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: 35.06,-92.29 Latitude: 35.06 Longitude: -92.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 SFC 995 116 27.2 19.1 61 8.1 21.5 196 9 300.8 303.4 294.9 342.4 14.16 2 950 519 23.2 17.4 70 5.8 19.2 197 17 300.8 303.2 294.3 339.7 13.27 3 900 988 18.7 16.3 86 2.4 17.1 197 19 300.8 303.2 294.1 339.2 13.08 4 850 1476 15.0 13.2 89 1.8 13.8 209 24 301.9 303.9 293.1 335.2 11.29 5 800 1988 12.1 10.1 88 2.0 10.9 206 25 304.0 305.9 292.6 333.2 9.75 6 750 2526 9.1 7.5 90 1.6 8.2 221 26 306.5 308.1 292.4 332.8 8.71 7 700 3096 6.0 4.3 88 1.8 5.0 218 31 309.2 310.6 292.3 332.0 7.44 8 650 3700 3.1 -0.4 78 3.5 1.3 220 37 312.5 313.5 291.8 330.4 5.73 9 600 4345 -0.2 -5.3 69 5.1 -2.6 219 43 315.8 316.7 291.6 329.6 4.30 10 550 5035 -5.7 -10.3 70 4.6 -7.6 220 43 317.4 318.0 291.0 327.7 3.18 11 500 5773 -11.8 -15.4 75 3.6 -13.0 228 44 318.7 319.1 290.7 326.4 2.31 12 450 6576 -14.8 -32.1 21 17.3 -18.4 235 54 324.6 324.7 290.7 326.7 0.58 13 400 7456 -20.9 -43.3 12 22.4 -24.0 237 61 327.8 327.8 291.3 328.6 0.21 14 350 8427 -28.5 -48.4 13 19.9 -30.4 235 66 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.8 0.14 15 300 9510 -37.8 -46.3 41 8.5 -38.4 236 72 332.1 332.2 292.5 332.9 0.20 16 250 10742 -45.4 -59.2 20 13.8 -45.9 242 79 338.6 338.6 294.0 338.8 0.05 17 200 12211 -51.3 -74.4 5 23.1 -51.7 255 72 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.6 0.01 18 150 14035 -61.7 -81.1 6 19.4 -61.9 253 65 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.8 0.00 19 100 16496 -69.2 -87.0 6 17.8 -69.3 251 41 394.0 394.0 304.4 394.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.10 m Freezing level: 603.53 mb = 4299.63 m = 14106.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.84 mb = 3903.08 m = 12805.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.05 % Est. max temperature: 28.48 C = 83.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 884.23 mb = 1138.66 m = 3735.72 ft T: 17.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.66 C/km ThetaE index: 16.04 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 864.06 mb = 1335.74 m = 4382.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.94 C = 82.29 F Cap Strength: 0.54 C Lifted Index: -5.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.65 C Showalter Index: -2.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.77 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.79 C Cross Totals Index: 24.98 C K Index: 38.21 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 369.78 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.79 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 936.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.97 mb = 1238.34 m = 4062.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 848.97 mb = 1486.08 m = 4875.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.97 mb = 11039.27 m = 36217.63 ft B at Equ Level: 921.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 158.97 mb = 13666.30 m = 44836.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.6 at 32.1 knts Storm direction: 247.6 at 24.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.7 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 103.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 103.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.47 Bulk Rich Number: 18.07 Bulk Shear: 51.81 m/s