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: 35.89,-90.85 Latitude: 35.89 Longitude: -90.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 998 82 29.4 16.0 44 13.4 20.3 193 16 302.7 304.8 293.5 336.8 11.51 2 950 521 24.4 14.6 54 9.8 17.9 196 23 302.0 304.0 293.0 334.7 11.08 3 900 991 19.8 13.6 67 6.3 15.7 197 24 302.0 304.0 292.9 334.2 10.92 4 850 1480 15.6 10.0 69 5.6 12.1 206 26 302.5 304.2 291.6 329.6 9.11 5 800 1992 11.4 10.6 95 0.7 10.9 208 27 303.3 305.2 292.6 333.4 10.12 6 750 2529 8.2 6.9 91 1.3 7.5 218 29 305.5 307.1 291.9 330.7 8.35 7 700 3096 5.5 2.2 79 3.3 3.7 219 31 308.5 309.7 291.2 328.2 6.41 8 650 3700 3.1 -0.6 77 3.7 1.1 218 34 312.5 313.5 291.7 330.1 5.63 9 600 4345 -0.4 -5.6 68 5.2 -2.9 217 38 315.7 316.5 291.5 329.1 4.21 10 550 5035 -5.6 -10.8 67 5.2 -7.7 220 40 317.5 318.0 291.0 327.4 3.06 11 500 5773 -11.7 -16.3 69 4.6 -13.3 224 43 318.7 319.1 290.5 325.9 2.14 12 450 6574 -14.9 -30.5 25 15.6 -18.3 233 51 324.5 324.6 290.8 326.9 0.67 13 400 7456 -20.4 -45.1 9 24.7 -23.7 239 60 328.5 328.5 291.5 329.1 0.17 14 350 8427 -28.4 -51.0 10 22.6 -30.4 240 62 330.5 330.5 291.9 330.9 0.10 15 300 9512 -37.7 -47.8 34 10.1 -38.4 241 64 332.2 332.3 292.5 332.9 0.17 16 250 10739 -47.5 -53.5 50 6.0 -47.7 242 75 335.5 335.5 293.3 335.9 0.10 17 200 12194 -52.7 -73.7 6 21.0 -53.0 250 77 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.4 0.01 18 150 14015 -60.3 -81.4 5 21.1 -60.5 247 71 366.1 366.1 299.9 366.1 0.00 19 100 16491 -68.4 -86.6 6 18.2 -68.5 253 37 395.5 395.5 304.6 395.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.65 m Freezing level: 605.59 mb = 4273.15 m = 14019.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.78 mb = 3878.59 m = 12724.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.88 % Est. max temperature: 29.25 C = 84.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 821.21 mb = 1770.89 m = 5809.93 ft T: 13.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.42 C/km ThetaE index: 7.22 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 810.16 mb = 1885.19 m = 6184.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.84 C = 85.72 F Cap Strength: 0.76 C Lifted Index: -2.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.66 C Showalter Index: -0.33 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.11 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.36 C Cross Totals Index: 21.75 C K Index: 34.10 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 280.08 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.73 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 212.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 821.85 mb = 1764.28 m = 5788.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 796.85 mb = 2024.46 m = 6641.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 646.85 mb = 3739.56 m = 12268.76 ft B at Equ Level: 27.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 206.85 mb = 11974.13 m = 39284.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.2 at 32.2 knts Storm direction: 245.2 at 24.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 90.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 90.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 6.83 Bulk Shear: 31.08 m/s