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: 34.49,-92.80 Latitude: 34.49 Longitude: -92.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 993 138 23.5 18.9 75 4.6 20.4 194 7 297.3 299.9 293.7 337.7 13.97 2 950 518 20.6 17.0 80 3.5 18.2 202 18 298.1 300.4 293.3 335.7 12.97 3 900 985 17.9 17.2 96 0.7 17.4 231 29 300.0 302.5 294.4 340.5 13.85 4 850 1474 15.5 14.5 94 1.0 14.8 238 33 302.4 304.6 294.0 338.7 12.28 5 800 1985 11.7 9.9 89 1.7 10.6 221 33 303.6 305.4 292.3 332.3 9.62 6 750 2523 9.0 8.8 99 0.2 8.9 220 32 306.4 308.1 293.1 335.1 9.55 7 700 3093 5.9 5.7 99 0.2 5.8 215 32 309.0 310.6 292.9 334.3 8.26 8 650 3697 2.4 2.2 99 0.2 2.3 210 35 311.6 313.0 292.6 333.1 6.93 9 600 4340 -1.4 -1.7 98 0.3 -1.6 207 39 314.5 315.5 292.3 332.2 5.62 10 550 5030 -5.2 -6.8 89 1.6 -5.9 205 41 317.9 318.7 292.1 331.5 4.19 11 500 5772 -9.6 -10.5 93 0.9 -10.0 219 46 321.3 322.0 292.4 332.7 3.44 12 450 6580 -13.5 -17.4 73 3.8 -14.8 234 53 326.2 326.6 292.7 333.7 2.18 13 400 7465 -19.9 -23.5 73 3.5 -20.8 239 58 329.1 329.4 292.9 334.2 1.44 14 350 8440 -27.8 -32.2 67 4.3 -28.6 239 64 331.2 331.4 292.7 333.9 0.74 15 300 9527 -37.1 -40.6 70 3.5 -37.5 242 74 333.0 333.1 292.9 334.4 0.37 16 250 10758 -46.2 -55.0 36 8.8 -46.6 246 80 337.4 337.5 293.8 337.8 0.09 17 200 12222 -51.5 -74.5 5 23.1 -51.8 254 69 351.3 351.3 296.9 351.3 0.01 18 150 14045 -61.9 -79.3 8 17.4 -62.1 256 65 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.4 0.00 19 100 16498 -71.2 -87.4 7 16.2 -71.2 259 37 390.2 390.2 303.8 390.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.95 m Freezing level: 618.78 mb = 4098.66 m = 13446.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.20 mb = 4074.19 m = 13366.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.31 % Est. max temperature: 28.74 C = 83.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.33 mb = 726.75 m = 2384.31 ft T: 19.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.79 C/km ThetaE index: 8.26 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 862.89 mb = 1344.84 m = 4412.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.93 C = 82.27 F Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lifted Index: -1.91 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.06 C Showalter Index: -2.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.18 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.09 C Cross Totals Index: 24.09 C K Index: 39.41 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 288.72 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.30 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 435.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 29.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.30 mb = 953.21 m = 3127.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 818.30 mb = 1794.38 m = 5886.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 258.30 mb = 10537.79 m = 34572.37 ft B at Equ Level: 435.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 188.30 mb = 12603.68 m = 41350.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.0 at 34.3 knts Storm direction: 246.0 at 25.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 1.8 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 106.7 neg: -29.1 tot: 77.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.29 Bulk Rich Number: 7.68 Bulk Shear: 56.69 m/s