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: 34.88,-93.49 Latitude: 34.88 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 70 SFC 981 235 22.7 20.7 89 1.9 21.3 185 8 297.4 300.3 295.1 343.4 15.87 2 950 515 19.9 19.9 100 0.0 19.9 190 18 297.4 300.2 294.9 342.3 15.54 3 900 981 18.2 16.9 92 1.3 17.3 210 36 300.3 302.7 294.3 340.1 13.60 4 850 1471 16.9 10.9 68 5.9 13.1 203 30 303.8 305.6 292.4 332.8 9.71 5 800 1985 12.5 11.1 91 1.4 11.7 208 29 304.5 306.4 293.3 335.8 10.47 6 750 2524 9.0 8.5 96 0.6 8.7 207 29 306.4 308.1 292.9 334.4 9.30 7 700 3093 6.0 5.0 93 1.0 5.5 198 31 309.2 310.6 292.6 333.2 7.84 8 650 3698 2.6 1.7 94 0.9 2.1 199 32 312.0 313.2 292.4 332.8 6.70 9 600 4341 -1.2 -2.9 88 1.7 -2.1 201 34 314.7 315.7 292.0 331.0 5.14 10 550 5031 -5.6 -7.6 86 2.0 -6.5 206 39 317.4 318.2 291.7 330.1 3.93 11 500 5770 -11.3 -12.7 89 1.4 -11.8 216 46 319.3 319.8 291.4 328.8 2.88 12 450 6573 -14.7 -26.6 36 11.9 -17.7 227 55 324.7 324.9 291.2 328.2 0.97 13 400 7455 -20.4 -42.2 12 21.8 -23.5 232 66 328.4 328.5 291.5 329.3 0.23 14 350 8427 -27.7 -43.7 20 16.0 -29.6 238 71 331.4 331.4 292.3 332.3 0.23 15 300 9516 -36.9 -44.7 44 7.8 -37.5 242 78 333.4 333.4 292.9 334.3 0.24 16 250 10748 -46.2 -55.6 34 9.4 -46.6 246 79 337.4 337.4 293.7 337.8 0.08 17 200 12212 -51.3 -70.0 9 18.7 -51.7 256 81 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.6 0.02 18 150 14040 -60.4 -82.7 4 22.4 -60.6 249 73 366.1 366.1 299.8 366.1 0.00 19 100 16499 -70.1 -86.5 7 16.4 -70.2 252 39 392.2 392.2 304.1 392.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.17 m Freezing level: 615.61 mb = 4140.30 m = 13583.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.77 mb = 4016.05 m = 13175.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.55 % Est. max temperature: 29.26 C = 84.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.01 mb = 478.81 m = 1570.89 ft T: 20.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.47 C/km ThetaE index: 10.63 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 878.12 mb = 1192.15 m = 3911.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.99 C = 80.59 F Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lifted Index: -5.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.01 C Showalter Index: -1.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.36 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.13 C Cross Totals Index: 22.22 C K Index: 38.05 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 315.40 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.81 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1062.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.00 mb = 820.12 m = 2690.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 812.00 mb = 1858.73 m = 6098.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 232.00 mb = 11238.57 m = 36871.49 ft B at Equ Level: 1048.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 152.00 mb = 13955.98 m = 45786.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 206.0 at 33.5 knts Storm direction: 236.0 at 25.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 1.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 134.1 neg: -32.3 tot: 101.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.89 Bulk Rich Number: 26.73 Bulk Shear: 39.74 m/s