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: 34.96,-93.60 Latitude: 34.96 Longitude: -93.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 67 SFC 980 240 22.6 20.1 86 2.5 20.9 213 9 297.4 300.2 294.7 341.7 15.30 2 950 513 20.4 19.0 92 1.3 19.4 214 20 297.8 300.5 294.4 340.6 14.72 3 900 978 17.0 16.6 98 0.3 16.8 221 28 299.0 301.4 293.8 337.9 13.36 4 850 1464 14.2 13.8 98 0.4 14.0 247 33 301.0 303.1 293.2 335.6 11.76 5 800 1975 11.5 11.3 99 0.2 11.4 239 29 303.4 305.4 293.0 334.8 10.56 6 750 2513 8.7 8.5 99 0.2 8.6 227 32 306.0 307.8 292.9 334.2 9.34 7 700 3082 5.6 5.4 99 0.2 5.5 225 34 308.6 310.2 292.6 333.3 8.07 8 650 3685 2.0 1.3 95 0.7 1.6 217 39 311.2 312.4 292.1 331.3 6.48 9 600 4327 -1.7 -2.0 98 0.3 -1.9 216 44 314.1 315.2 292.1 331.5 5.50 10 550 5016 -5.0 -5.3 98 0.3 -5.2 217 48 318.1 319.0 292.6 333.2 4.68 11 500 5760 -8.9 -9.2 97 0.4 -9.0 220 51 322.2 323.0 293.0 334.8 3.80 12 450 6569 -13.7 -14.8 91 1.1 -14.2 225 52 326.0 326.5 293.1 335.1 2.69 13 400 7454 -19.8 -22.0 82 2.2 -20.4 229 55 329.3 329.6 293.1 335.1 1.64 14 350 8430 -26.9 -29.9 76 3.0 -27.5 226 58 332.4 332.6 293.3 335.8 0.91 15 300 9521 -36.7 -39.9 72 3.2 -37.1 225 67 333.6 333.7 293.1 335.1 0.39 16 250 10753 -46.8 -52.7 51 5.9 -47.1 232 74 336.5 336.5 293.6 336.9 0.12 17 200 12212 -51.8 -73.8 5 22.0 -52.1 254 65 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.8 0.01 18 150 14034 -61.6 -79.9 7 18.3 -61.7 259 58 363.9 363.9 299.5 364.0 0.00 19 100 16497 -70.0 -86.4 7 16.4 -70.1 260 40 392.5 392.5 304.2 392.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5693.10 m Freezing level: 623.13 mb = 4029.91 m = 13221.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.83 mb = 3976.00 m = 13044.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.11 % Est. max temperature: 27.07 C = 80.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.08 mb = 548.23 m = 1798.62 ft T: 20.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.39 C/km ThetaE index: 10.41 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 910.94 mb = 874.08 m = 2867.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.89 C = 75.00 F Cap Strength: 0.23 C Lifted Index: -1.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.95 C Showalter Index: -0.21 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.71 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.03 C Cross Totals Index: 22.68 C K Index: 36.69 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 282.96 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.28 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 690.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.85 mb = 827.81 m = 2715.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 900.85 mb = 969.96 m = 3182.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 240.85 mb = 10997.12 m = 36079.34 ft B at Equ Level: 688.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 170.85 mb = 13210.09 m = 43339.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.8 at 37.4 knts Storm direction: 252.8 at 28.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 2.0 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 115.6 neg: -8.4 tot: 107.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.48 Bulk Rich Number: 13.26 Bulk Shear: 52.06 m/s