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: 34.59,-93.90 Latitude: 34.59 Longitude: -93.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 SFC 970 330 21.8 20.4 92 1.3 20.9 203 7 297.5 300.3 295.1 343.2 15.78 2 950 515 20.0 19.4 96 0.6 19.6 206 15 297.5 300.3 294.6 341.3 15.13 3 900 980 17.1 16.3 95 0.8 16.5 222 29 299.1 301.5 293.6 337.1 13.05 4 850 1467 14.7 13.6 93 1.2 14.0 249 31 301.6 303.7 293.3 335.8 11.58 5 800 1978 12.0 10.9 93 1.1 11.3 239 29 303.9 305.8 292.9 334.5 10.26 6 750 2517 8.8 8.1 95 0.8 8.4 224 33 306.2 307.9 292.7 333.5 9.05 7 700 3086 5.7 4.8 94 0.9 5.2 222 36 308.8 310.3 292.4 332.4 7.72 8 650 3689 2.6 1.1 90 1.5 1.8 216 42 311.9 313.1 292.2 331.7 6.38 9 600 4333 -1.1 -3.3 85 2.2 -2.2 223 49 314.8 315.8 291.9 330.7 5.01 10 550 5023 -5.0 -6.7 88 1.7 -5.8 227 55 318.2 319.0 292.2 331.8 4.21 11 500 5765 -9.4 -11.0 88 1.7 -10.1 230 57 321.6 322.3 292.4 332.5 3.29 12 450 6572 -14.9 -17.1 83 2.2 -15.6 232 56 324.5 325.0 292.3 332.1 2.22 13 400 7453 -20.7 -23.6 77 2.9 -21.4 228 53 328.1 328.4 292.6 333.2 1.43 14 350 8423 -29.2 -38.5 40 9.3 -30.4 229 61 329.4 329.5 292.0 330.9 0.39 15 300 9504 -37.9 -50.3 26 12.4 -38.7 234 73 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.5 0.13 16 250 10740 -44.3 -65.8 7 21.5 -45.0 241 68 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.3 0.02 17 200 12212 -51.2 -74.4 5 23.2 -51.6 255 60 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.8 0.01 18 150 14035 -62.0 -80.2 7 18.2 -62.1 258 57 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.4 0.00 19 100 16493 -70.4 -86.1 8 15.7 -70.5 261 38 391.7 391.7 304.0 391.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.13 m Freezing level: 615.10 mb = 4138.52 m = 13577.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.69 mb = 3970.05 m = 13024.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.15 % Est. max temperature: 27.20 C = 80.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.23 mb = 494.42 m = 1622.10 ft T: 20.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 12.44 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 905.27 mb = 929.59 m = 3049.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.21 C = 73.78 F Cap Strength: 0.17 C Lifted Index: -2.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.68 C Showalter Index: -0.78 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.08 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.12 C Cross Totals Index: 22.96 C K Index: 36.76 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 282.83 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.73 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 752.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.60 mb = 888.53 m = 2915.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 894.60 mb = 1031.07 m = 3382.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 254.60 mb = 10616.35 m = 34830.11 ft B at Equ Level: 741.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 174.60 mb = 13072.68 m = 42888.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.6 at 40.6 knts Storm direction: 256.6 at 30.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 2.7 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 160.6 neg: -3.4 tot: 157.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 52.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.67 Bulk Rich Number: 9.03 Bulk Shear: 83.31 m/s