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: 35.81,-90.52 Latitude: 35.81 Longitude: -90.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1002 77 18.7 16.0 84 2.7 17.0 188 4 291.7 293.8 290.0 324.2 11.48 1 1000 91 19.3 16.1 82 3.2 17.2 179 4 292.4 294.5 290.3 325.3 11.57 2 950 540 23.9 15.6 60 8.3 18.3 219 20 301.4 303.6 293.3 336.1 11.79 3 900 1010 20.1 11.7 58 8.4 14.8 214 26 302.3 304.0 291.9 330.9 9.64 4 850 1499 15.6 9.9 69 5.7 12.1 216 28 302.5 304.2 291.6 329.5 9.07 5 800 2011 11.9 10.3 90 1.6 10.9 226 29 303.8 305.6 292.6 333.2 9.85 6 750 2550 11.0 -5.0 32 16.0 3.4 235 27 308.5 309.2 288.6 319.5 3.52 7 700 3123 9.6 -13.6 18 23.2 0.1 243 23 313.1 313.4 288.5 319.3 1.90 8 650 3733 5.2 -4.2 50 9.5 0.5 250 21 314.9 315.7 291.3 328.6 4.30 9 600 4380 0.2 -5.1 68 5.3 -2.3 249 20 316.4 317.2 291.8 330.4 4.38 10 550 5071 -5.3 -9.7 71 4.4 -7.2 243 16 317.8 318.4 291.3 328.6 3.32 11 500 5812 -10.6 -15.0 70 4.5 -12.2 240 15 320.2 320.6 291.2 328.1 2.38 12 450 6613 -16.3 -22.0 62 5.7 -17.9 246 21 322.7 323.0 291.0 327.7 1.46 13 400 7488 -22.4 -32.8 38 10.4 -24.3 254 25 325.8 325.9 291.2 328.0 0.60 14 350 8454 -29.4 -45.0 21 15.6 -31.0 265 30 329.1 329.1 291.7 329.8 0.20 15 300 9539 -36.1 -56.2 11 20.0 -37.3 262 39 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.7 0.06 16 250 10781 -44.9 -62.1 13 17.3 -45.4 259 41 339.4 339.4 294.2 339.5 0.04 17 200 12242 -52.8 -70.8 10 18.0 -53.1 267 53 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.2 0.01 18 150 14053 -62.6 -81.6 6 19.0 -62.8 273 48 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.2 0.00 19 100 16506 -70.1 -87.2 6 17.1 -70.2 261 24 392.3 392.3 304.1 392.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5720.71 m Freezing level: 598.07 mb = 4407.10 m = 14458.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.47 mb = 3852.56 m = 12639.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.09 % Est. max temperature: 29.52 C = 85.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.27 mb = 427.47 m = 1402.43 ft T: 22.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.48 C/km ThetaE index: 13.84 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 805.57 mb = 1952.04 m = 6404.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.64 C = 87.16 F Cap Strength: 4.50 C Lifted Index: -0.32 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.50 C Showalter Index: 0.91 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.68 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.19 C Cross Totals Index: 20.49 C K Index: 12.93 Risk: None Sweat Index: 190.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.24 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 83.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 411.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.80 mb = 1421.10 m = 4662.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 522.80 mb = 5465.19 m = 17930.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 362.80 mb = 8194.15 m = 26883.37 ft B at Equ Level: 83.15 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 292.80 mb = 9704.60 m = 31838.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.7 at 21.4 knts Storm direction: 263.7 at 16.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 1.2 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 135.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 135.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 45.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 5.24 Bulk Shear: 15.93 m/s