MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0600Z 18 OCT 25 Station: 34.67,-92.2 Latitude: 34.67 Longitude: -92.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1001 82 20.6 17.0 79 3.7 18.2 167 3 293.7 295.9 291.3 328.6 12.24 1 1000 90 20.8 17.0 79 3.8 18.2 153 3 293.9 296.1 291.4 328.9 12.25 2 950 539 24.3 15.3 57 9.0 18.2 204 27 301.8 303.9 293.3 336.0 11.59 3 900 1010 20.8 12.7 60 8.1 15.5 208 26 303.0 304.9 292.7 333.6 10.30 4 850 1501 16.3 10.9 70 5.4 12.9 212 25 303.2 305.0 292.3 332.0 9.68 5 800 2014 12.4 9.1 80 3.3 10.4 231 22 304.3 306.0 292.2 331.6 9.10 6 750 2553 11.1 -1.5 42 12.5 4.6 250 15 308.6 309.4 289.6 322.8 4.58 7 700 3128 9.6 -3.8 38 13.5 2.9 246 12 313.2 313.9 290.6 326.2 4.11 8 650 3738 5.1 -3.9 52 9.0 0.7 254 14 314.8 315.6 291.4 328.8 4.42 9 600 4386 0.4 -6.4 60 6.8 -2.7 257 16 316.6 317.4 291.5 329.4 3.95 10 550 5077 -4.7 -10.2 65 5.5 -7.0 256 15 318.5 319.1 291.4 328.9 3.19 11 500 5819 -10.4 -15.9 64 5.6 -12.3 244 19 320.4 320.8 291.1 327.8 2.21 12 450 6621 -15.9 -26.4 40 10.5 -18.4 243 24 323.3 323.5 290.8 326.7 0.98 13 400 7498 -21.5 -40.8 16 19.2 -24.3 257 26 327.0 327.1 291.2 328.0 0.27 14 350 8470 -27.7 -48.0 13 20.3 -29.7 266 34 331.4 331.4 292.2 332.0 0.14 15 300 9559 -35.8 -56.1 11 20.3 -37.1 262 36 334.9 334.9 293.1 335.1 0.06 16 250 10801 -44.8 -62.1 13 17.3 -45.4 261 41 339.4 339.4 294.2 339.5 0.04 17 200 12264 -52.7 -70.7 10 18.1 -53.0 265 54 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.4 0.01 18 150 14074 -63.5 -82.4 6 18.8 -63.6 264 49 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.7 0.00 19 100 16513 -71.3 -86.2 9 14.8 -71.4 260 31 389.9 389.9 303.8 389.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5729.13 m Freezing level: 595.74 mb = 4444.47 m = 14581.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.23 mb = 3860.79 m = 12666.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.33 % Est. max temperature: 30.12 C = 86.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 948.06 mb = 556.97 m = 1827.31 ft T: 24.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.43 C/km ThetaE index: 13.22 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 801.37 mb = 1999.08 m = 6558.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.24 C = 88.24 F Cap Strength: 4.06 C Lifted Index: -0.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.06 C Showalter Index: -0.06 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.89 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.64 C Cross Totals Index: 21.25 C K Index: 24.06 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 290.10 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.80 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 100.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 360.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 850.96 mb = 1491.42 m = 4893.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 535.96 mb = 5278.52 m = 17317.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 375.96 mb = 7949.09 m = 26079.37 ft B at Equ Level: 99.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 295.96 mb = 9651.47 m = 31664.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.6 at 18.0 knts Storm direction: 264.6 at 13.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.6 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 51.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 163.3 neg: -4.1 tot: 159.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 7.61 Bulk Shear: 13.26 m/s