MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 33.50,-93.35 Latitude: 33.50 Longitude: -93.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 79 SFC 998 98 26.5 21.6 75 4.9 23.0 187 9 299.8 302.8 296.2 348.0 16.49 2 950 528 21.2 20.0 93 1.2 20.4 189 15 298.7 301.6 295.4 344.5 15.71 3 900 995 18.6 18.1 97 0.6 18.2 208 30 300.7 303.4 295.2 343.7 14.64 4 850 1485 16.1 14.1 88 2.0 14.8 212 32 303.0 305.2 294.0 338.5 11.99 5 800 1999 13.0 11.3 89 1.8 11.9 203 30 305.1 307.0 293.5 336.7 10.55 6 750 2539 9.9 9.2 95 0.8 9.5 209 27 307.3 309.2 293.6 336.9 9.76 7 700 3111 7.8 1.8 66 6.0 4.5 207 29 311.1 312.3 291.8 330.4 6.24 8 650 3719 4.7 -1.6 64 6.2 1.4 213 32 314.2 315.2 291.9 330.8 5.25 9 600 4366 -0.1 -4.4 73 4.3 -2.1 214 34 316.0 316.9 291.9 330.8 4.61 10 550 5057 -4.9 -10.0 68 5.0 -7.1 217 34 318.2 318.9 291.4 328.9 3.26 11 500 5797 -10.5 -22.3 37 11.9 -13.9 228 42 320.3 320.5 290.2 324.7 1.27 12 450 6607 -12.4 -41.3 7 28.9 -17.5 234 49 327.6 327.6 291.3 328.5 0.23 13 400 7494 -19.2 -46.6 7 27.3 -22.9 235 55 330.0 330.0 291.9 330.5 0.15 14 350 8470 -27.1 -51.6 8 24.4 -29.4 242 62 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.6 0.09 15 300 9561 -35.8 -52.2 17 16.4 -36.9 246 68 334.9 335.0 293.2 335.4 0.10 16 250 10800 -45.3 -57.6 24 12.3 -45.8 248 70 338.7 338.7 294.0 338.9 0.06 17 200 12267 -51.0 -75.7 4 24.8 -51.4 253 73 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.1 0.01 18 150 14091 -62.2 -80.9 6 18.7 -62.3 251 64 362.9 362.9 299.2 363.0 0.00 19 100 16528 -71.2 -85.7 10 14.5 -71.2 249 39 390.2 390.2 303.8 390.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.73 m Freezing level: 601.08 mb = 4352.02 m = 14278.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.05 mb = 3971.12 m = 13028.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.39 % Est. max temperature: 29.72 C = 85.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.78 mb = 713.94 m = 2342.28 ft T: 20.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.78 C/km ThetaE index: 11.38 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 912.30 mb = 877.90 m = 2880.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.87 C = 80.36 F Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lifted Index: -5.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.46 C Showalter Index: -3.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.07 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.52 C Cross Totals Index: 24.55 C K Index: 34.66 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 374.27 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.73 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1284.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 921.64 mb = 789.90 m = 2591.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 896.64 mb = 1027.31 m = 3370.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 226.64 mb = 11444.86 m = 37548.29 ft B at Equ Level: 1281.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 126.64 mb = 15108.29 m = 49567.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.9 at 30.7 knts Storm direction: 242.9 at 23.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.7 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 125.3 neg: -24.6 tot: 100.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.96 Bulk Rich Number: 24.44 Bulk Shear: 52.56 m/s