MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 33.77,-93.37 Latitude: 33.77 Longitude: -93.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 SFC 998 90 27.3 20.6 67 6.7 22.5 172 7 300.6 303.5 295.7 346.1 15.48 2 950 520 22.5 19.3 82 3.2 20.3 177 11 300.0 302.8 295.3 343.9 15.00 3 900 989 19.1 16.3 84 2.7 17.2 208 20 301.2 303.6 294.2 339.7 13.10 4 850 1479 16.8 7.7 55 9.1 11.3 212 23 303.7 305.2 290.9 327.0 7.76 5 800 1992 12.4 7.4 71 5.0 9.4 214 26 304.4 305.9 291.3 328.6 8.07 6 750 2531 10.5 7.4 81 3.1 8.6 225 25 308.0 309.6 292.9 334.4 8.67 7 700 3102 7.1 0.4 63 6.7 3.5 224 28 310.3 311.4 291.1 327.9 5.65 8 650 3708 3.4 0.6 82 2.8 1.9 219 33 312.8 314.0 292.3 332.1 6.16 9 600 4352 -0.8 -2.9 85 2.1 -1.8 217 38 315.2 316.2 292.2 331.6 5.16 10 550 5042 -5.9 -7.8 87 1.9 -6.7 218 40 317.1 317.9 291.6 329.7 3.88 11 500 5782 -10.3 -14.9 69 4.7 -11.9 225 47 320.5 321.0 291.3 328.5 2.40 12 450 6588 -13.8 -22.2 49 8.5 -16.2 233 61 325.9 326.2 292.0 330.9 1.43 13 400 7472 -19.9 -33.5 29 13.6 -22.5 234 69 329.1 329.2 292.0 331.2 0.57 14 350 8447 -27.7 -42.2 24 14.5 -29.5 235 73 331.4 331.5 292.4 332.4 0.27 15 300 9535 -36.3 -48.6 27 12.2 -37.3 238 81 334.2 334.2 293.0 334.8 0.16 16 250 10777 -43.8 -63.2 10 19.4 -44.5 247 79 340.9 341.0 294.6 341.1 0.03 17 200 12250 -51.0 -74.3 5 23.2 -51.5 254 70 351.9 351.9 297.1 352.0 0.01 18 150 14069 -62.4 -82.0 6 19.6 -62.6 252 66 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.5 0.00 19 100 16513 -70.8 -86.5 8 15.7 -70.8 258 38 391.0 391.0 303.9 391.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5712.11 m Freezing level: 609.04 mb = 4235.92 m = 13897.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.54 mb = 4029.72 m = 13220.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.35 % Est. max temperature: 30.40 C = 86.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 905.11 mb = 939.98 m = 3083.90 ft T: 19.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.48 C/km ThetaE index: 19.08 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 861.72 mb = 1361.59 m = 4467.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.76 C = 85.56 F Cap Strength: 0.89 C Lifted Index: -4.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.59 C Showalter Index: 2.42 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.00 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.05 C Cross Totals Index: 17.95 C K Index: 28.06 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 237.77 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.33 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1107.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.91 mb = 1037.64 m = 3404.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 829.91 mb = 1681.16 m = 5515.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.91 mb = 11048.56 m = 36248.12 ft B at Equ Level: 1101.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.91 mb = 14488.40 m = 47533.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.0 at 30.1 knts Storm direction: 248.0 at 22.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.6 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 106.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 106.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.67 Bulk Rich Number: 14.40 Bulk Shear: 76.93 m/s