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: 34.08,-93.58 Latitude: 34.08 Longitude: -93.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 75 SFC 992 144 24.2 20.8 81 3.4 21.8 185 8 298.0 300.9 295.2 343.7 15.75 2 950 522 20.3 19.8 97 0.5 20.0 187 17 297.8 300.6 295.0 342.8 15.52 3 900 989 18.4 17.6 95 0.8 17.9 207 32 300.5 303.1 294.8 342.1 14.21 4 850 1478 16.3 12.6 79 3.7 13.9 206 32 303.2 305.2 293.2 335.5 10.85 5 800 1991 12.3 11.0 92 1.3 11.4 201 30 304.2 306.1 293.1 335.1 10.34 6 750 2531 9.5 9.4 99 0.1 9.5 208 30 306.9 308.8 293.5 336.8 9.91 7 700 3102 6.5 5.1 91 1.4 5.7 205 32 309.7 311.2 292.8 334.0 7.91 8 650 3708 3.9 1.4 84 2.5 2.5 209 34 313.4 314.6 292.7 333.8 6.53 9 600 4354 -0.0 -4.3 73 4.3 -2.1 209 36 316.1 317.0 292.0 331.0 4.65 10 550 5045 -5.3 -8.6 78 3.2 -6.8 213 39 317.7 318.4 291.6 329.6 3.64 11 500 5784 -11.0 -19.9 48 8.9 -13.7 223 46 319.6 319.9 290.3 325.0 1.58 12 450 6591 -13.1 -37.6 11 24.6 -17.7 232 54 326.8 326.9 291.2 328.0 0.33 13 400 7477 -19.6 -44.8 9 25.2 -23.1 235 62 329.4 329.5 291.7 330.1 0.18 14 350 8452 -27.2 -50.4 9 23.1 -29.5 241 67 332.0 332.1 292.4 332.5 0.11 15 300 9542 -36.4 -48.1 29 11.7 -37.3 246 74 334.1 334.1 293.0 334.7 0.16 16 250 10778 -45.7 -59.8 19 14.2 -46.2 247 76 338.2 338.2 293.9 338.4 0.05 17 200 12244 -50.9 -74.9 4 24.0 -51.3 255 76 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.2 0.01 18 150 14068 -61.6 -81.6 5 20.0 -61.7 250 69 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.0 0.00 19 100 16516 -70.4 -85.6 9 15.3 -70.4 254 41 391.8 391.8 304.0 391.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.32 m Freezing level: 600.04 mb = 4353.79 m = 14283.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.57 mb = 4056.10 m = 13307.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.44 % Est. max temperature: 29.54 C = 85.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.77 mb = 579.12 m = 1899.97 ft T: 20.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.54 C/km ThetaE index: 11.84 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 907.42 mb = 918.15 m = 3012.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.25 C = 79.25 F Cap Strength: 0.40 C Lifted Index: -5.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.98 C Showalter Index: -2.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.89 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.29 C Cross Totals Index: 23.60 C K Index: 38.49 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 359.76 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1077.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 924.87 mb = 753.73 m = 2472.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 829.87 mb = 1681.08 m = 5515.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.87 mb = 11329.23 m = 37168.92 ft B at Equ Level: 1065.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.87 mb = 14489.97 m = 47538.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 209.9 at 33.4 knts Storm direction: 239.9 at 25.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.5 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 140.3 neg: -15.2 tot: 125.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.88 Bulk Rich Number: 18.26 Bulk Shear: 59.02 m/s