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: 34.44,-92.5 Latitude: 34.44 Longitude: -92.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 77 SFC 998 92 22.4 19.9 86 2.4 20.7 214 4 295.7 298.3 293.9 338.3 14.84 2 950 523 20.4 19.3 93 1.1 19.6 217 23 297.9 300.7 294.7 341.5 15.01 3 900 989 17.5 16.7 96 0.7 17.0 225 28 299.5 302.0 294.0 338.8 13.45 4 850 1476 14.4 14.1 98 0.3 14.3 232 29 301.3 303.5 293.4 336.6 12.00 5 800 1987 11.7 11.5 99 0.1 11.6 235 31 303.6 305.6 293.2 335.5 10.74 6 750 2526 8.9 8.8 99 0.1 8.9 223 36 306.3 308.1 293.0 335.0 9.52 7 700 3095 5.9 5.8 99 0.2 5.8 224 41 309.0 310.6 292.9 334.3 8.27 8 650 3700 2.5 2.3 99 0.2 2.4 230 43 311.7 313.1 292.6 333.4 6.97 9 600 4342 -1.6 -1.9 98 0.3 -1.7 235 50 314.3 315.4 292.2 331.9 5.56 10 550 5031 -5.5 -6.3 94 0.8 -5.9 236 59 317.5 318.4 292.1 331.5 4.34 11 500 5773 -9.3 -15.9 59 6.6 -11.7 235 61 321.7 322.1 291.5 329.1 2.21 12 450 6578 -15.3 -33.0 20 17.7 -18.8 234 61 324.0 324.1 290.6 326.0 0.53 13 400 7456 -21.7 -38.1 21 16.4 -24.2 233 67 326.8 326.9 291.2 328.2 0.36 14 350 8425 -28.4 -44.2 21 15.8 -30.2 234 64 330.4 330.5 292.0 331.3 0.22 15 300 9514 -36.0 -52.0 18 16.0 -37.1 242 62 334.6 334.6 293.0 335.0 0.10 16 250 10753 -44.4 -68.6 5 24.2 -45.1 241 61 340.1 340.1 294.3 340.1 0.01 17 200 12224 -51.5 -73.4 6 21.9 -51.9 257 60 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.2 0.01 18 150 14049 -61.9 -79.7 8 17.8 -62.1 252 55 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.4 0.00 19 100 16511 -69.8 -86.2 7 16.4 -69.9 254 30 392.9 392.9 304.2 392.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.38 m Freezing level: 619.38 mb = 4093.20 m = 13428.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.19 mb = 4063.70 m = 13332.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.16 % Est. max temperature: 28.03 C = 82.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.74 mb = 398.40 m = 1307.06 ft T: 21.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.70 C/km ThetaE index: 15.51 C Layer 900.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 911.91 mb = 875.95 m = 2873.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.82 C = 78.47 F Cap Strength: 0.73 C Lifted Index: -2.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.78 C Showalter Index: -1.10 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.22 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.76 C Cross Totals Index: 23.46 C K Index: 37.73 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 318.88 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.55 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 860.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 929.42 mb = 712.08 m = 2336.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 884.42 mb = 1138.14 m = 3734.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 254.42 mb = 10633.70 m = 34887.03 ft B at Equ Level: 854.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 164.42 mb = 13466.70 m = 44181.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.2 at 41.1 knts Storm direction: 261.2 at 30.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 1.6 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 187.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 187.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 62.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.85 Bulk Rich Number: 8.95 Bulk Shear: 96.09 m/s