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,-90.67 Latitude: 35.94 Longitude: -90.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 58 SFC 997 89 24.3 17.8 67 6.5 19.8 175 9 297.7 300.1 293.2 335.3 12.96 2 950 508 23.7 15.3 59 8.4 18.1 189 30 301.2 303.4 293.2 335.4 11.61 3 900 978 19.5 14.6 73 4.9 16.3 190 33 301.6 303.8 293.3 336.1 11.68 4 850 1467 15.6 8.1 61 7.5 11.2 194 34 302.5 304.0 290.7 326.4 8.01 5 800 1978 12.5 6.3 66 6.2 8.9 202 30 304.5 305.8 290.9 327.0 7.49 6 750 2516 8.4 7.6 95 0.8 7.9 212 29 305.7 307.4 292.3 332.2 8.78 7 700 3085 6.1 4.0 86 2.1 4.9 219 35 309.3 310.6 292.2 331.7 7.31 8 650 3690 4.0 -2.2 64 6.2 0.8 220 44 313.4 314.4 291.5 329.3 5.01 9 600 4336 -0.4 -5.6 68 5.2 -2.9 219 45 315.7 316.5 291.5 329.2 4.20 10 550 5027 -5.4 -11.3 63 5.9 -7.8 222 44 317.7 318.2 290.9 327.3 2.94 11 500 5766 -10.6 -15.4 68 4.8 -12.3 231 47 320.1 320.6 291.1 327.8 2.30 12 450 6571 -15.2 -21.5 58 6.4 -17.0 240 54 324.2 324.5 291.6 329.4 1.52 13 400 7449 -21.7 -25.0 75 3.3 -22.5 237 64 326.8 327.0 292.0 331.2 1.26 14 350 8417 -29.2 -40.0 35 10.7 -30.6 236 76 329.3 329.4 291.9 330.6 0.34 15 300 9501 -37.4 -54.7 15 17.3 -38.4 242 76 332.6 332.6 292.5 332.9 0.08 16 250 10734 -45.3 -66.5 7 21.2 -45.9 243 72 338.7 338.7 294.0 338.8 0.02 17 200 12201 -51.7 -73.6 6 21.8 -52.1 248 67 350.9 350.9 296.8 350.9 0.01 18 150 14020 -61.8 -81.9 5 20.1 -62.0 245 62 363.6 363.6 299.4 363.6 0.00 19 100 16492 -68.3 -87.5 5 19.1 -68.4 251 40 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.36 m Freezing level: 604.14 mb = 4282.96 m = 14051.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.62 mb = 3832.87 m = 12574.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.32 % Est. max temperature: 29.20 C = 84.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 906.41 mb = 916.01 m = 3005.24 ft T: 20.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.23 C/km ThetaE index: 9.65 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 813.87 mb = 1833.18 m = 6014.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.45 C = 86.81 F Cap Strength: 1.81 C Lifted Index: -1.94 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.15 C Showalter Index: 2.39 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.96 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.22 C Cross Totals Index: 18.73 C K Index: 32.26 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 313.07 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.31 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 304.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 64.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.86 mb = 1427.79 m = 4684.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 768.86 mb = 2309.06 m = 7575.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 688.86 mb = 3215.73 m = 10550.18 ft B at Equ Level: 25.01 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 208.86 mb = 11916.41 m = 39095.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.1 at 37.2 knts Storm direction: 244.1 at 27.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 216.4 neg: -10.4 tot: 206.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 68.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.35 Bulk Rich Number: 5.31 Bulk Shear: 57.47 m/s