MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 35.94,-90.34 Latitude: 35.94 Longitude: -90.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 61 SFC 998 76 24.9 18.0 65 6.9 20.2 173 9 298.2 300.6 293.4 336.2 13.10 2 950 511 24.0 15.6 59 8.4 18.3 187 29 301.5 303.7 293.4 336.2 11.78 3 900 981 19.7 14.4 71 5.3 16.3 189 32 301.9 304.0 293.3 336.0 11.57 4 850 1471 15.2 12.5 84 2.7 13.4 193 33 302.1 304.1 292.8 333.9 10.77 5 800 1982 11.9 5.6 65 6.3 8.3 204 28 303.9 305.2 290.4 325.3 7.14 6 750 2519 8.3 7.8 96 0.5 8.0 214 27 305.6 307.2 292.3 332.3 8.88 7 700 3088 6.5 3.7 82 2.8 4.9 220 33 309.7 311.0 292.2 331.6 7.14 8 650 3694 4.1 -1.5 67 5.6 1.2 220 41 313.6 314.6 291.7 330.2 5.27 9 600 4340 -0.3 -6.9 61 6.7 -3.3 219 42 315.8 316.6 291.2 328.0 3.80 10 550 5031 -5.3 -12.7 56 7.3 -8.2 224 42 317.7 318.2 290.7 326.4 2.63 11 500 5770 -10.5 -16.9 60 6.3 -12.6 235 45 320.2 320.6 290.9 327.1 2.04 12 450 6575 -14.9 -24.1 45 9.2 -17.3 242 52 324.6 324.8 291.4 328.8 1.22 13 400 7454 -21.6 -28.5 53 6.9 -23.1 238 61 327.0 327.1 291.7 330.2 0.91 14 350 8423 -28.8 -39.2 36 10.3 -30.2 236 73 329.9 329.9 292.0 331.2 0.37 15 300 9507 -37.7 -50.6 25 13.0 -38.5 240 79 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.8 0.12 16 250 10738 -45.6 -64.5 10 19.0 -46.2 242 74 338.3 338.3 293.9 338.4 0.03 17 200 12204 -51.7 -73.6 6 21.8 -52.1 249 68 350.9 350.9 296.8 350.9 0.01 18 150 14022 -61.9 -82.0 5 20.1 -62.1 246 63 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.4 0.00 19 100 16493 -68.4 -86.6 6 18.2 -68.5 250 39 395.5 395.5 304.6 395.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.35 m Freezing level: 602.98 mb = 4301.81 m = 14113.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.79 mb = 3859.97 m = 12663.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.75 % Est. max temperature: 28.85 C = 83.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.42 mb = 958.10 m = 3143.32 ft T: 19.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.34 C/km ThetaE index: 10.91 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 827.34 mb = 1698.34 m = 5571.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.59 C = 85.25 F Cap Strength: 1.19 C Lifted Index: -2.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.01 C Showalter Index: -1.10 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.74 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.73 C Cross Totals Index: 23.00 C K Index: 35.43 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 369.80 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.38 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 349.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 42.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 852.19 mb = 1448.58 m = 4752.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 787.19 mb = 2116.06 m = 6942.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 697.19 mb = 3120.74 m = 10238.51 ft B at Equ Level: 30.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 207.19 mb = 11972.02 m = 39277.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.9 at 35.3 knts Storm direction: 244.9 at 26.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 199.1 neg: -4.1 tot: 195.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 65.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.38 Bulk Rich Number: 6.22 Bulk Shear: 56.14 m/s