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: 33.58,-93.04 Latitude: 33.58 Longitude: -93.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 72 28.0 21.4 67 6.6 23.2 186 9 301.1 304.1 296.4 348.8 16.21 1 1000 79 26.8 20.9 70 5.9 22.6 186 7 300.0 302.9 295.8 346.1 15.78 2 950 529 22.1 19.7 86 2.4 20.4 188 14 299.6 302.4 295.4 344.4 15.33 3 900 997 18.5 17.3 93 1.2 17.7 204 25 300.5 303.1 294.6 341.3 13.91 4 850 1486 15.9 14.6 92 1.3 15.0 209 30 302.8 305.1 294.2 339.5 12.40 5 800 2000 13.1 11.1 87 2.1 11.9 202 27 305.2 307.1 293.4 336.4 10.42 6 750 2540 9.8 8.4 91 1.4 8.9 209 27 307.2 308.9 293.1 335.2 9.24 7 700 3112 7.6 1.2 64 6.4 4.1 207 29 310.9 312.0 291.5 329.4 5.96 8 650 3720 4.7 -2.3 60 7.0 1.1 214 32 314.3 315.2 291.7 330.0 4.96 9 600 4366 -0.1 -4.5 72 4.4 -2.2 214 32 316.0 316.9 291.9 330.6 4.56 10 550 5058 -4.8 -10.7 64 5.8 -7.2 217 32 318.4 319.0 291.3 328.5 3.08 11 500 5798 -10.5 -21.8 39 11.3 -13.8 227 40 320.2 320.5 290.2 324.8 1.33 12 450 6607 -12.3 -42.7 6 30.3 -17.5 234 48 327.7 327.8 291.3 328.5 0.20 13 400 7495 -19.1 -46.7 7 27.6 -22.8 236 54 330.1 330.1 291.9 330.7 0.14 14 350 8471 -27.1 -51.5 8 24.4 -29.4 242 61 332.2 332.3 292.4 332.6 0.09 15 300 9563 -35.7 -53.2 15 17.5 -36.8 246 67 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.5 0.09 16 250 10801 -45.5 -56.6 27 11.1 -46.0 248 69 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.7 0.07 17 200 12267 -51.1 -72.4 6 21.3 -51.5 253 73 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.8 0.01 18 150 14090 -62.2 -80.7 7 18.5 -62.4 250 64 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.9 0.00 19 100 16527 -71.3 -85.7 10 14.4 -71.4 248 39 389.9 389.9 303.8 389.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5719.12 m Freezing level: 601.08 mb = 4352.53 m = 14279.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.48 mb = 3927.91 m = 12886.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.08 % Est. max temperature: 29.65 C = 85.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 909.13 mb = 909.63 m = 2984.33 ft T: 19.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.74 C/km ThetaE index: 19.36 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 901.86 mb = 979.09 m = 3212.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.41 C = 81.33 F Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lifted Index: -5.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.34 C Showalter Index: -3.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.53 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.39 C Cross Totals Index: 25.14 C K Index: 34.59 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 390.21 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.91 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1116.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.58 mb = 905.28 m = 2970.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 884.58 mb = 1144.80 m = 3755.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 224.58 mb = 11505.47 m = 37747.16 ft B at Equ Level: 1104.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 134.58 mb = 14742.02 m = 48365.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.1 at 29.0 knts Storm direction: 242.1 at 21.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.6 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 108.5 neg: -17.3 tot: 91.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.68 Bulk Rich Number: 22.42 Bulk Shear: 49.81 m/s