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: 36.05,-91.84 Latitude: 36.05 Longitude: -91.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 50 SFC 984 191 24.9 17.8 65 7.1 20.0 186 10 299.4 301.8 293.8 337.8 13.14 2 950 499 23.1 16.8 68 6.3 18.8 190 25 300.7 303.0 293.9 338.2 12.79 3 900 968 18.7 15.8 83 3.0 16.8 192 30 300.8 303.1 293.8 337.9 12.64 4 850 1456 14.7 13.1 90 1.6 13.7 201 32 301.5 303.6 292.9 334.6 11.21 5 800 1967 11.7 10.5 93 1.1 10.9 212 38 303.6 305.4 292.6 333.4 10.02 6 750 2505 8.4 7.9 97 0.4 8.1 210 37 305.7 307.4 292.4 332.7 8.98 7 700 3073 5.3 4.9 97 0.4 5.1 211 38 308.3 309.8 292.3 332.1 7.78 8 650 3676 2.0 1.3 95 0.7 1.7 217 46 311.3 312.5 292.1 331.4 6.49 9 600 4318 -1.5 -4.2 82 2.7 -2.8 216 52 314.4 315.3 291.5 329.3 4.68 10 550 5006 -6.1 -8.5 83 2.4 -7.1 216 53 316.9 317.6 291.3 328.7 3.66 11 500 5745 -10.8 -11.6 93 0.9 -11.1 221 60 319.9 320.5 291.8 330.3 3.14 12 450 6547 -16.0 -21.6 62 5.5 -17.6 227 66 323.1 323.4 291.2 328.3 1.52 13 400 7425 -21.7 -35.6 27 13.9 -24.0 233 74 326.8 326.9 291.3 328.5 0.46 14 350 8392 -28.4 -33.0 65 4.6 -29.2 242 68 330.4 330.6 292.5 332.9 0.68 15 300 9480 -37.0 -40.1 73 3.1 -37.3 252 68 333.2 333.3 293.0 334.7 0.39 16 250 10714 -44.7 -56.7 25 12.0 -45.2 248 64 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.9 0.07 17 200 12186 -51.7 -72.4 7 20.8 -52.0 243 67 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.0 0.01 18 150 14012 -60.1 -81.7 4 21.6 -60.3 244 59 366.6 366.6 299.9 366.6 0.00 19 100 16485 -67.0 -86.3 5 19.3 -67.1 253 39 398.3 398.3 305.0 398.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.64 m Freezing level: 620.91 mb = 4049.38 m = 13285.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.36 mb = 3909.21 m = 12825.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.85 % Est. max temperature: 27.61 C = 81.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 887.21 mb = 1090.17 m = 3576.63 ft T: 17.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.00 C/km ThetaE index: 9.46 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 855.96 mb = 1396.32 m = 4581.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.88 C = 80.39 F Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lifted Index: -3.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.77 C Showalter Index: -1.64 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.25 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.41 C Cross Totals Index: 23.85 C K Index: 38.11 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 353.02 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.93 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 695.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.01 mb = 1286.76 m = 4221.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 842.01 mb = 1535.52 m = 5037.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 272.01 mb = 10142.37 m = 33275.08 ft B at Equ Level: 694.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 182.01 mb = 12784.32 m = 41942.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.1 at 42.9 knts Storm direction: 243.1 at 32.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.1 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 230.1 neg: -7.7 tot: 222.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 74.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.93 Bulk Rich Number: 8.23 Bulk Shear: 84.53 m/s