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: 34.78,-92.20 Latitude: 34.78 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 71 SFC 998 88 27.4 18.4 58 9.1 21.2 194 9 300.8 303.2 294.4 340.2 13.45 2 950 522 23.3 17.0 68 6.3 19.0 198 17 300.8 303.2 294.0 338.9 12.97 3 900 991 18.7 16.1 85 2.6 17.0 199 18 300.8 303.2 294.0 338.7 12.90 4 850 1479 15.3 12.4 83 2.9 13.4 216 22 302.2 304.2 292.7 333.9 10.71 5 800 1991 12.2 9.9 86 2.3 10.7 206 23 304.1 305.9 292.4 332.8 9.59 6 750 2530 8.9 7.9 93 1.0 8.3 220 24 306.3 307.9 292.6 333.2 8.94 7 700 3099 6.2 3.3 82 2.9 4.5 220 28 309.3 310.6 291.9 330.7 6.94 8 650 3704 3.5 -1.3 71 4.8 1.0 222 36 312.9 313.9 291.6 329.7 5.35 9 600 4350 -0.4 -4.6 73 4.2 -2.4 219 39 315.6 316.5 291.7 330.1 4.54 10 550 5040 -5.5 -10.1 70 4.6 -7.4 220 39 317.6 318.2 291.2 328.1 3.22 11 500 5778 -11.7 -14.2 81 2.5 -12.6 228 42 318.8 319.3 290.9 327.2 2.54 12 450 6580 -14.8 -29.1 29 14.2 -18.1 233 53 324.6 324.7 290.9 327.3 0.77 13 400 7462 -20.4 -43.7 11 23.2 -23.7 235 62 328.4 328.5 291.5 329.2 0.20 14 350 8434 -28.1 -49.7 11 21.6 -30.1 236 67 330.9 330.9 292.1 331.4 0.12 15 300 9519 -37.4 -46.4 39 9.0 -38.1 237 72 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.5 0.20 16 250 10753 -45.3 -58.3 22 13.0 -45.8 243 79 338.7 338.7 294.0 338.9 0.06 17 200 12222 -51.0 -74.4 5 23.3 -51.4 255 70 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.0 0.01 18 150 14045 -61.8 -81.6 5 19.8 -62.0 252 67 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.6 0.00 19 100 16502 -69.7 -85.9 8 16.2 -69.8 251 41 393.0 393.0 304.2 393.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.33 m Freezing level: 605.48 mb = 4279.02 m = 14038.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.31 mb = 3888.79 m = 12758.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.82 % Est. max temperature: 28.94 C = 84.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 874.81 mb = 1233.62 m = 4047.24 ft T: 17.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.67 C/km ThetaE index: 7.46 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 852.05 mb = 1458.85 m = 4786.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.81 C = 83.86 F Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lifted Index: -4.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.21 C Showalter Index: -2.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.06 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.99 C Cross Totals Index: 24.08 C K Index: 36.48 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 326.84 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.34 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 718.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.66 mb = 1293.92 m = 4245.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 823.66 mb = 1745.31 m = 5726.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 253.66 mb = 10654.54 m = 34955.41 ft B at Equ Level: 717.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 173.66 mb = 13117.29 m = 43035.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.2 at 29.9 knts Storm direction: 248.2 at 22.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.8 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 88.6 neg: -3.0 tot: 85.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.30 Bulk Rich Number: 16.37 Bulk Shear: 43.92 m/s