MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 33.64,-92.14 Latitude: 33.64 Longitude: -92.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1003 64 22.4 21.4 94 1.0 21.7 197 6 295.3 298.2 294.8 341.9 16.23 1 1000 87 22.3 21.4 94 1.0 21.7 196 6 295.5 298.4 294.8 342.1 16.24 2 950 535 21.8 19.9 89 2.0 20.5 222 29 299.3 302.2 295.4 344.7 15.54 3 900 1002 18.2 16.4 89 1.8 17.0 233 29 300.3 302.7 294.0 338.8 13.15 4 850 1491 16.2 11.4 73 4.8 13.2 265 23 303.2 305.0 292.5 333.0 10.03 5 800 2005 13.6 7.8 68 5.8 10.1 279 30 305.7 307.2 291.9 330.8 8.33 6 750 2546 9.6 5.8 77 3.8 7.3 277 34 307.0 308.4 291.8 330.4 7.71 7 700 3114 4.8 2.5 85 2.3 3.5 275 38 307.8 309.0 291.1 327.9 6.55 8 650 3714 0.6 -0.5 92 1.1 0.0 270 39 309.6 310.7 290.9 327.2 5.67 9 600 4353 -3.1 -3.6 96 0.5 -3.3 255 42 312.6 313.5 291.2 328.0 4.90 10 550 5037 -6.2 -11.7 65 5.6 -8.4 239 52 316.8 317.3 290.6 326.1 2.84 11 500 5778 -9.9 -20.5 42 10.5 -13.2 232 55 320.9 321.2 290.6 326.1 1.50 12 450 6584 -14.2 -23.8 44 9.6 -16.9 229 55 325.4 325.6 291.6 329.8 1.25 13 400 7469 -19.1 -46.4 7 27.3 -22.8 231 57 330.2 330.2 291.9 330.8 0.15 14 350 8447 -26.6 -54.1 6 27.4 -29.0 230 55 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.1 0.07 15 300 9539 -35.9 -57.1 10 21.2 -37.1 228 51 334.8 334.8 293.1 335.1 0.06 16 250 10780 -44.2 -65.1 8 20.9 -44.9 229 52 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.4 0.02 17 200 12248 -51.5 -73.6 5 22.1 -52.0 251 51 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.2 0.01 18 150 14072 -61.1 -80.8 6 19.7 -61.3 251 56 364.8 364.8 299.6 364.9 0.00 19 100 16533 -71.0 -86.4 9 15.4 -71.1 258 36 390.5 390.5 303.9 390.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.91 m Freezing level: 642.29 mb = 3812.78 m = 12508.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.70 mb = 3718.03 m = 12198.11 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.23 % Est. max temperature: 30.09 C = 86.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 989.07 mb = 182.90 m = 600.06 ft T: 22.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.53 C/km ThetaE index: 17.51 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 907.32 mb = 932.21 m = 3058.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.24 C = 81.03 F Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lifted Index: -4.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.71 C Showalter Index: -0.10 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.54 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.18 C Cross Totals Index: 21.36 C K Index: 35.30 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 238.58 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.40 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1128.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 929.52 mb = 723.18 m = 2372.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 794.52 mb = 2062.70 m = 6767.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.52 mb = 11200.63 m = 36747.02 ft B at Equ Level: 1115.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 144.52 mb = 14297.92 m = 46908.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.4 at 37.4 knts Storm direction: 282.4 at 28.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 1.2 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 140.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 207.5 neg: -11.2 tot: 196.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 65.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.6 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.45 Bulk Rich Number: 13.73 Bulk Shear: 82.21 m/s