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: 33.64,-92.02 Latitude: 33.64 Longitude: -92.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 26.8 18.8 62 8.0 21.3 217 7 299.8 302.3 294.3 340.1 13.80 1 1000 82 26.9 18.7 61 8.2 21.2 217 6 300.0 302.6 294.4 340.2 13.71 2 950 532 22.5 17.8 75 4.7 19.3 217 19 300.1 302.6 294.3 340.0 13.66 3 900 1001 18.5 16.2 86 2.3 17.0 217 24 300.6 302.9 294.0 338.6 12.97 4 850 1489 15.2 14.1 93 1.0 14.5 222 26 302.0 304.2 293.7 337.5 12.00 5 800 2001 12.0 10.8 92 1.2 11.3 226 29 304.0 305.9 292.9 334.5 10.24 6 750 2540 9.0 8.4 96 0.6 8.6 223 31 306.3 308.1 292.9 334.2 9.25 7 700 3109 6.1 4.9 92 1.3 5.4 234 34 309.3 310.7 292.6 333.1 7.78 8 650 3714 2.1 0.9 92 1.2 1.5 235 38 311.4 312.6 292.0 331.0 6.30 9 600 4355 -1.4 -2.1 95 0.7 -1.8 232 39 314.5 315.5 292.2 331.8 5.47 10 550 5046 -4.7 -5.3 95 0.6 -5.0 232 39 318.5 319.4 292.7 333.6 4.68 11 500 5790 -8.8 -9.6 94 0.8 -9.1 235 42 322.4 323.1 292.9 334.5 3.69 12 450 6600 -13.5 -14.9 89 1.4 -14.0 246 47 326.3 326.8 293.2 335.3 2.68 13 400 7487 -19.1 -21.1 84 2.0 -19.7 245 52 330.2 330.5 293.4 336.4 1.77 14 350 8465 -26.4 -29.1 78 2.7 -26.9 237 57 333.2 333.4 293.5 336.8 0.99 15 300 9558 -35.9 -39.0 73 3.1 -36.2 234 66 334.8 334.9 293.4 336.5 0.44 16 250 10794 -45.7 -51.9 50 6.2 -46.0 238 73 338.1 338.1 294.0 338.6 0.13 17 200 12262 -51.6 -73.5 6 21.9 -52.0 260 62 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.1 0.01 18 150 14084 -61.7 -81.8 5 20.1 -61.8 254 57 363.9 363.9 299.4 363.9 0.00 19 100 16534 -71.5 -86.1 10 14.6 -71.6 256 33 389.5 389.5 303.7 389.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.56 m Freezing level: 620.02 mb = 4098.49 m = 13446.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.38 mb = 3997.71 m = 13115.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.40 % Est. max temperature: 28.99 C = 84.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 892.33 mb = 1073.69 m = 3522.56 ft T: 17.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.56 C/km ThetaE index: 9.21 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 865.62 mb = 1333.28 m = 4374.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.58 C = 83.45 F Cap Strength: 0.84 C Lifted Index: -1.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.44 C Showalter Index: -0.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.81 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.93 C Cross Totals Index: 22.88 C K Index: 36.79 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 316.65 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.69 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 540.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.33 mb = 1160.23 m = 3806.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 838.33 mb = 1605.59 m = 5267.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.33 mb = 11108.53 m = 36444.86 ft B at Equ Level: 525.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 178.33 mb = 12988.07 m = 42611.25 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.4 at 32.2 knts Storm direction: 259.4 at 24.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.4 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 131.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 131.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.34 Bulk Rich Number: 10.13 Bulk Shear: 53.38 m/s