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: 34.25,-93.35 Latitude: 34.25 Longitude: -93.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 63 SFC 989 162 22.6 21.7 95 0.9 22.0 208 4 296.7 299.8 295.6 345.2 16.79 2 950 509 20.8 20.2 97 0.6 20.4 198 18 298.3 301.2 295.4 344.5 15.91 3 900 976 17.9 17.3 96 0.6 17.5 203 31 300.0 302.6 294.5 340.8 13.95 4 850 1464 14.9 14.0 94 1.0 14.3 211 34 301.8 303.9 293.5 336.8 11.87 5 800 1977 12.4 11.5 94 0.9 11.9 213 37 304.4 306.4 293.4 336.4 10.72 6 750 2516 9.5 8.4 93 1.1 8.8 216 41 306.9 308.6 293.0 334.9 9.27 7 700 3086 6.0 4.5 90 1.6 5.1 215 44 309.2 310.6 292.3 332.3 7.55 8 650 3689 1.3 0.2 93 1.1 0.7 212 49 310.4 311.5 291.4 329.0 5.99 9 600 4330 -1.5 -2.0 97 0.4 -1.7 212 54 314.4 315.4 292.2 331.8 5.53 10 550 5021 -4.2 -5.0 94 0.8 -4.6 218 55 319.1 320.0 292.9 334.5 4.79 11 500 5768 -7.4 -8.4 92 1.1 -7.8 225 54 324.1 324.9 293.7 337.5 4.05 12 450 6582 -12.4 -13.8 89 1.4 -12.9 232 55 327.7 328.3 293.7 337.7 2.93 13 400 7472 -18.2 -20.3 84 2.0 -18.8 238 55 331.3 331.7 293.9 338.0 1.91 14 350 8455 -25.3 -27.9 79 2.6 -25.8 242 57 334.7 334.9 294.0 338.7 1.11 15 300 9554 -34.3 -37.3 74 3.0 -34.7 243 58 337.1 337.2 294.1 339.1 0.52 16 250 10802 -44.8 -48.1 69 3.4 -45.0 240 61 339.5 339.6 294.4 340.3 0.20 17 200 12258 -51.8 -68.6 12 16.8 -52.2 257 64 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.8 0.02 18 150 14080 -61.5 -81.6 5 20.2 -61.6 255 56 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.2 0.00 19 100 16531 -70.5 -85.6 9 15.1 -70.5 253 42 391.6 391.6 304.0 391.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.36 m Freezing level: 627.26 mb = 3980.40 m = 13058.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.31 mb = 3871.76 m = 12702.48 ft Precipitable water: 2.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.91 % Est. max temperature: 28.20 C = 82.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 976.36 mb = 271.21 m = 889.78 ft T: 22.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.99 C/km ThetaE index: 16.24 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 920.70 mb = 780.00 m = 2559.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.16 C = 77.29 F Cap Strength: 0.32 C Lifted Index: -1.90 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.67 C Showalter Index: 0.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.57 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.26 C Cross Totals Index: 21.31 C K Index: 34.66 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 343.03 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.00 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 858.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 929.44 mb = 698.46 m = 2291.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 904.44 mb = 933.96 m = 3064.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.44 mb = 11221.15 m = 36814.35 ft B at Equ Level: 855.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 144.44 mb = 14308.49 m = 46943.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.2 at 43.1 knts Storm direction: 245.2 at 32.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 3.6 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 238.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 238.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 79.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.13 Bulk Rich Number: 7.37 Bulk Shear: 116.56 m/s