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,-91.99 Latitude: 33.58 Longitude: -91.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 62 27.0 18.8 61 8.2 21.3 219 6 300.0 302.5 294.4 340.2 13.74 1 1000 82 27.1 18.6 60 8.5 21.2 219 5 300.3 302.7 294.4 340.2 13.62 2 950 533 22.8 17.8 73 5.1 19.4 219 19 300.4 302.8 294.4 340.2 13.59 3 900 1002 18.7 16.2 85 2.6 17.0 219 24 300.8 303.2 294.0 338.9 12.95 4 850 1490 15.3 14.0 92 1.3 14.4 223 25 302.1 304.3 293.6 337.2 11.88 5 800 2002 12.1 10.6 91 1.5 11.2 227 29 304.0 305.9 292.9 334.2 10.11 6 750 2541 9.1 8.4 96 0.6 8.7 224 30 306.4 308.1 292.9 334.5 9.30 7 700 3110 6.2 4.7 90 1.4 5.4 235 34 309.3 310.8 292.5 332.9 7.69 8 650 3715 2.2 0.8 91 1.4 1.5 234 38 311.4 312.6 292.0 330.9 6.26 9 600 4357 -1.4 -2.1 95 0.7 -1.7 229 38 314.5 315.6 292.2 331.8 5.47 10 550 5047 -4.8 -5.6 95 0.7 -5.2 228 39 318.4 319.2 292.6 333.2 4.60 11 500 5791 -8.9 -10.0 92 1.0 -9.4 231 41 322.1 322.8 292.8 334.0 3.59 12 450 6600 -13.5 -15.0 88 1.6 -14.0 243 45 326.3 326.8 293.2 335.3 2.65 13 400 7488 -18.7 -20.8 84 2.0 -19.4 245 49 330.6 331.0 293.6 337.0 1.83 14 350 8468 -26.0 -28.6 79 2.6 -26.6 239 54 333.6 333.8 293.7 337.4 1.03 15 300 9562 -35.7 -38.6 74 2.9 -36.0 237 65 335.1 335.2 293.5 336.8 0.45 16 250 10799 -46.0 -51.1 56 5.1 -46.3 240 73 337.7 337.7 293.9 338.2 0.14 17 200 12265 -51.5 -73.4 6 21.9 -51.9 259 62 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.2 0.01 18 150 14087 -61.7 -82.1 5 20.4 -61.9 253 57 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.8 0.00 19 100 16536 -71.6 -86.0 10 14.5 -71.6 256 34 389.5 389.5 303.7 389.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.18 m Freezing level: 619.36 mb = 4108.36 m = 13478.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.21 mb = 4001.23 m = 13127.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.40 % Est. max temperature: 29.11 C = 84.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 888.86 mb = 1108.02 m = 3635.19 ft T: 17.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.64 C/km ThetaE index: 5.94 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 861.52 mb = 1375.07 m = 4511.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.87 C = 83.96 F Cap Strength: 0.89 C Lifted Index: -2.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.47 C Showalter Index: -1.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.11 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.20 C Cross Totals Index: 22.91 C K Index: 36.72 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 302.94 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.74 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 533.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.07 mb = 1202.65 m = 3945.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 844.07 mb = 1549.27 m = 5082.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 244.07 mb = 10956.63 m = 35946.53 ft B at Equ Level: 531.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 174.07 mb = 13144.46 m = 43124.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.5 at 31.9 knts Storm direction: 258.5 at 24.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.3 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 123.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 123.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.32 Bulk Rich Number: 10.13 Bulk Shear: 52.60 m/s