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: 33.74,-93.37 Latitude: 33.74 Longitude: -93.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 58 SFC 996 91 25.4 21.4 78 4.0 22.5 193 6 298.9 301.9 295.8 346.4 16.30 2 950 509 22.7 19.7 83 3.0 20.6 187 20 300.2 303.0 295.6 345.2 15.35 3 900 978 19.2 17.9 92 1.3 18.3 191 29 301.3 304.0 295.3 344.0 14.51 4 850 1468 16.1 15.1 94 1.0 15.4 207 37 303.0 305.3 294.5 340.9 12.78 5 800 1982 13.0 12.2 95 0.8 12.5 219 39 305.1 307.1 294.0 338.7 11.24 6 750 2523 9.8 9.7 99 0.2 9.7 219 41 307.3 309.2 293.8 337.8 10.11 7 700 3094 6.7 6.4 98 0.3 6.5 225 43 309.9 311.6 293.4 336.5 8.66 8 650 3700 3.6 2.7 94 0.9 3.1 221 43 313.0 314.4 293.2 335.3 7.16 9 600 4346 -0.6 -1.1 97 0.5 -0.9 219 48 315.4 316.5 292.8 334.0 5.89 10 550 5036 -5.0 -5.5 96 0.5 -5.2 224 56 318.2 319.1 292.6 333.1 4.63 11 500 5780 -8.7 -9.7 93 1.0 -9.1 233 69 322.4 323.2 292.9 334.6 3.67 12 450 6588 -13.9 -18.1 70 4.2 -15.3 244 70 325.7 326.1 292.4 332.7 2.04 13 400 7473 -19.8 -27.7 49 7.9 -21.7 248 69 329.2 329.4 292.4 332.8 0.98 14 350 8448 -27.2 -34.1 52 6.9 -28.3 250 68 332.1 332.2 292.9 334.3 0.61 15 300 9540 -36.0 -40.7 62 4.7 -36.5 253 63 334.6 334.7 293.3 336.0 0.37 16 250 10781 -44.7 -48.6 65 3.9 -45.0 255 52 339.6 339.6 294.4 340.3 0.18 17 200 12248 -51.7 -69.5 10 17.8 -52.1 255 67 350.9 350.9 296.8 350.9 0.02 18 150 14069 -61.8 -82.9 4 21.0 -62.0 255 60 363.6 363.6 299.4 363.6 0.00 19 100 16515 -70.8 -85.3 10 14.5 -70.8 253 41 391.0 391.0 303.9 391.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5721.92 m Freezing level: 607.65 mb = 4246.92 m = 13933.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.94 mb = 4199.94 m = 13779.18 ft Precipitable water: 2.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.96 % Est. max temperature: 29.66 C = 85.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.55 mb = 604.64 m = 1983.69 ft T: 22.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.74 C/km ThetaE index: 13.30 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 890.43 mb = 1069.64 m = 3509.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.15 C = 82.66 F Cap Strength: 0.85 C Lifted Index: -3.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.50 C Showalter Index: -2.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.54 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.76 C Cross Totals Index: 23.78 C K Index: 39.54 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 404.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.35 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1362.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.39 mb = 897.44 m = 2944.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 863.39 mb = 1334.14 m = 4377.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 223.39 mb = 11521.27 m = 37798.97 ft B at Equ Level: 1354.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 123.39 mb = 15247.31 m = 50023.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.1 at 43.4 knts Storm direction: 250.1 at 32.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 2.8 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 332.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 332.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 111.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 8.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.58 Bulk Rich Number: 9.86 Bulk Shear: 138.21 m/s