MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 33.58,-91.72 Latitude: 33.58 Longitude: -91.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1002 61 27.5 18.2 57 9.3 21.1 212 5 300.4 302.8 294.1 339.2 13.22 1 1000 79 27.6 18.0 56 9.6 20.9 213 6 300.7 303.1 294.1 339.2 13.10 2 950 531 23.9 17.1 66 6.7 19.2 217 18 301.4 303.8 294.3 339.8 13.05 3 900 1001 19.4 16.0 80 3.5 17.1 217 21 301.5 303.9 294.1 339.2 12.78 4 850 1491 15.4 13.8 90 1.6 14.3 224 25 302.3 304.4 293.6 337.0 11.73 5 800 2003 12.3 10.7 90 1.6 11.3 227 28 304.2 306.1 292.9 334.5 10.14 6 750 2541 9.0 8.7 98 0.3 8.9 225 28 306.4 308.2 293.0 335.0 9.49 7 700 3111 6.0 5.6 97 0.4 5.8 238 31 309.1 310.7 292.9 334.2 8.19 8 650 3716 2.7 2.0 95 0.7 2.3 234 37 312.0 313.3 292.6 333.1 6.80 9 600 4359 -1.3 -2.5 91 1.3 -1.9 226 37 314.6 315.7 292.1 331.4 5.30 10 550 5049 -5.1 -7.4 84 2.3 -6.1 222 38 318.1 318.8 292.0 331.0 3.99 11 500 5791 -9.7 -12.0 84 2.2 -10.6 232 42 321.2 321.8 292.1 331.3 3.06 12 450 6599 -13.5 -15.0 88 1.5 -14.1 245 46 326.2 326.7 293.1 335.2 2.65 13 400 7485 -19.4 -21.7 82 2.3 -20.1 241 50 329.8 330.1 293.2 335.7 1.69 14 350 8463 -26.7 -29.5 78 2.7 -27.3 235 57 332.7 332.9 293.4 336.2 0.95 15 300 9556 -35.7 -38.8 73 3.1 -36.0 239 67 335.1 335.2 293.5 336.8 0.44 16 250 10793 -45.8 -50.7 58 4.8 -46.1 244 74 337.9 337.9 294.0 338.5 0.15 17 200 12262 -51.3 -73.3 6 22.0 -51.7 258 61 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.6 0.01 18 150 14085 -61.8 -83.1 4 21.3 -62.0 253 57 363.6 363.6 299.4 363.6 0.00 19 100 16531 -71.5 -86.0 10 14.5 -71.6 256 35 389.5 389.5 303.7 389.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.85 m Freezing level: 616.19 mb = 4150.81 m = 13617.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.68 mb = 4060.82 m = 13322.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.03 % Est. max temperature: 29.28 C = 84.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 875.51 mb = 1237.39 m = 4059.63 ft T: 17.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.87 C/km ThetaE index: 5.34 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 848.83 mb = 1502.25 m = 4928.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.35 C = 84.83 F Cap Strength: 0.81 C Lifted Index: -2.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.51 C Showalter Index: -1.66 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.64 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.13 C Cross Totals Index: 23.51 C K Index: 38.52 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 298.47 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.20 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 541.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.14 mb = 1369.22 m = 4492.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 827.14 mb = 1720.91 m = 5645.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 247.14 mb = 10868.95 m = 35658.84 ft B at Equ Level: 539.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 177.14 mb = 13031.21 m = 42752.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.6 at 30.9 knts Storm direction: 257.6 at 23.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.1 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 114.7 neg: -2.2 tot: 112.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.31 Bulk Rich Number: 10.90 Bulk Shear: 49.66 m/s