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: 36.07,-91.12 Latitude: 36.07 Longitude: -91.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 52 SFC 995 94 25.6 16.4 57 9.3 19.4 176 11 299.2 301.3 292.7 333.8 11.85 2 950 502 23.5 15.4 60 8.2 18.1 186 29 301.1 303.2 293.2 335.3 11.63 3 900 971 19.4 13.2 68 6.1 15.4 193 33 301.4 303.4 292.5 333.0 10.68 4 850 1460 15.6 10.5 72 5.1 12.4 199 31 302.5 304.2 291.8 330.4 9.41 5 800 1972 12.1 9.7 85 2.4 10.6 201 32 304.1 305.8 292.4 332.4 9.50 6 750 2510 8.2 7.9 98 0.3 8.0 210 32 305.5 307.2 292.4 332.5 8.96 7 700 3078 5.8 4.4 91 1.4 5.0 215 37 308.9 310.3 292.2 331.9 7.50 8 650 3683 3.4 -0.8 74 4.2 1.2 220 44 312.8 313.9 291.7 330.2 5.55 9 600 4328 -0.5 -5.1 71 4.6 -2.7 219 49 315.6 316.4 291.6 329.6 4.38 10 550 5018 -5.5 -8.4 80 3.0 -6.8 218 48 317.6 318.3 291.6 329.5 3.68 11 500 5758 -11.0 -12.0 92 1.0 -11.3 226 49 319.7 320.3 291.6 329.8 3.06 12 450 6561 -15.6 -19.3 73 3.7 -16.7 235 59 323.7 324.0 291.7 330.0 1.85 13 400 7438 -22.0 -29.0 53 7.0 -23.5 234 70 326.4 326.6 291.6 329.5 0.87 14 350 8406 -29.7 -47.4 16 17.8 -31.3 237 76 328.8 328.8 291.5 329.3 0.15 15 300 9490 -37.2 -49.8 26 12.6 -38.1 246 71 333.0 333.0 292.7 333.5 0.13 16 250 10724 -45.0 -62.0 13 16.9 -45.6 245 70 339.1 339.1 294.1 339.3 0.04 17 200 12193 -51.7 -72.6 6 20.9 -52.1 246 66 350.9 350.9 296.8 350.9 0.01 18 150 14014 -61.3 -81.5 5 20.2 -61.5 243 62 364.4 364.4 299.5 364.5 0.00 19 100 16487 -67.8 -86.1 6 18.3 -67.9 251 41 396.7 396.7 304.8 396.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.18 m Freezing level: 606.28 mb = 4247.00 m = 13933.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.59 mb = 3876.24 m = 12717.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.40 % Est. max temperature: 29.07 C = 84.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 869.15 mb = 1269.67 m = 4165.54 ft T: 17.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.25 C/km ThetaE index: 4.84 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 805.47 mb = 1914.59 m = 6281.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.33 C = 86.60 F Cap Strength: 1.86 C Lifted Index: -1.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.04 C Showalter Index: 0.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.00 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.55 C Cross Totals Index: 21.45 C K Index: 35.63 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 319.30 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.16 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 207.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 57.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 842.30 mb = 1537.03 m = 5042.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 757.30 mb = 2429.23 m = 7969.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 697.30 mb = 3109.82 m = 10202.69 ft B at Equ Level: 14.01 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 627.30 mb = 3969.40 m = 13022.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.1 at 39.2 knts Storm direction: 243.1 at 29.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 216.9 neg: -1.9 tot: 215.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 71.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.24 Bulk Rich Number: 3.06 Bulk Shear: 67.69 m/s