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: 35.32,-92.98 Latitude: 35.32 Longitude: -92.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 59 SFC 988 168 24.8 20.0 74 4.8 21.4 213 9 299.0 301.8 295.0 342.8 15.03 2 950 508 22.5 18.5 78 4.0 19.7 216 21 300.0 302.6 294.7 341.7 14.25 3 900 976 18.1 17.2 95 0.9 17.5 217 23 300.2 302.7 294.5 340.8 13.87 4 850 1464 14.4 14.2 98 0.3 14.3 229 27 301.3 303.5 293.5 336.7 12.03 5 800 1975 11.6 11.2 98 0.3 11.4 238 33 303.5 305.4 293.0 334.8 10.53 6 750 2512 8.5 8.3 98 0.2 8.4 231 32 305.8 307.5 292.7 333.5 9.19 7 700 3081 5.3 4.7 96 0.6 4.9 225 33 308.4 309.8 292.2 331.8 7.68 8 650 3683 1.8 1.5 98 0.4 1.6 216 38 311.0 312.3 292.1 331.4 6.56 9 600 4325 -1.8 -2.4 96 0.6 -2.1 211 42 314.1 315.1 292.0 331.0 5.36 10 550 5014 -5.3 -6.5 91 1.2 -5.8 209 46 317.8 318.7 292.2 331.7 4.29 11 500 5757 -8.8 -9.4 95 0.6 -9.1 223 51 322.3 323.1 293.0 334.7 3.76 12 450 6566 -14.1 -19.4 64 5.3 -15.8 238 57 325.5 325.8 292.2 331.8 1.83 13 400 7447 -21.2 -40.6 16 19.4 -24.1 239 63 327.4 327.5 291.3 328.5 0.28 14 350 8417 -28.6 -43.4 23 14.8 -30.3 235 67 330.2 330.2 292.0 331.1 0.24 15 300 9500 -38.0 -47.3 37 9.3 -38.7 233 75 331.8 331.9 292.4 332.5 0.18 16 250 10730 -45.7 -61.4 16 15.6 -46.3 237 78 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.2 0.04 17 200 12196 -52.0 -75.0 5 23.1 -52.4 255 71 350.5 350.5 296.7 350.5 0.01 18 150 14016 -61.3 -80.5 6 19.2 -61.4 257 64 364.5 364.5 299.5 364.5 0.00 19 100 16485 -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: 5697.66 m Freezing level: 624.70 mb = 4007.88 m = 13149.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.30 mb = 3955.30 m = 12976.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.11 % Est. max temperature: 27.57 C = 81.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.25 mb = 783.38 m = 2570.11 ft T: 19.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.27 C/km ThetaE index: 11.86 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 891.11 mb = 1060.70 m = 3479.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.14 C = 79.06 F Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lifted Index: -2.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.86 C Showalter Index: -0.61 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.16 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.21 C Cross Totals Index: 22.94 C K Index: 36.77 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 274.87 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.52 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1194.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.17 mb = 1002.89 m = 3290.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 882.17 mb = 1146.71 m = 3762.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 232.17 mb = 11216.12 m = 36797.85 ft B at Equ Level: 1182.30 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 142.17 mb = 14342.51 m = 47054.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.5 at 36.1 knts Storm direction: 250.5 at 27.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 1.2 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 90.2 neg: -12.9 tot: 77.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.7 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: 0.67 Bulk Rich Number: 23.79 Bulk Shear: 50.19 m/s