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: 35.80,-91.38 Latitude: 35.80 Longitude: -91.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 67 SFC 996 100 20.3 19.5 96 0.7 19.8 196 11 293.7 296.3 293.1 335.0 14.50 2 950 510 18.9 18.1 95 0.8 18.4 213 34 296.3 298.8 293.4 336.3 13.88 3 900 974 16.9 15.4 91 1.6 15.9 223 36 298.9 301.2 293.0 334.8 12.29 4 850 1460 14.4 12.8 90 1.7 13.4 227 37 301.2 303.3 292.7 333.6 10.96 5 800 1972 11.9 10.6 92 1.3 11.1 223 41 303.8 305.7 292.7 333.9 10.09 6 750 2510 8.8 7.6 93 1.1 8.1 225 41 306.1 307.7 292.4 332.6 8.79 7 700 3078 5.4 4.1 92 1.2 4.6 224 43 308.4 309.8 292.0 330.9 7.36 8 650 3680 1.4 0.3 92 1.2 0.8 220 44 310.6 311.7 291.5 329.3 6.02 9 600 4322 -1.7 -2.3 95 0.7 -2.0 227 46 314.2 315.2 292.0 331.2 5.37 10 550 5011 -5.0 -6.4 90 1.4 -5.7 233 49 318.2 319.0 292.3 332.1 4.30 11 500 5754 -9.7 -12.3 81 2.6 -10.8 235 50 321.2 321.8 292.0 331.0 2.97 12 450 6559 -15.3 -18.2 78 2.9 -16.2 237 52 324.0 324.4 292.0 330.9 2.02 13 400 7438 -21.1 -23.9 78 2.8 -21.8 232 53 327.6 327.8 292.4 332.4 1.39 14 350 8411 -27.3 -30.2 76 2.9 -27.9 227 57 331.9 332.1 293.1 335.1 0.89 15 300 9500 -37.1 -40.1 73 3.0 -37.4 226 58 333.1 333.2 292.9 334.6 0.39 16 250 10730 -47.4 -52.7 54 5.4 -47.6 232 66 335.7 335.7 293.3 336.1 0.12 17 200 12193 -51.3 -73.2 6 21.9 -51.7 251 66 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.5 0.01 18 150 14017 -60.2 -81.7 4 21.6 -60.4 252 56 366.4 366.4 299.9 366.4 0.00 19 100 16493 -68.9 -86.0 7 17.1 -68.9 254 37 394.7 394.7 304.5 394.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.43 m Freezing level: 626.79 mb = 3978.13 m = 13051.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.37 mb = 3862.78 m = 12673.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.42 % Est. max temperature: 27.95 C = 82.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 985.96 mb = 189.49 m = 621.69 ft T: 19.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.64 C/km ThetaE index: 4.63 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 898.83 mb = 985.30 m = 3232.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.52 C = 77.93 F Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lifted Index: -1.08 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.92 C Showalter Index: -0.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.62 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.14 C Cross Totals Index: 22.48 C K Index: 35.65 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 320.18 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.57 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 260.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 931.96 mb = 674.46 m = 2212.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 776.96 mb = 2215.21 m = 7267.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 356.96 mb = 8267.82 m = 27125.05 ft B at Equ Level: 251.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 206.96 mb = 11968.39 m = 39265.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.3 at 42.0 knts Storm direction: 256.3 at 31.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.8 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 213.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 213.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 71.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.34 Bulk Rich Number: 5.07 Bulk Shear: 51.38 m/s