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,-93.97 Latitude: 34.49 Longitude: -93.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 SFC 968 353 22.1 20.5 91 1.6 21.0 202 8 298.0 300.9 295.3 344.1 15.87 2 950 515 20.2 19.5 96 0.7 19.7 205 14 297.7 300.4 294.7 341.7 15.18 3 900 980 17.0 16.2 95 0.8 16.5 221 29 299.0 301.4 293.5 336.8 12.97 4 850 1467 14.8 13.2 90 1.6 13.8 248 30 301.7 303.7 293.0 335.0 11.29 5 800 1979 12.0 10.5 90 1.5 11.1 237 29 304.0 305.8 292.7 333.9 10.03 6 750 2518 8.9 7.8 92 1.2 8.2 223 33 306.3 307.9 292.5 333.0 8.87 7 700 3087 5.9 4.4 90 1.5 5.1 221 36 309.0 310.4 292.3 332.1 7.54 8 650 3690 2.7 0.6 86 2.1 1.6 216 43 312.1 313.2 292.0 331.3 6.16 9 600 4334 -1.0 -3.7 82 2.8 -2.3 225 50 315.0 315.9 291.8 330.4 4.85 10 550 5024 -4.9 -7.2 84 2.3 -6.0 228 55 318.3 319.1 292.1 331.4 4.05 11 500 5767 -9.3 -12.1 80 2.8 -10.4 230 57 321.7 322.3 292.2 331.8 3.02 12 450 6574 -15.2 -19.4 70 4.2 -16.4 231 56 324.2 324.5 291.8 330.5 1.83 13 400 7453 -20.9 -23.8 77 2.9 -21.7 228 52 327.8 328.1 292.4 332.7 1.40 14 350 8424 -28.7 -33.7 62 4.9 -29.5 227 60 330.0 330.1 292.3 332.4 0.64 15 300 9507 -37.6 -49.0 29 11.4 -38.4 231 74 332.4 332.4 292.5 332.9 0.15 16 250 10743 -44.4 -64.5 9 20.1 -45.0 240 69 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.2 0.03 17 200 12215 -51.0 -74.2 5 23.2 -51.4 255 59 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.0 0.01 18 150 14038 -62.1 -80.2 7 18.2 -62.2 258 57 363.2 363.2 299.3 363.2 0.00 19 100 16494 -70.6 -86.3 8 15.7 -70.6 261 37 391.4 391.4 304.0 391.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.55 m Freezing level: 612.91 mb = 4168.19 m = 13674.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.60 mb = 3946.98 m = 12949.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.92 % Est. max temperature: 27.18 C = 80.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 945.51 mb = 556.15 m = 1824.61 ft T: 19.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.66 C/km ThetaE index: 13.70 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 903.12 mb = 950.67 m = 3118.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.01 C = 73.42 F Cap Strength: 0.10 C Lifted Index: -2.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.44 C Showalter Index: -0.33 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.57 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.09 C Cross Totals Index: 22.48 C K Index: 35.84 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 276.11 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.71 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 691.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.60 mb = 927.13 m = 3041.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 890.60 mb = 1069.90 m = 3510.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 260.60 mb = 10461.41 m = 34321.80 ft B at Equ Level: 686.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 170.60 mb = 13222.61 m = 43380.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.8 at 40.7 knts Storm direction: 256.8 at 30.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 2.8 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 161.7 neg: -2.6 tot: 159.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.60 Bulk Rich Number: 8.33 Bulk Shear: 82.98 m/s