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: 33.74,-93.67 Latitude: 33.74 Longitude: -93.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 77 SFC 997 103 24.8 20.9 79 3.9 22.1 184 9 298.2 301.1 295.3 344.1 15.79 2 950 524 20.3 20.0 99 0.2 20.1 187 17 297.7 300.6 295.1 343.3 15.71 3 900 991 18.7 18.0 95 0.8 18.2 212 32 300.8 303.5 295.1 343.5 14.54 4 850 1481 16.4 11.4 72 5.0 13.2 213 31 303.3 305.2 292.6 333.1 10.00 5 800 1995 12.5 10.4 87 2.1 11.2 203 31 304.4 306.3 292.9 334.2 9.96 6 750 2535 9.6 9.2 97 0.4 9.4 211 28 307.0 308.9 293.5 336.6 9.79 7 700 3105 7.0 4.0 81 3.0 5.3 209 30 310.2 311.6 292.4 332.7 7.31 8 650 3713 4.2 0.8 78 3.5 2.4 212 34 313.8 315.0 292.6 333.4 6.25 9 600 4359 -0.0 -4.5 72 4.5 -2.1 211 37 316.1 317.0 291.9 330.8 4.58 10 550 5051 -5.2 -8.6 77 3.3 -6.7 215 38 317.9 318.6 291.6 329.7 3.64 11 500 5790 -10.3 -23.2 34 12.9 -13.9 225 45 320.5 320.7 290.2 324.6 1.18 12 450 6599 -12.7 -38.9 9 26.2 -17.6 234 53 327.2 327.3 291.2 328.3 0.29 13 400 7485 -19.4 -46.5 7 27.1 -23.0 235 59 329.7 329.7 291.8 330.3 0.15 14 350 8461 -27.1 -51.4 8 24.3 -29.4 242 65 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.6 0.10 15 300 9551 -36.1 -50.6 21 14.5 -37.2 246 71 334.5 334.5 293.0 335.0 0.12 16 250 10789 -45.4 -59.9 18 14.5 -46.0 248 73 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.7 0.05 17 200 12256 -50.7 -77.2 3 26.5 -51.1 255 74 352.5 352.5 297.2 352.5 0.01 18 150 14080 -62.0 -80.9 6 18.9 -62.1 252 67 363.3 363.3 299.3 363.3 0.00 19 100 16521 -70.7 -85.8 9 15.1 -70.8 252 41 391.1 391.1 303.9 391.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.68 m Freezing level: 600.04 mb = 4358.89 m = 14300.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.81 mb = 4045.04 m = 13270.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.65 % Est. max temperature: 30.00 C = 85.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.37 mb = 603.11 m = 1978.68 ft T: 19.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.43 C/km ThetaE index: 10.36 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 910.16 mb = 894.50 m = 2934.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.75 C = 80.15 F Cap Strength: 0.47 C Lifted Index: -4.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.79 C Showalter Index: -0.54 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.41 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.72 C Cross Totals Index: 21.69 C K Index: 35.16 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 296.78 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.65 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1111.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 929.41 mb = 713.56 m = 2341.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 834.41 mb = 1637.96 m = 5373.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 224.41 mb = 11498.75 m = 37725.08 ft B at Equ Level: 1091.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 144.41 mb = 14308.84 m = 46944.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.6 at 32.8 knts Storm direction: 242.6 at 24.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.8 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 133.4 neg: -17.7 tot: 115.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.89 Bulk Rich Number: 18.94 Bulk Shear: 58.68 m/s