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,-92.92 Latitude: 34.57 Longitude: -92.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 SFC 987 186 23.1 19.2 79 3.9 20.5 197 7 297.4 300.0 294.1 339.0 14.37 2 950 518 20.4 18.0 86 2.4 18.8 202 18 297.9 300.4 293.8 337.9 13.79 3 900 984 18.0 17.3 96 0.6 17.5 231 30 300.0 302.6 294.5 340.8 13.95 4 850 1472 15.1 14.3 95 0.8 14.6 239 33 302.0 304.2 293.8 337.8 12.15 5 800 1984 11.8 10.1 90 1.7 10.7 225 33 303.7 305.5 292.5 332.9 9.77 6 750 2522 8.9 8.6 98 0.3 8.7 222 33 306.2 308.0 292.9 334.5 9.38 7 700 3091 5.8 5.7 99 0.2 5.7 219 33 308.9 310.5 292.8 334.0 8.21 8 650 3695 2.2 1.9 98 0.3 2.1 212 35 311.5 312.7 292.4 332.5 6.79 9 600 4337 -1.6 -1.9 98 0.3 -1.7 209 40 314.3 315.4 292.2 331.9 5.57 10 550 5027 -5.4 -6.1 95 0.7 -5.7 204 42 317.7 318.5 292.2 331.9 4.42 11 500 5769 -9.5 -9.9 97 0.4 -9.7 214 47 321.4 322.1 292.6 333.3 3.60 12 450 6577 -13.8 -15.5 87 1.7 -14.4 229 54 325.9 326.5 293.0 334.6 2.55 13 400 7462 -19.7 -21.6 85 1.9 -20.3 236 58 329.4 329.7 293.2 335.4 1.70 14 350 8438 -27.4 -30.1 77 2.7 -27.9 240 63 331.8 332.0 293.1 335.0 0.89 15 300 9527 -36.9 -39.9 74 3.0 -37.2 243 70 333.4 333.5 293.0 334.9 0.40 16 250 10758 -46.7 -53.3 47 6.6 -47.0 246 79 336.7 336.7 293.6 337.1 0.11 17 200 12219 -51.5 -74.5 5 23.0 -51.9 255 68 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.3 0.01 18 150 14042 -61.8 -79.8 7 18.0 -62.0 256 64 363.6 363.6 299.4 363.6 0.00 19 100 16497 -71.1 -87.4 7 16.3 -71.2 259 37 390.4 390.4 303.9 390.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.34 m Freezing level: 620.80 mb = 4070.21 m = 13353.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.82 mb = 4037.83 m = 13247.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.08 % Est. max temperature: 28.14 C = 82.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.38 mb = 679.22 m = 2228.39 ft T: 19.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.73 C/km ThetaE index: 7.98 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 882.81 mb = 1148.70 m = 3768.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.40 C = 79.52 F Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lifted Index: -2.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.60 C Showalter Index: -1.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.50 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.65 C Cross Totals Index: 23.85 C K Index: 38.81 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 285.56 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.02 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 665.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.13 mb = 896.99 m = 2942.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 834.13 mb = 1631.19 m = 5351.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.13 mb = 11187.55 m = 36704.10 ft B at Equ Level: 646.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 174.13 mb = 13096.70 m = 42967.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.5 at 35.4 knts Storm direction: 246.5 at 26.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 1.6 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 110.4 neg: -26.4 tot: 84.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.46 Bulk Rich Number: 11.44 Bulk Shear: 58.22 m/s