equ Level: 6.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 637.21 mb = 3878.71 m = 12725.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.8 at 24.5 knts Storm direction: 246.8 at 18.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 54.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 55.3 neg: -6.6 tot: 48.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 9.40 Bulk Shear: 25.02 m/s