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: 34.21,-93.55 Latitude: 34.21 Longitude: -93.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 74 SFC 988 180 23.9 20.7 83 3.1 21.6 183 8 298.0 300.9 295.2 343.8 15.77 2 950 521 20.5 19.8 96 0.6 20.0 185 16 297.9 300.8 295.0 342.9 15.50 3 900 988 18.3 17.6 96 0.6 17.8 204 32 300.3 302.9 294.8 342.1 14.25 4 850 1477 15.9 13.7 87 2.2 14.4 205 33 302.8 305.0 293.7 337.4 11.66 5 800 1990 12.4 10.9 90 1.5 11.4 201 30 304.3 306.2 293.0 335.0 10.26 6 750 2530 9.6 9.4 99 0.2 9.5 207 30 306.9 308.8 293.5 336.9 9.90 7 700 3100 6.4 5.2 92 1.2 5.7 204 33 309.6 311.1 292.8 334.0 7.96 8 650 3706 3.7 1.6 86 2.1 2.6 208 34 313.2 314.5 292.8 333.9 6.63 9 600 4353 -0.0 -4.1 74 4.1 -2.0 208 36 316.1 317.0 292.0 331.1 4.70 10 550 5044 -5.4 -8.6 78 3.2 -6.8 212 38 317.7 318.4 291.6 329.5 3.63 11 500 5782 -11.3 -18.9 53 7.6 -13.6 222 45 319.3 319.6 290.3 325.1 1.72 12 450 6589 -13.2 -37.5 11 24.3 -17.8 231 54 326.6 326.7 291.1 327.9 0.34 13 400 7474 -19.7 -45.2 8 25.5 -23.2 235 62 329.4 329.4 291.7 330.0 0.17 14 350 8449 -27.3 -48.8 11 21.5 -29.5 241 68 331.9 332.0 292.4 332.4 0.13 15 300 9538 -36.5 -47.6 31 11.1 -37.4 245 75 333.9 334.0 293.0 334.6 0.17 16 250 10773 -45.8 -59.5 20 13.7 -46.3 247 77 338.0 338.0 293.9 338.2 0.05 17 200 12239 -51.0 -72.9 6 22.0 -51.4 256 76 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.1 0.01 18 150 14064 -61.4 -82.3 5 20.9 -61.6 250 70 364.3 364.3 299.5 364.3 0.00 19 100 16514 -70.4 -86.1 8 15.7 -70.4 254 42 391.8 391.8 304.0 391.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.98 m Freezing level: 600.59 mb = 4344.98 m = 14255.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.08 mb = 4060.79 m = 13322.66 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.91 % Est. max temperature: 28.99 C = 84.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.96 mb = 576.44 m = 1891.19 ft T: 20.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.60 C/km ThetaE index: 11.73 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 908.20 mb = 909.63 m = 2984.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.76 C = 78.37 F Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lifted Index: -5.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.07 C Showalter Index: -3.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.13 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.19 C Cross Totals Index: 24.95 C K Index: 39.65 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 398.83 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1105.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 922.25 mb = 777.20 m = 2549.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 847.25 mb = 1504.13 m = 4934.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.25 mb = 11400.03 m = 37401.22 ft B at Equ Level: 1088.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 147.25 mb = 14175.38 m = 46506.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 209.0 at 33.7 knts Storm direction: 239.0 at 25.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.3 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 152.4 neg: -17.1 tot: 135.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 45.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.98 Bulk Rich Number: 18.48 Bulk Shear: 59.83 m/s