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: 34.52,-92.71 Latitude: 34.52 Longitude: -92.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 59 SFC 992 129 26.0 20.5 72 5.5 22.1 210 8 299.8 302.6 295.5 345.1 15.48 2 950 509 23.0 18.9 78 4.1 20.1 207 20 300.5 303.2 295.1 343.3 14.58 3 900 978 18.5 17.6 95 0.8 17.9 206 21 300.5 303.1 294.8 342.3 14.24 4 850 1466 15.0 14.3 96 0.7 14.6 212 30 301.8 304.1 293.7 337.7 12.14 5 800 1978 12.1 11.1 93 1.0 11.5 217 39 304.1 306.0 293.2 335.3 10.45 6 750 2517 9.1 8.3 95 0.8 8.7 215 42 306.5 308.2 292.9 334.4 9.23 7 700 3087 5.9 5.2 95 0.7 5.5 218 41 309.0 310.5 292.6 333.4 7.96 8 650 3691 2.5 1.5 93 1.0 2.0 214 45 311.8 313.1 292.3 332.3 6.57 9 600 4334 -1.6 -2.3 94 0.8 -2.0 215 51 314.3 315.3 292.0 331.3 5.37 10 550 5022 -5.4 -6.1 95 0.7 -5.8 212 54 317.7 318.5 292.2 331.8 4.40 11 500 5765 -9.9 -10.2 97 0.4 -10.0 215 55 321.0 321.7 292.4 332.6 3.52 12 450 6572 -14.3 -15.5 90 1.2 -14.7 221 49 325.3 325.8 292.8 334.0 2.54 13 400 7455 -20.0 -22.2 83 2.2 -20.6 232 47 329.0 329.3 293.0 334.7 1.62 14 350 8432 -26.4 -29.1 78 2.7 -26.9 244 52 333.2 333.4 293.5 336.8 0.99 15 300 9529 -34.6 -37.6 74 3.0 -35.0 248 66 336.6 336.7 293.9 338.5 0.50 16 250 10773 -45.5 -48.9 68 3.5 -45.7 244 77 338.5 338.5 294.1 339.2 0.18 17 200 12233 -51.9 -69.6 10 17.7 -52.2 257 66 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.7 0.02 18 150 14054 -61.6 -81.7 5 20.1 -61.7 254 58 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.0 0.00 19 100 16507 -70.2 -85.5 9 15.3 -70.3 253 40 392.0 392.0 304.1 392.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.86 m Freezing level: 619.14 mb = 4087.73 m = 13411.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.12 mb = 4004.40 m = 13137.62 ft Precipitable water: 1.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.74 % Est. max temperature: 28.35 C = 83.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.02 mb = 824.99 m = 2706.64 ft T: 19.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.88 C/km ThetaE index: 13.79 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 892.38 mb = 1050.59 m = 3446.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.89 C = 80.41 F Cap Strength: 0.21 C Lifted Index: -4.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.79 C Showalter Index: -2.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.97 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.83 C Cross Totals Index: 24.15 C K Index: 38.45 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 319.57 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.10 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1153.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.04 mb = 1006.09 m = 3300.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 882.04 mb = 1150.14 m = 3773.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 232.04 mb = 11260.84 m = 36944.56 ft B at Equ Level: 1153.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 132.04 mb = 14825.15 m = 48638.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.1 at 41.2 knts Storm direction: 244.1 at 30.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 2.4 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 163.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 163.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 54.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.10 Bulk Rich Number: 13.08 Bulk Shear: 88.18 m/s