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: 34.98,-91.54 Latitude: 34.98 Longitude: -91.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 57 29.4 16.1 45 13.3 20.4 185 13 302.4 304.6 293.5 336.7 11.56 1 1000 73 28.7 15.8 46 12.9 20.0 184 13 301.8 303.9 293.2 335.4 11.36 2 950 525 23.9 14.7 56 9.2 17.8 190 19 301.5 303.5 292.9 334.4 11.15 3 900 995 19.3 13.3 68 6.0 15.4 194 21 301.4 303.4 292.5 333.0 10.72 4 850 1483 16.1 5.9 51 10.1 10.2 205 23 303.0 304.2 289.9 323.6 6.87 5 800 1996 12.5 10.1 85 2.4 11.0 208 21 304.5 306.3 292.7 333.5 9.72 6 750 2534 8.5 7.9 96 0.6 8.2 222 23 305.8 307.5 292.4 332.8 8.95 7 700 3102 5.8 3.7 86 2.1 4.6 222 28 308.9 310.3 292.0 330.9 7.16 8 650 3707 3.3 0.4 82 2.8 1.8 222 35 312.7 313.8 292.2 331.7 6.09 9 600 4352 -0.5 -5.2 70 4.7 -2.7 218 38 315.6 316.4 291.6 329.5 4.33 10 550 5042 -5.5 -11.9 61 6.4 -8.0 219 38 317.6 318.1 290.8 326.8 2.80 11 500 5780 -11.6 -14.2 82 2.5 -12.6 225 40 318.8 319.3 290.9 327.3 2.56 12 450 6583 -14.4 -33.1 19 18.7 -18.3 231 50 325.2 325.3 290.9 327.1 0.52 13 400 7466 -20.1 -42.7 11 22.7 -23.3 235 60 328.9 328.9 291.6 329.7 0.22 14 350 8439 -27.8 -50.1 10 22.4 -29.9 238 63 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.7 0.11 15 300 9526 -37.2 -47.4 34 10.2 -38.0 240 68 332.9 332.9 292.7 333.6 0.18 16 250 10758 -46.3 -58.0 25 11.7 -46.7 243 77 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.5 0.06 17 200 12221 -51.6 -74.7 5 23.1 -52.0 253 74 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.1 0.01 18 150 14042 -61.7 -82.5 5 20.8 -61.8 250 71 363.9 363.9 299.4 363.9 0.00 19 100 16502 -69.4 -85.4 8 16.1 -69.4 250 39 393.7 393.7 304.3 393.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.82 m Freezing level: 606.03 mb = 4274.14 m = 14022.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.04 mb = 3958.27 m = 12986.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.66 % Est. max temperature: 29.92 C = 85.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 825.28 mb = 1732.54 m = 5684.13 ft T: 14.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.52 C/km ThetaE index: 13.07 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 792.19 mb = 2077.36 m = 6815.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.68 C = 89.02 F Cap Strength: 1.94 C Lifted Index: -2.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.00 C Showalter Index: 2.80 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.28 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.71 C Cross Totals Index: 17.57 C K Index: 31.54 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 224.97 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.78 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 91.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 50.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 828.01 mb = 1704.66 m = 5592.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 753.01 mb = 2500.43 m = 8203.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 693.01 mb = 3183.95 m = 10445.91 ft B at Equ Level: 3.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 663.01 mb = 3545.16 m = 11630.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.9 at 29.4 knts Storm direction: 245.9 at 22.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 81.3 neg: -4.3 tot: 77.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 2.37 Bulk Shear: 38.79 m/s