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: 34.18,-91.66 Latitude: 34.18 Longitude: -91.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1003 54 29.4 17.6 49 11.9 21.2 182 13 302.3 304.6 294.3 339.8 12.68 1 1000 83 27.7 17.1 53 10.6 20.5 183 13 300.8 303.1 293.6 337.1 12.35 2 950 534 22.7 16.3 67 6.4 18.4 183 19 300.2 302.4 293.4 336.3 12.33 3 900 1001 18.1 14.4 79 3.7 15.7 185 21 300.2 302.3 292.8 334.0 11.54 4 850 1490 16.8 4.6 44 12.2 9.9 199 23 303.7 304.9 289.5 322.6 6.25 5 800 2003 12.8 8.8 76 4.0 10.4 203 18 304.8 306.5 292.2 331.6 8.92 6 750 2542 9.2 4.6 73 4.5 6.6 200 21 306.5 307.9 291.2 328.2 7.13 7 700 3112 7.5 1.2 65 6.2 4.1 207 24 310.7 311.9 291.5 329.3 5.98 8 650 3720 4.3 -0.8 69 5.1 1.7 216 27 313.9 314.9 292.1 331.4 5.57 9 600 4366 -0.2 -4.8 71 4.6 -2.4 215 27 315.9 316.7 291.7 330.2 4.46 10 550 5057 -4.9 -10.2 66 5.3 -7.1 216 28 318.3 318.9 291.4 328.8 3.20 11 500 5798 -10.0 -20.1 43 10.2 -13.1 223 35 320.9 321.2 290.6 326.2 1.54 12 450 6606 -12.5 -38.8 9 26.3 -17.4 237 43 327.5 327.6 291.3 328.7 0.29 13 400 7494 -19.3 -44.5 9 25.2 -22.8 238 50 330.0 330.0 291.9 330.7 0.18 14 350 8470 -27.1 -50.3 9 23.2 -29.4 244 56 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.6 0.11 15 300 9561 -35.9 -52.8 16 16.9 -37.0 245 65 334.8 334.8 293.1 335.2 0.09 16 250 10800 -46.1 -57.4 27 11.2 -46.6 246 69 337.5 337.5 293.7 337.7 0.07 17 200 12261 -51.5 -67.1 14 15.6 -51.8 252 76 351.3 351.3 296.9 351.4 0.02 18 150 14082 -62.6 -80.4 7 17.8 -62.7 245 63 362.3 362.3 299.1 362.3 0.00 19 100 16518 -71.3 -85.9 10 14.6 -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: 5715.48 m Freezing level: 602.23 mb = 4337.38 m = 14230.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.76 mb = 3975.47 m = 13042.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.63 % Est. max temperature: 30.63 C = 87.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 844.40 mb = 1545.74 m = 5071.27 ft T: 16.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.49 C/km ThetaE index: 17.18 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 809.08 mb = 1907.44 m = 6257.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.76 C = 89.17 F Cap Strength: 2.71 C Lifted Index: -1.53 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.05 C Showalter Index: 5.01 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.31 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.76 C Cross Totals Index: 14.55 C K Index: 25.09 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 210.97 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.81 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 62.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 111.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.74 mb = 1392.39 m = 4568.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 604.74 mb = 4302.79 m = 14116.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 464.74 mb = 6358.98 m = 20862.53 ft B at Equ Level: 60.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 304.74 mb = 9450.18 m = 31004.16 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 208.5 at 24.4 knts Storm direction: 238.5 at 18.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 52.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 69.2 neg: -9.5 tot: 59.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 3.15 Bulk Shear: 19.69 m/s