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: 34.68,-90.02 Latitude: 34.68 Longitude: -90.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 79 SFC 999 85 26.4 17.4 58 9.0 20.2 193 9 299.6 301.9 293.4 336.3 12.57 2 950 530 23.4 16.3 65 7.1 18.6 196 25 300.9 303.2 293.7 337.3 12.39 3 900 999 18.8 15.6 82 3.2 16.7 196 28 300.9 303.2 293.7 337.7 12.50 4 850 1487 14.7 14.2 97 0.5 14.4 196 29 301.6 303.8 293.6 337.2 12.08 5 800 1998 12.1 -0.4 42 12.5 5.7 220 29 304.1 304.9 288.2 318.3 4.66 6 750 2535 8.5 1.6 62 6.9 4.8 222 30 305.8 306.9 289.8 323.3 5.73 7 700 3102 6.2 -2.4 54 8.5 1.9 221 32 309.3 310.2 289.9 323.6 4.59 8 650 3708 3.8 -0.4 74 4.2 1.6 221 34 313.3 314.4 292.0 331.2 5.72 9 600 4353 -0.9 -6.5 65 5.7 -3.5 217 34 315.1 315.9 291.0 327.6 3.91 10 550 5043 -4.5 -15.7 41 11.2 -8.6 222 39 318.7 319.1 290.4 325.5 2.04 11 500 5785 -9.8 -23.3 32 13.5 -13.6 231 48 321.1 321.3 290.3 325.2 1.17 12 450 6595 -12.8 -32.9 17 20.1 -17.2 239 50 327.1 327.2 291.5 329.1 0.53 13 400 7481 -19.5 -45.1 8 25.6 -23.0 240 54 329.6 329.7 291.8 330.3 0.17 14 350 8456 -27.6 -46.8 14 19.2 -29.6 237 58 331.6 331.6 292.3 332.2 0.16 15 300 9544 -36.9 -46.8 35 9.9 -37.7 240 64 333.4 333.4 292.8 334.1 0.19 16 250 10778 -46.1 -55.7 33 9.5 -46.6 243 70 337.5 337.5 293.8 337.8 0.08 17 200 12237 -52.6 -72.6 7 20.0 -52.9 250 67 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.5 0.01 18 150 14057 -61.7 -80.5 7 18.7 -61.9 251 60 363.7 363.7 299.4 363.7 0.00 19 100 16512 -70.3 -86.0 8 15.7 -70.4 258 36 391.9 391.9 304.0 391.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.27 m Freezing level: 609.27 mb = 4233.51 m = 13889.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.20 mb = 3906.58 m = 12816.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.86 % Est. max temperature: 28.42 C = 83.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 876.03 mb = 1229.56 m = 4033.94 ft T: 16.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.95 C/km ThetaE index: 19.39 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 848.44 mb = 1502.68 m = 4930.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.46 C = 83.24 F Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lifted Index: -1.84 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.57 C Showalter Index: -1.84 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.55 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.54 C Cross Totals Index: 24.01 C K Index: 30.21 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 371.96 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.40 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 228.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.79 mb = 1369.58 m = 4493.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 796.79 mb = 2031.60 m = 6665.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 446.79 mb = 6649.11 m = 21814.39 ft B at Equ Level: 138.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 206.79 mb = 12018.95 m = 39431.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.6 at 32.9 knts Storm direction: 247.6 at 24.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.7 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 147.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 147.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 49.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 5.62 Bulk Shear: 40.74 m/s