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: 34.75,-92.35 Latitude: 34.75 Longitude: -92.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 997 104 21.5 20.1 92 1.4 20.5 213 5 294.9 297.6 293.8 337.8 14.99 2 950 521 20.3 19.2 93 1.1 19.5 221 27 297.8 300.5 294.5 340.9 14.86 3 900 987 17.2 16.2 94 1.0 16.5 228 32 299.2 301.6 293.6 337.0 12.95 4 850 1473 14.2 14.0 98 0.3 14.0 234 30 301.0 303.2 293.3 335.9 11.87 5 800 1984 11.3 11.2 99 0.2 11.3 242 31 303.2 305.2 292.9 334.4 10.49 6 750 2522 8.8 8.6 99 0.1 8.6 225 37 306.1 307.8 292.9 334.4 9.40 7 700 3091 5.9 5.8 99 0.2 5.8 222 41 309.0 310.6 292.9 334.3 8.27 8 650 3695 2.5 2.3 99 0.2 2.4 224 43 311.8 313.1 292.6 333.5 6.99 9 600 4338 -1.6 -1.9 98 0.3 -1.7 227 49 314.3 315.3 292.2 331.8 5.55 10 550 5026 -6.0 -6.4 97 0.4 -6.1 232 60 317.0 317.9 292.0 330.9 4.32 11 500 5767 -9.7 -15.3 64 5.5 -11.7 230 61 321.2 321.6 291.5 329.0 2.33 12 450 6572 -15.3 -33.7 19 18.4 -18.9 229 61 324.1 324.2 290.5 325.9 0.49 13 400 7450 -21.5 -49.1 6 27.6 -24.6 230 65 327.1 327.1 291.0 327.5 0.11 14 350 8418 -29.0 -50.5 11 21.5 -30.9 231 62 329.6 329.6 291.7 330.0 0.11 15 300 9506 -36.1 -47.4 30 11.3 -37.1 240 60 334.4 334.5 293.1 335.1 0.18 16 250 10744 -44.7 -66.1 7 21.5 -45.3 239 61 339.7 339.7 294.3 339.8 0.02 17 200 12217 -51.4 -73.6 5 22.2 -51.8 255 60 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.4 0.01 18 150 14041 -61.4 -80.6 6 19.2 -61.6 252 56 364.3 364.3 299.5 364.3 0.00 19 100 16508 -69.5 -86.0 7 16.6 -69.5 256 30 393.5 393.5 304.3 393.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.84 m Freezing level: 619.64 mb = 4085.61 m = 13404.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.89 mb = 4063.32 m = 13330.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.98 % Est. max temperature: 27.75 C = 81.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 976.63 mb = 281.47 m = 923.46 ft T: 20.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.84 C/km ThetaE index: 14.99 C Layer 900.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 912.30 mb = 869.73 m = 2853.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.44 C = 77.80 F Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lifted Index: -2.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.50 C Showalter Index: -1.18 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.93 C Cross Totals Index: 23.67 C K Index: 37.73 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 287.72 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.44 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 785.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 930.26 mb = 701.81 m = 2302.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 885.26 mb = 1127.22 m = 3698.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 265.26 mb = 10341.57 m = 33928.62 ft B at Equ Level: 783.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 165.26 mb = 13426.59 m = 44049.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.6 at 42.1 knts Storm direction: 258.6 at 31.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 2.4 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 169.1 neg: -7.1 tot: 162.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 54.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.75 Bulk Rich Number: 10.14 Bulk Shear: 77.46 m/s