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: 34.70,-93.04 Latitude: 34.70 Longitude: -93.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 SFC 980 245 25.2 20.4 75 4.8 21.8 188 9 300.1 302.9 295.6 345.6 15.55 2 950 515 22.2 19.1 82 3.1 20.1 191 16 299.7 302.4 295.0 343.0 14.81 3 900 983 18.2 16.6 90 1.6 17.1 200 20 300.3 302.7 294.1 339.3 13.30 4 850 1471 15.4 11.0 75 4.4 12.6 216 29 302.3 304.1 292.0 331.2 9.74 5 800 1984 12.4 10.9 90 1.6 11.4 213 29 304.4 306.3 293.1 335.1 10.26 6 750 2523 9.4 8.0 91 1.4 8.6 218 28 306.8 308.5 292.8 334.1 9.03 7 700 3093 6.6 4.0 84 2.6 5.1 219 31 309.8 311.1 292.3 332.2 7.30 8 650 3699 3.6 -0.5 75 4.1 1.4 220 37 313.0 314.1 291.9 330.9 5.69 9 600 4345 -0.1 -5.3 68 5.2 -2.6 219 41 316.0 316.8 291.6 329.7 4.28 10 550 5035 -5.5 -8.3 81 2.8 -6.7 220 42 317.5 318.2 291.6 329.6 3.72 11 500 5774 -11.2 -13.3 84 2.1 -12.0 226 45 319.4 319.9 291.3 328.5 2.75 12 450 6577 -15.3 -23.3 50 8.0 -17.4 233 55 324.0 324.3 291.3 328.5 1.30 13 400 7455 -21.4 -38.1 21 16.7 -24.1 234 65 327.1 327.2 291.3 328.5 0.36 14 350 8424 -28.8 -45.1 19 16.3 -30.5 232 71 329.9 330.0 291.9 330.7 0.20 15 300 9508 -37.5 -47.3 35 9.8 -38.2 235 80 332.5 332.5 292.6 333.2 0.18 16 250 10744 -44.1 -63.9 9 19.8 -44.7 243 78 340.5 340.5 294.5 340.6 0.03 17 200 12219 -50.8 -74.1 5 23.3 -51.2 257 67 352.4 352.4 297.1 352.4 0.01 18 150 14043 -62.0 -80.7 6 18.7 -62.1 253 60 363.3 363.3 299.3 363.3 0.00 19 100 16500 -69.8 -87.1 6 17.3 -69.9 253 41 392.9 392.9 304.2 392.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.00 m Freezing level: 601.71 mb = 4322.43 m = 14181.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.36 mb = 3920.76 m = 12863.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.17 % Est. max temperature: 28.22 C = 82.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.82 mb = 851.46 m = 2793.48 ft T: 19.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.62 C/km ThetaE index: 14.40 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 879.49 mb = 1180.14 m = 3871.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.19 C = 79.14 F Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lifted Index: -4.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.50 C Showalter Index: -0.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.78 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.60 C Cross Totals Index: 22.18 C K Index: 35.03 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 281.90 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.54 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1060.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.18 mb = 1057.84 m = 3470.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 857.18 mb = 1399.58 m = 4591.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 247.18 mb = 10819.04 m = 35495.09 ft B at Equ Level: 1052.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 147.18 mb = 14157.94 m = 46449.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.4 at 33.6 knts Storm direction: 248.4 at 25.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 130.0 neg: -3.2 tot: 126.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.75 Bulk Rich Number: 17.09 Bulk Shear: 62.03 m/s