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: 34.49,-93.52 Latitude: 34.49 Longitude: -93.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 73 SFC 981 237 22.9 20.8 88 2.1 21.5 178 7 297.7 300.6 295.3 343.9 15.96 2 950 519 20.2 19.8 98 0.4 19.9 182 16 297.7 300.5 295.0 342.6 15.51 3 900 985 17.8 17.4 97 0.4 17.5 203 33 299.8 302.4 294.5 340.8 14.02 4 850 1474 15.8 13.5 86 2.3 14.3 203 32 302.7 304.8 293.5 336.7 11.50 5 800 1987 12.7 10.7 88 2.0 11.4 201 30 304.7 306.6 293.1 335.2 10.17 6 750 2527 9.3 9.0 98 0.3 9.2 207 31 306.7 308.5 293.3 335.9 9.68 7 700 3097 6.1 5.0 92 1.1 5.5 201 33 309.3 310.7 292.6 333.2 7.83 8 650 3702 3.6 2.1 90 1.5 2.8 205 33 313.0 314.3 292.9 334.4 6.88 9 600 4348 -0.2 -3.3 80 3.1 -1.8 205 35 315.8 316.8 292.2 331.7 4.99 10 550 5039 -5.3 -8.1 81 2.7 -6.5 210 39 317.7 318.5 291.7 330.0 3.79 11 500 5777 -11.8 -16.4 69 4.6 -13.4 219 46 318.6 319.0 290.5 325.7 2.12 12 450 6582 -13.8 -35.6 14 21.8 -18.1 230 56 325.9 326.0 291.0 327.4 0.41 13 400 7466 -20.0 -43.5 10 23.5 -23.3 233 64 329.0 329.0 291.6 329.8 0.20 14 350 8440 -27.5 -44.5 18 17.0 -29.5 239 69 331.6 331.7 292.4 332.4 0.21 15 300 9529 -36.7 -47.0 33 10.4 -37.5 244 78 333.7 333.7 292.9 334.4 0.18 16 250 10762 -46.0 -57.3 27 11.3 -46.4 246 79 337.7 337.7 293.8 338.0 0.07 17 200 12228 -51.0 -70.1 9 19.2 -51.4 257 78 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.1 0.02 18 150 14054 -61.0 -82.5 4 21.6 -61.2 249 71 365.0 365.0 299.7 365.0 0.00 19 100 16508 -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: 5704.59 m Freezing level: 603.22 mb = 4306.56 m = 14128.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.66 mb = 4087.97 m = 13411.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.59 % Est. max temperature: 28.64 C = 83.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.62 mb = 504.15 m = 1654.01 ft T: 20.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.70 C/km ThetaE index: 8.78 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 915.23 mb = 840.42 m = 2757.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.41 C = 75.94 F Cap Strength: 0.16 C Lifted Index: -5.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.16 C Showalter Index: -3.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.91 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.60 C Cross Totals Index: 25.31 C K Index: 39.93 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 409.85 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1052.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 921.22 mb = 784.18 m = 2572.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 836.22 mb = 1612.10 m = 5288.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 236.22 mb = 11134.58 m = 36530.34 ft B at Equ Level: 1050.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 146.22 mb = 14208.13 m = 46614.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 207.5 at 33.9 knts Storm direction: 237.5 at 25.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.4 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 154.4 neg: -13.2 tot: 141.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 47.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.97 Bulk Rich Number: 18.40 Bulk Shear: 57.21 m/s