MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 9Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 33.66,-91.18 Latitude: 33.66 Longitude: -91.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1005 39 22.5 22.1 98 0.3 22.3 7 2 295.2 298.2 295.2 343.8 16.94 1 1000 84 22.1 21.9 99 0.2 22.0 29 2 295.2 298.3 295.1 343.4 16.79 2 950 530 19.8 19.6 99 0.2 19.7 290 10 297.3 300.1 294.7 341.6 15.32 3 900 995 17.3 17.1 99 0.2 17.1 285 19 299.3 301.8 294.1 339.3 13.72 4 850 1483 14.6 14.3 98 0.3 14.4 283 21 301.4 303.6 293.6 337.1 12.13 5 800 1994 11.6 10.9 95 0.7 11.2 282 22 303.5 305.4 292.9 334.2 10.29 6 750 2532 8.8 7.5 92 1.3 8.0 282 22 306.1 307.7 292.4 332.4 8.72 7 700 3100 5.4 3.8 90 1.6 4.5 277 23 308.5 309.8 291.9 330.5 7.20 8 650 3703 1.7 -0.2 87 1.9 0.7 269 25 310.8 311.9 291.4 328.9 5.80 9 600 4343 -2.3 -3.8 90 1.5 -3.0 266 28 313.5 314.4 291.3 328.7 4.82 10 550 5031 -5.5 -6.3 94 0.8 -5.9 267 33 317.5 318.4 292.1 331.5 4.33 11 500 5773 -9.8 -11.1 90 1.3 -10.4 270 37 321.1 321.7 292.2 331.9 3.28 12 450 6580 -14.2 -15.7 88 1.5 -14.7 274 42 325.4 325.9 292.7 333.9 2.50 13 400 7464 -20.0 -22.0 84 2.0 -20.5 273 46 329.0 329.3 293.0 334.8 1.64 14 350 8439 -26.8 -29.5 78 2.7 -27.3 267 52 332.6 332.8 293.3 336.0 0.95 15 300 9532 -35.8 -38.9 73 3.1 -36.1 255 59 334.9 335.0 293.4 336.6 0.44 16 250 10770 -46.5 -50.7 63 4.1 -46.7 246 66 336.9 336.9 293.7 337.5 0.15 17 200 12224 -51.1 -67.9 12 16.8 -51.5 248 68 351.9 351.9 297.1 352.0 0.02 18 150 14060 -60.2 -81.2 5 21.0 -60.4 262 52 366.3 366.3 299.9 366.3 0.00 19 100 16523 -69.6 -86.7 7 17.1 -69.7 260 37 393.2 393.2 304.3 393.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.47 m Freezing level: 629.03 mb = 3971.40 m = 13029.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.00 mb = 3814.39 m = 12514.25 ft Precipitable water: 2.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.24 % Est. max temperature: 28.48 C = 83.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1000.77 mb = 76.90 m = 252.30 ft T: 22.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.69 C/km ThetaE index: 15.09 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 948.83 mb = 540.63 m = 1773.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.61 C = 76.30 F Cap Strength: 0.08 C Lifted Index: -3.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.83 C Showalter Index: -1.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.50 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.40 C Cross Totals Index: 24.11 C K Index: 37.09 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 250.51 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.16 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1101.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 952.37 mb = 508.28 m = 1667.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 937.37 mb = 645.18 m = 2116.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.37 mb = 11388.02 m = 37361.80 ft B at Equ Level: 1083.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 147.37 mb = 14167.07 m = 46479.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.2 at 24.1 knts Storm direction: 304.2 at 18.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.9 neg: -13.9 tot: 17.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 22.64 Bulk Shear: 48.64 m/s