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: 34.26,-93.33 Latitude: 34.26 Longitude: -93.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 72 SFC 990 162 23.0 20.3 85 2.7 21.1 195 5 297.0 299.8 294.6 341.3 15.31 2 950 519 20.6 19.0 90 1.7 19.5 202 16 298.1 300.8 294.5 340.7 14.68 3 900 985 17.7 17.1 97 0.6 17.3 224 29 299.7 302.2 294.3 339.9 13.76 4 850 1473 14.8 14.1 96 0.7 14.3 235 33 301.6 303.8 293.6 337.0 11.99 5 800 1985 12.4 10.0 85 2.4 10.9 223 31 304.4 306.2 292.6 333.3 9.67 6 750 2524 9.2 8.1 93 1.1 8.6 221 34 306.6 308.3 292.8 334.1 9.09 7 700 3094 6.0 5.0 93 1.0 5.4 218 33 309.1 310.6 292.6 333.1 7.82 8 650 3698 2.4 1.4 93 1.0 1.8 215 36 311.7 312.9 292.2 331.9 6.52 9 600 4341 -1.1 -3.0 87 1.8 -2.0 217 42 314.8 315.8 292.0 331.1 5.13 10 550 5031 -4.8 -5.8 93 1.0 -5.3 213 46 318.4 319.3 292.5 333.0 4.53 11 500 5775 -8.7 -9.3 95 0.6 -8.9 221 52 322.5 323.2 293.0 335.0 3.79 12 450 6585 -13.5 -14.6 91 1.1 -13.9 231 57 326.2 326.8 293.2 335.5 2.73 13 400 7470 -20.2 -23.7 74 3.5 -21.1 237 59 328.7 329.0 292.7 333.7 1.41 14 350 8442 -28.5 -37.5 42 9.0 -29.7 235 59 330.3 330.4 292.2 331.9 0.43 15 300 9527 -37.5 -46.5 38 9.1 -38.2 236 68 332.5 332.6 292.6 333.3 0.19 16 250 10761 -45.1 -61.4 14 16.3 -45.6 241 72 339.0 339.1 294.1 339.2 0.04 17 200 12227 -52.0 -73.7 6 21.8 -52.3 254 68 350.5 350.5 296.7 350.5 0.01 18 150 14048 -62.2 -79.6 8 17.4 -62.3 258 63 362.9 362.9 299.2 363.0 0.00 19 100 16500 -71.3 -87.5 7 16.3 -71.3 260 35 390.0 390.0 303.8 390.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.17 m Freezing level: 615.89 mb = 4136.39 m = 13570.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.26 mb = 3996.59 m = 13112.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.79 % Est. max temperature: 28.12 C = 82.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.91 mb = 501.55 m = 1645.49 ft T: 20.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.47 C/km ThetaE index: 8.00 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 905.08 mb = 936.82 m = 3073.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.50 C = 77.91 F Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lifted Index: -2.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.85 C Showalter Index: -0.60 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.21 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.43 C Cross Totals Index: 22.77 C K Index: 36.50 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 286.71 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.51 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 844.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.17 mb = 803.55 m = 2636.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 884.17 mb = 1136.70 m = 3729.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 244.17 mb = 10915.90 m = 35812.87 ft B at Equ Level: 838.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 154.17 mb = 13874.68 m = 45520.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.3 at 36.2 knts Storm direction: 249.3 at 27.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 1.2 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 141.6 neg: -20.8 tot: 120.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.72 Bulk Rich Number: 10.54 Bulk Shear: 80.06 m/s