MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 33.01,-93.34 Latitude: 33.01 Longitude: -93.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 60 SFC 998 79 28.7 20.4 61 8.3 22.8 175 9 302.1 304.9 296.0 347.2 15.30 2 950 513 24.2 18.9 73 5.2 20.5 178 18 301.7 304.4 295.5 344.9 14.64 3 900 984 20.0 16.7 82 3.2 17.8 186 23 302.1 304.6 294.7 341.7 13.43 4 850 1476 17.1 14.3 83 2.8 15.3 210 32 304.1 306.3 294.4 340.2 12.13 5 800 1991 14.0 12.8 92 1.2 13.2 222 35 306.1 308.2 294.6 341.2 11.69 6 750 2534 10.9 9.3 90 1.6 9.9 230 38 308.4 310.3 293.9 338.3 9.84 7 700 3106 7.2 5.1 86 2.2 5.9 228 38 310.5 312.0 293.0 334.7 7.87 8 650 3715 5.0 -2.2 60 7.2 1.3 224 38 314.6 315.5 291.9 330.5 5.01 9 600 4362 0.2 -6.3 62 6.5 -2.8 224 41 316.3 317.1 291.5 329.2 3.99 10 550 5054 -5.3 -8.3 79 3.0 -6.7 231 45 317.7 318.5 291.6 329.8 3.71 11 500 5796 -8.3 -22.3 31 14.0 -12.5 239 51 322.9 323.1 290.9 327.3 1.28 12 450 6606 -13.3 -30.1 23 16.8 -17.2 245 53 326.6 326.7 291.5 329.1 0.70 13 400 7491 -19.4 -42.1 11 22.7 -22.8 239 59 329.8 329.9 291.9 330.7 0.24 14 350 8468 -27.0 -42.5 22 15.5 -28.9 243 62 332.4 332.4 292.6 333.4 0.26 15 300 9558 -36.3 -46.9 33 10.6 -37.2 247 69 334.2 334.2 293.0 334.9 0.19 16 250 10799 -43.9 -63.3 10 19.4 -44.6 250 70 340.8 340.8 294.6 341.0 0.03 17 200 12274 -51.0 -74.8 4 23.7 -51.5 257 68 351.9 351.9 297.1 352.0 0.01 18 150 14090 -62.9 -81.4 6 18.6 -63.0 256 60 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.8 0.00 19 100 16526 -71.2 -86.0 9 14.8 -71.3 254 38 390.1 390.1 303.8 390.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.42 m Freezing level: 598.28 mb = 4385.89 m = 14389.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.16 mb = 3914.26 m = 12841.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.97 % Est. max temperature: 30.82 C = 87.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 884.48 mb = 1133.77 m = 3719.68 ft T: 19.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.79 C/km ThetaE index: 11.99 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 846.88 mb = 1506.98 m = 4944.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.86 C = 87.55 F Cap Strength: 1.11 C Lifted Index: -3.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.81 C Showalter Index: -1.61 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.06 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.44 C Cross Totals Index: 22.61 C K Index: 37.55 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 371.56 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.54 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1083.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.28 mb = 1223.69 m = 4014.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 800.28 mb = 1988.40 m = 6523.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.28 mb = 11342.45 m = 37212.31 ft B at Equ Level: 1072.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.28 mb = 14492.95 m = 47548.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.9 at 36.5 knts Storm direction: 253.9 at 27.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.2 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 257.0 neg: -4.1 tot: 252.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 84.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.59 Bulk Rich Number: 9.97 Bulk Shear: 108.66 m/s