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: 35.92,-90.82 Latitude: 35.92 Longitude: -90.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 60 SFC 997 85 28.6 16.5 48 12.1 20.4 193 16 302.0 304.2 293.6 337.2 11.93 2 950 512 23.9 15.1 58 8.8 18.0 195 24 301.4 303.5 293.1 335.1 11.42 3 900 981 19.4 14.0 71 5.4 15.8 196 26 301.5 303.6 293.0 334.7 11.24 4 850 1470 16.3 4.3 45 12.0 9.6 208 31 303.3 304.4 289.3 321.8 6.15 5 800 1982 12.1 6.7 70 5.4 8.9 209 30 304.1 305.5 290.9 327.3 7.73 6 750 2520 8.3 8.0 98 0.3 8.2 207 26 305.6 307.3 292.4 332.8 9.03 7 700 3088 5.5 3.2 85 2.4 4.2 212 32 308.6 309.9 291.6 329.7 6.87 8 650 3692 2.8 1.2 90 1.5 2.0 213 36 312.1 313.3 292.3 332.2 6.45 9 600 4336 -0.2 -4.9 71 4.7 -2.4 214 39 315.9 316.7 291.7 330.1 4.43 10 550 5026 -5.5 -10.1 70 4.6 -7.4 215 42 317.6 318.2 291.2 328.1 3.23 11 500 5766 -11.0 -17.6 58 6.6 -13.1 220 47 319.7 320.1 290.6 326.1 1.92 12 450 6570 -13.8 -41.1 8 27.3 -18.4 233 54 325.9 326.0 290.8 326.8 0.23 13 400 7455 -20.0 -44.3 10 24.3 -23.4 239 61 328.9 329.0 291.6 329.7 0.19 14 350 8428 -28.0 -49.5 11 21.6 -30.0 241 64 331.0 331.1 292.1 331.5 0.12 15 300 9514 -37.1 -46.1 39 9.0 -37.9 246 69 333.0 333.1 292.7 333.8 0.20 16 250 10743 -47.6 -53.2 53 5.6 -47.9 245 76 335.2 335.3 293.2 335.7 0.11 17 200 12193 -53.4 -71.4 9 17.9 -53.7 251 77 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.2 0.01 18 150 14013 -60.7 -81.0 5 20.3 -60.9 248 71 365.5 365.5 299.7 365.5 0.00 19 100 16483 -69.0 -86.2 7 17.3 -69.1 257 38 394.5 394.5 304.5 394.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.80 m Freezing level: 603.36 mb = 4292.97 m = 14084.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.78 mb = 3971.83 m = 13030.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.88 % Est. max temperature: 29.91 C = 85.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 836.45 mb = 1605.70 m = 5267.99 ft T: 15.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.16 C/km ThetaE index: 15.40 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 806.05 mb = 1918.29 m = 6293.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.57 C = 87.03 F Cap Strength: 1.84 C Lifted Index: -2.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.71 C Showalter Index: 4.43 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.29 C Cross Totals Index: 15.31 C K Index: 29.27 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 211.77 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.94 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 148.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 40.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 834.12 mb = 1629.29 m = 5345.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 769.12 mb = 2309.85 m = 7578.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 609.12 mb = 4214.84 m = 13828.05 ft B at Equ Level: 32.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 219.12 mb = 11599.82 m = 38056.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 211.5 at 34.0 knts Storm direction: 241.5 at 25.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 106.5 neg: -14.2 tot: 92.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 4.76 Bulk Shear: 31.24 m/s