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: 34.57,-92.17 Latitude: 34.57 Longitude: -92.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 999 78 24.5 18.2 68 6.3 20.2 196 9 297.7 300.1 293.3 336.1 13.23 2 950 520 21.8 15.0 66 6.7 17.3 207 24 299.3 301.4 292.4 332.6 11.39 3 900 987 18.5 14.4 77 4.1 15.8 223 29 300.6 302.7 292.9 334.6 11.56 4 850 1475 15.4 11.0 75 4.3 12.6 216 27 302.2 304.0 292.0 331.2 9.77 5 800 1987 11.9 11.1 95 0.9 11.4 208 29 303.8 305.8 293.0 334.8 10.40 6 750 2526 9.6 9.5 99 0.1 9.5 216 29 307.0 308.9 293.6 337.2 9.98 7 700 3097 6.4 6.2 99 0.2 6.3 214 28 309.6 311.2 293.3 335.7 8.55 8 650 3702 2.6 2.2 97 0.4 2.4 213 32 311.9 313.2 292.6 333.4 6.92 9 600 4346 -0.5 -3.0 83 2.5 -1.8 210 38 315.5 316.5 292.2 331.7 5.10 10 550 5037 -5.2 -11.6 61 6.4 -7.8 215 38 317.9 318.5 291.0 327.3 2.86 11 500 5777 -10.2 -21.4 39 11.2 -13.5 231 42 320.6 320.9 290.4 325.4 1.39 12 450 6585 -13.2 -32.5 18 19.2 -17.4 241 49 326.6 326.7 291.3 328.7 0.56 13 400 7470 -20.0 -41.2 13 21.3 -23.2 241 56 329.0 329.1 291.7 330.0 0.26 14 350 8443 -28.0 -46.1 16 18.1 -29.9 238 61 331.0 331.1 292.2 331.7 0.18 15 300 9530 -37.1 -46.2 38 9.1 -37.8 240 70 333.1 333.2 292.7 333.9 0.20 16 250 10763 -45.9 -55.9 32 9.9 -46.3 244 79 337.8 337.8 293.9 338.1 0.08 17 200 12225 -51.9 -73.0 6 21.1 -52.3 252 75 350.5 350.5 296.8 350.6 0.01 18 150 14047 -61.8 -81.5 6 19.7 -62.0 254 68 363.6 363.6 299.4 363.6 0.00 19 100 16499 -70.8 -86.1 9 15.3 -70.9 256 38 390.9 390.9 303.9 390.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.70 m Freezing level: 608.70 mb = 4234.04 m = 13891.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.59 mb = 4061.67 m = 13325.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.91 % Est. max temperature: 29.06 C = 84.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 910.77 mb = 884.38 m = 2901.48 ft T: 19.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.18 C/km ThetaE index: 11.77 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 822.07 mb = 1757.20 m = 5765.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.92 C = 85.85 F Cap Strength: 2.26 C Lifted Index: -0.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.68 C Showalter Index: 0.46 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.77 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.55 C Cross Totals Index: 21.22 C K Index: 36.44 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 286.43 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.12 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 33.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 113.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.16 mb = 1284.95 m = 4215.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 574.16 mb = 4695.69 m = 15405.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 474.16 mb = 6183.73 m = 20287.57 ft B at Equ Level: 31.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 424.16 mb = 7029.06 m = 23060.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.3 at 31.7 knts Storm direction: 246.3 at 23.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 1.2 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 105.9 neg: -18.1 tot: 87.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.05 Bulk Shear: 31.73 m/s