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: 35.97,-92.65 Latitude: 35.97 Longitude: -92.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 54 SFC 971 313 26.4 17.7 59 8.6 20.4 193 12 302.1 304.5 294.6 341.2 13.26 2 950 504 23.7 16.7 65 7.0 18.9 196 19 301.2 303.5 294.0 338.5 12.69 3 900 973 19.0 15.6 81 3.4 16.7 201 23 301.1 303.4 293.7 337.8 12.48 4 850 1462 15.2 11.6 79 3.5 12.9 219 31 302.0 303.9 292.3 332.1 10.15 5 800 1973 12.0 10.5 91 1.5 11.1 223 32 303.9 305.8 292.7 333.9 10.04 6 750 2511 8.8 7.2 89 1.6 7.8 222 32 306.1 307.7 292.2 331.8 8.51 7 700 3080 5.7 3.1 83 2.6 4.2 212 36 308.8 310.1 291.6 329.7 6.84 8 650 3683 2.9 -2.2 69 5.1 0.3 214 39 312.2 313.2 291.1 327.9 5.00 9 600 4328 -0.1 -6.9 60 6.8 -3.3 216 45 315.9 316.7 291.2 328.1 3.79 10 550 5018 -5.9 -10.6 69 4.7 -7.8 220 49 317.1 317.7 290.9 327.3 3.11 11 500 5756 -11.2 -18.2 56 7.0 -13.5 226 53 319.4 319.7 290.4 325.5 1.82 12 450 6558 -15.8 -31.8 24 16.0 -19.1 237 58 323.4 323.5 290.4 325.5 0.59 13 400 7434 -21.9 -43.2 13 21.3 -24.7 236 61 326.5 326.6 290.9 327.3 0.21 14 350 8402 -29.5 -44.5 22 15.0 -31.1 234 66 329.0 329.0 291.6 329.8 0.21 15 300 9481 -38.6 -48.0 37 9.4 -39.3 236 76 330.9 330.9 292.2 331.5 0.16 16 250 10708 -46.6 -61.3 17 14.7 -47.0 238 77 336.8 336.8 293.6 337.0 0.04 17 200 12171 -51.5 -74.6 5 23.2 -51.9 252 74 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.3 0.01 18 150 13998 -60.5 -81.5 5 21.0 -60.7 256 62 365.9 365.9 299.8 365.9 0.00 19 100 16476 -67.4 -86.7 5 19.3 -67.5 252 41 397.5 397.5 304.9 397.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.99 m Freezing level: 602.45 mb = 4296.65 m = 14096.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.63 mb = 3737.68 m = 12262.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.19 % Est. max temperature: 27.43 C = 81.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 855.95 mb = 1402.03 m = 4599.78 ft T: 15.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.31 C/km ThetaE index: 9.13 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 838.28 mb = 1578.66 m = 5179.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.78 C = 80.21 F Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lifted Index: -3.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.32 C Showalter Index: -0.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.21 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.38 C Cross Totals Index: 22.83 C K Index: 35.39 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 300.51 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.31 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 766.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 852.61 mb = 1435.38 m = 4709.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 817.61 mb = 1789.24 m = 5870.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 247.61 mb = 10770.92 m = 35337.24 ft B at Equ Level: 761.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 167.61 mb = 13293.18 m = 43612.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.9 at 38.7 knts Storm direction: 248.9 at 29.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 1.3 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 130.1 neg: -1.4 tot: 128.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.58 Bulk Rich Number: 11.46 Bulk Shear: 66.92 m/s