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: 34.70,-92.20 Latitude: 34.70 Longitude: -92.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 999 83 27.2 19.3 62 7.9 21.7 179 10 300.4 303.0 294.8 342.2 14.26 2 950 526 21.3 18.0 81 3.3 19.1 184 17 298.8 301.3 294.1 339.0 13.79 3 900 993 18.7 17.0 90 1.7 17.5 205 27 300.7 303.2 294.5 340.9 13.66 4 850 1483 16.6 10.9 69 5.7 13.0 205 25 303.6 305.4 292.4 332.4 9.67 5 800 1997 12.7 10.6 87 2.2 11.4 211 23 304.7 306.6 293.0 334.8 10.05 6 750 2535 8.5 7.1 91 1.3 7.7 201 25 305.8 307.4 292.1 331.4 8.49 7 700 3105 6.6 3.6 81 3.1 4.9 204 27 309.8 311.2 292.2 331.6 7.08 8 650 3711 3.8 0.5 79 3.2 2.0 212 30 313.2 314.4 292.4 332.4 6.13 9 600 4357 -0.3 -4.1 76 3.8 -2.1 213 31 315.8 316.7 291.9 330.9 4.72 10 550 5047 -5.4 -9.9 71 4.5 -7.3 217 32 317.7 318.3 291.2 328.4 3.28 11 500 5785 -11.5 -14.6 78 3.1 -12.6 220 39 319.0 319.5 290.9 327.2 2.47 12 450 6591 -13.3 -40.5 8 27.2 -18.1 230 49 326.5 326.5 291.0 327.4 0.25 13 400 7476 -19.7 -45.9 8 26.2 -23.2 236 57 329.4 329.4 291.7 330.0 0.16 14 350 8451 -27.6 -49.3 11 21.7 -29.7 241 62 331.6 331.6 292.3 332.0 0.12 15 300 9540 -36.2 -51.3 20 15.1 -37.2 242 70 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.8 0.11 16 250 10776 -46.2 -53.3 45 7.0 -46.6 245 74 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.8 0.11 17 200 12236 -51.4 -68.5 11 17.0 -51.8 250 80 351.3 351.3 296.9 351.4 0.02 18 150 14060 -61.6 -81.3 6 19.7 -61.7 246 70 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.0 0.00 19 100 16507 -70.2 -85.9 8 15.7 -70.3 252 43 392.1 392.1 304.1 392.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.19 m Freezing level: 603.69 mb = 4309.18 m = 14137.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.82 mb = 4017.00 m = 13178.97 ft Precipitable water: 1.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.12 % Est. max temperature: 30.38 C = 86.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 891.16 mb = 1077.79 m = 3536.03 ft T: 18.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.77 C/km ThetaE index: 8.46 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 844.73 mb = 1535.76 m = 5038.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.49 C = 86.88 F Cap Strength: 1.38 C Lifted Index: -4.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.12 C Showalter Index: -1.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.56 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.15 C Cross Totals Index: 22.41 C K Index: 35.98 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 307.20 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.04 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 736.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 32.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.58 mb = 1044.99 m = 3428.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 799.58 mb = 2001.11 m = 6565.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.58 mb = 11054.31 m = 36266.99 ft B at Equ Level: 731.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 159.58 mb = 13667.60 m = 44840.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.0 at 27.8 knts Storm direction: 240.0 at 20.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.7 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 95.6 neg: -8.5 tot: 87.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.40 Bulk Rich Number: 19.64 Bulk Shear: 37.48 m/s