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: 33.56,-93.01 Latitude: 33.56 Longitude: -93.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1001 69 28.1 21.3 67 6.7 23.2 185 9 301.1 304.1 296.3 348.7 16.16 1 1000 79 26.9 20.9 70 6.0 22.6 185 8 300.1 302.9 295.8 346.1 15.72 2 950 530 22.1 19.7 86 2.5 20.4 188 14 299.6 302.4 295.4 344.5 15.34 3 900 997 18.5 17.2 92 1.3 17.6 204 25 300.5 303.1 294.6 341.1 13.81 4 850 1487 15.9 14.7 93 1.2 15.1 208 29 302.8 305.1 294.2 339.6 12.44 5 800 2000 13.1 11.0 87 2.1 11.8 202 27 305.2 307.1 293.4 336.3 10.38 6 750 2541 9.8 8.2 90 1.6 8.8 209 27 307.2 308.9 293.0 334.8 9.14 7 700 3112 7.7 0.8 62 6.8 3.9 207 29 311.0 312.1 291.5 329.0 5.81 8 650 3720 4.7 -2.6 59 7.3 1.0 214 31 314.3 315.3 291.6 329.8 4.88 9 600 4367 -0.1 -4.6 71 4.5 -2.3 214 32 316.0 316.9 291.9 330.5 4.52 10 550 5058 -4.8 -10.9 63 6.1 -7.3 217 32 318.4 319.0 291.2 328.4 3.04 11 500 5798 -10.5 -21.9 39 11.4 -13.8 227 40 320.2 320.5 290.2 324.8 1.32 12 450 6608 -12.3 -42.7 6 30.3 -17.5 234 47 327.8 327.8 291.3 328.5 0.20 13 400 7496 -19.1 -47.1 7 27.9 -22.8 236 54 330.2 330.2 291.9 330.7 0.14 14 350 8472 -27.1 -51.5 8 24.4 -29.3 243 60 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.7 0.09 15 300 9563 -35.6 -53.2 15 17.5 -36.8 246 67 335.1 335.2 293.2 335.5 0.09 16 250 10802 -45.5 -56.7 27 11.2 -46.0 248 69 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.7 0.07 17 200 12268 -51.2 -72.0 7 20.8 -51.5 253 73 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.8 0.01 18 150 14091 -62.3 -80.6 7 18.3 -62.4 250 64 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.8 0.00 19 100 16528 -71.4 -85.7 10 14.3 -71.5 248 39 389.8 389.8 303.8 389.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5719.44 m Freezing level: 601.05 mb = 4353.25 m = 14282.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.52 mb = 3915.03 m = 12844.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.31 % Est. max temperature: 29.66 C = 85.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 908.04 mb = 920.35 m = 3019.48 ft T: 19.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.76 C/km ThetaE index: 19.61 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 900.78 mb = 989.75 m = 3247.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.48 C = 81.46 F Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lifted Index: -5.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.27 C Showalter Index: -3.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.53 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.37 C Cross Totals Index: 25.16 C K Index: 34.19 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 390.53 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.94 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1104.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.43 mb = 916.58 m = 3007.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 883.43 mb = 1156.31 m = 3793.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 223.43 mb = 11540.31 m = 37861.45 ft B at Equ Level: 1089.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 133.43 mb = 14794.39 m = 48537.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.1 at 28.7 knts Storm direction: 242.1 at 21.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.5 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 107.0 neg: -16.2 tot: 90.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.67 Bulk Rich Number: 22.50 Bulk Shear: 49.08 m/s