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: 34.72,-93.49 Latitude: 34.72 Longitude: -93.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 SFC 979 256 22.6 20.7 90 1.8 21.3 180 8 297.5 300.4 295.2 343.7 15.94 2 950 517 20.0 19.9 99 0.1 19.9 185 16 297.5 300.3 295.0 342.6 15.56 3 900 983 17.9 17.8 99 0.1 17.9 206 35 300.0 302.6 294.8 342.2 14.42 4 850 1472 16.6 11.1 70 5.4 13.1 201 30 303.5 305.3 292.4 332.8 9.83 5 800 1986 12.6 10.8 88 1.9 11.4 204 29 304.6 306.5 293.1 335.1 10.19 6 750 2525 9.0 8.5 96 0.5 8.7 207 30 306.4 308.1 292.9 334.5 9.32 7 700 3094 6.1 4.6 90 1.5 5.2 198 32 309.3 310.7 292.4 332.6 7.62 8 650 3699 3.0 1.9 92 1.1 2.4 201 32 312.4 313.7 292.6 333.4 6.76 9 600 4344 -0.8 -3.0 85 2.2 -1.9 203 34 315.2 316.2 292.2 331.5 5.13 10 550 5034 -5.6 -8.0 83 2.4 -6.7 207 39 317.4 318.1 291.6 329.7 3.81 11 500 5773 -11.7 -14.4 80 2.7 -12.6 218 45 318.8 319.3 290.9 327.1 2.51 12 450 6576 -14.3 -31.4 22 17.1 -18.0 228 56 325.3 325.4 291.0 327.5 0.62 13 400 7459 -20.3 -43.0 11 22.8 -23.5 233 65 328.7 328.7 291.6 329.5 0.21 14 350 8432 -27.5 -43.5 20 16.0 -29.4 238 70 331.6 331.7 292.4 332.5 0.23 15 300 9521 -36.8 -45.2 41 8.4 -37.5 243 78 333.5 333.6 292.9 334.4 0.22 16 250 10754 -46.0 -56.1 31 10.1 -46.4 245 79 337.6 337.6 293.8 337.9 0.08 17 200 12219 -51.2 -70.2 9 19.1 -51.5 257 80 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.8 0.01 18 150 14046 -60.6 -82.9 4 22.3 -60.8 249 72 365.7 365.7 299.8 365.7 0.00 19 100 16503 -70.3 -86.0 8 15.7 -70.4 253 40 392.0 392.0 304.1 392.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.67 m Freezing level: 609.94 mb = 4216.16 m = 13832.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.84 mb = 4056.36 m = 13308.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.08 % Est. max temperature: 28.98 C = 84.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.66 mb = 483.62 m = 1586.66 ft T: 20.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.65 C/km ThetaE index: 10.91 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 915.23 mb = 838.48 m = 2750.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.24 C = 75.64 F Cap Strength: 0.85 C Lifted Index: -5.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.20 C Showalter Index: -1.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.01 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.23 C Cross Totals Index: 22.78 C K Index: 37.82 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 340.91 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.13 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1149.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 920.65 mb = 787.64 m = 2584.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 815.65 mb = 1821.85 m = 5977.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.65 mb = 11142.07 m = 36554.89 ft B at Equ Level: 1148.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 145.65 mb = 14224.37 m = 46667.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 206.3 at 33.8 knts Storm direction: 236.3 at 25.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.6 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 147.3 neg: -26.9 tot: 120.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.03 Bulk Rich Number: 24.28 Bulk Shear: 47.33 m/s