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: 33.84,-93.85 Latitude: 33.84 Longitude: -93.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 74 SFC 996 111 24.8 21.4 82 3.4 22.3 207 8 298.3 301.2 295.7 345.7 16.32 2 950 521 20.3 19.4 95 0.9 19.6 210 16 297.7 300.5 294.7 341.5 15.08 3 900 987 17.8 16.4 91 1.4 16.9 233 29 299.9 302.3 293.9 338.4 13.14 4 850 1475 15.2 14.1 93 1.1 14.4 235 27 302.0 304.2 293.7 337.4 11.97 5 800 1987 12.4 10.5 88 2.0 11.2 220 30 304.4 306.2 292.9 334.3 10.00 6 750 2526 9.4 8.3 93 1.1 8.8 218 33 306.8 308.5 293.0 334.7 9.22 7 700 3097 6.5 4.7 88 1.8 5.5 220 35 309.7 311.2 292.6 333.2 7.66 8 650 3702 2.9 1.0 87 1.9 1.9 221 39 312.2 313.4 292.3 332.0 6.35 9 600 4346 -1.0 -2.3 91 1.3 -1.7 225 44 315.0 316.0 292.3 332.0 5.38 10 550 5036 -5.0 -5.6 95 0.7 -5.3 219 47 318.2 319.1 292.5 332.9 4.57 11 500 5779 -9.4 -9.7 97 0.4 -9.5 223 49 321.6 322.3 292.7 333.7 3.66 12 450 6587 -14.1 -14.4 98 0.3 -14.2 233 52 325.6 326.1 293.0 335.0 2.80 13 400 7471 -20.3 -20.8 96 0.5 -20.5 237 53 328.6 329.0 293.0 334.9 1.82 14 350 8444 -28.3 -31.8 72 3.5 -28.9 234 61 330.6 330.8 292.6 333.4 0.77 15 300 9529 -37.3 -44.2 48 7.0 -37.9 238 76 332.8 332.9 292.7 333.8 0.25 16 250 10766 -44.4 -63.4 10 19.0 -45.0 245 73 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.2 0.03 17 200 12237 -51.3 -74.4 5 23.2 -51.7 256 66 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.6 0.01 18 150 14060 -62.3 -80.4 7 18.1 -62.4 259 62 362.7 362.7 299.2 362.8 0.00 19 100 16504 -71.4 -87.1 8 15.6 -71.5 259 34 389.7 389.7 303.8 389.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.46 m Freezing level: 612.83 mb = 4180.50 m = 13715.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.49 mb = 4036.80 m = 13243.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.31 % Est. max temperature: 28.71 C = 83.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 948.51 mb = 534.42 m = 1753.34 ft T: 20.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.93 C/km ThetaE index: 11.42 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 912.11 mb = 871.75 m = 2860.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.85 C = 78.53 F Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lifted Index: -3.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.64 C Showalter Index: -1.48 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.00 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.54 C Cross Totals Index: 23.46 C K Index: 36.78 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 271.21 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.83 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 967.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 923.79 mb = 762.08 m = 2500.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 878.79 mb = 1190.50 m = 3905.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 248.79 mb = 10798.05 m = 35426.23 ft B at Equ Level: 967.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 148.79 mb = 14108.80 m = 46288.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.4 at 35.7 knts Storm direction: 252.4 at 26.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 1.6 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 106.9 neg: -3.6 tot: 103.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.53 Bulk Rich Number: 13.95 Bulk Shear: 69.36 m/s