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: 35.11,-92.47 Latitude: 35.11 Longitude: -92.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 74 SFC 996 113 21.1 20.3 96 0.7 20.6 203 7 294.6 297.3 293.9 338.2 15.26 2 950 518 19.3 19.0 98 0.3 19.1 220 26 296.8 299.5 294.1 339.2 14.69 3 900 982 16.8 16.2 96 0.6 16.4 238 32 298.8 301.1 293.4 336.6 12.97 4 850 1468 13.8 13.6 99 0.2 13.7 256 31 300.6 302.7 292.9 334.6 11.57 5 800 1978 11.0 10.9 99 0.1 10.9 265 27 302.9 304.8 292.6 333.5 10.28 6 750 2515 8.3 8.2 99 0.1 8.2 244 31 305.6 307.3 292.6 333.1 9.12 7 700 3083 5.4 5.3 99 0.2 5.4 229 39 308.5 310.0 292.5 332.9 8.00 8 650 3686 2.0 1.9 99 0.2 2.0 224 44 311.3 312.5 292.3 332.2 6.75 9 600 4328 -2.2 -2.4 98 0.3 -2.3 223 50 313.6 314.6 291.8 330.4 5.33 10 550 5015 -6.1 -6.3 98 0.2 -6.2 225 58 316.9 317.7 291.9 330.9 4.35 11 500 5756 -9.9 -12.5 82 2.6 -10.9 226 61 321.0 321.5 291.9 330.7 2.93 12 450 6561 -15.3 -27.0 36 11.7 -18.1 224 60 324.0 324.2 290.9 327.3 0.93 13 400 7439 -21.7 -38.1 21 16.4 -24.2 224 61 326.8 326.9 291.2 328.2 0.36 14 350 8406 -29.2 -38.4 41 9.2 -30.4 229 58 329.4 329.4 291.9 330.8 0.40 15 300 9492 -36.7 -41.1 63 4.4 -37.1 240 64 333.7 333.8 293.1 335.0 0.35 16 250 10728 -44.3 -60.4 15 16.2 -44.9 239 61 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.4 0.04 17 200 12205 -51.2 -73.1 6 21.9 -51.6 254 60 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.8 0.01 18 150 14031 -60.8 -81.1 5 20.3 -61.0 250 54 365.3 365.3 299.7 365.3 0.00 19 100 16502 -68.6 -86.0 6 17.4 -68.7 258 32 395.2 395.2 304.5 395.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5681.54 m Freezing level: 625.73 mb = 3997.89 m = 13116.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.17 mb = 3973.11 m = 13034.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.09 % Est. max temperature: 27.26 C = 81.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 985.36 mb = 201.88 m = 662.33 ft T: 20.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.75 C/km ThetaE index: 8.79 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 927.34 mb = 725.10 m = 2378.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.16 C = 75.49 F Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lifted Index: -2.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.66 C Showalter Index: -0.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.18 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.70 C Cross Totals Index: 23.48 C K Index: 37.11 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 285.40 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.86 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 760.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 938.17 mb = 625.29 m = 2051.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 903.17 mb = 952.12 m = 3123.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 273.17 mb = 10127.10 m = 33224.99 ft B at Equ Level: 758.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 173.17 mb = 13119.22 m = 43041.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.9 at 41.1 knts Storm direction: 260.9 at 30.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 3.6 tot: 7.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 167.2 neg: -2.0 tot: 165.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.9 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.72 Bulk Rich Number: 10.40 Bulk Shear: 73.11 m/s