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: 34.70,-92.17 Latitude: 34.70 Longitude: -92.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 53 SFC 997 81 27.9 19.8 61 8.1 22.2 195 12 301.3 304.0 295.4 344.6 14.72 2 950 505 24.0 18.1 70 5.9 19.9 196 20 301.5 304.1 294.9 342.4 13.88 3 900 976 19.5 17.1 86 2.4 17.8 196 21 301.6 304.1 294.8 342.0 13.75 4 850 1465 15.2 15.1 99 0.2 15.1 201 26 302.1 304.4 294.3 339.8 12.77 5 800 1977 12.3 12.1 99 0.2 12.2 214 37 304.2 306.3 293.7 337.6 11.17 6 750 2517 9.3 9.1 99 0.2 9.2 211 41 306.6 308.5 293.3 335.9 9.71 7 700 3087 6.3 6.1 99 0.2 6.2 214 41 309.4 311.0 293.2 335.4 8.48 8 650 3692 3.0 2.4 96 0.6 2.7 211 43 312.3 313.6 292.9 334.2 7.02 9 600 4336 -1.4 -2.1 94 0.8 -1.7 212 48 314.6 315.6 292.2 331.8 5.46 10 550 5026 -5.2 -6.0 94 0.8 -5.5 210 50 317.9 318.8 292.3 332.3 4.45 11 500 5768 -9.4 -11.2 87 1.8 -10.1 218 52 321.6 322.2 292.3 332.4 3.26 12 450 6578 -13.3 -15.7 82 2.4 -14.2 238 55 326.5 327.0 293.0 335.0 2.50 13 400 7463 -20.2 -30.2 41 10.0 -22.3 246 63 328.7 328.9 292.2 331.5 0.78 14 350 8436 -27.6 -39.8 30 12.2 -29.2 250 66 331.5 331.6 292.5 332.8 0.34 15 300 9525 -36.2 -43.3 47 7.2 -36.8 252 73 334.4 334.5 293.2 335.5 0.28 16 250 10765 -45.1 -51.5 49 6.4 -45.4 249 74 339.1 339.1 294.2 339.6 0.13 17 200 12227 -52.2 -69.3 11 17.1 -52.5 257 70 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.2 0.02 18 150 14046 -61.4 -81.6 5 20.2 -61.6 254 60 364.3 364.3 299.5 364.3 0.00 19 100 16504 -69.7 -86.1 7 16.3 -69.8 251 40 393.0 393.0 304.2 393.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.91 m Freezing level: 615.70 mb = 4133.90 m = 13562.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.78 mb = 4075.19 m = 13369.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.06 % Est. max temperature: 28.79 C = 83.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 885.90 mb = 1110.87 m = 3644.54 ft T: 18.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.85 C/km ThetaE index: 12.83 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 869.14 mb = 1274.41 m = 4181.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.46 C = 83.23 F Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lifted Index: -3.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.24 C Showalter Index: -2.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.10 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.63 C Cross Totals Index: 24.47 C K Index: 39.52 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 347.81 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.58 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1107.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.32 mb = 1223.49 m = 4014.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 859.32 mb = 1371.67 m = 4500.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.32 mb = 11330.69 m = 37173.71 ft B at Equ Level: 1096.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.32 mb = 14493.76 m = 47551.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 211.0 at 39.0 knts Storm direction: 241.0 at 29.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.6 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 152.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 152.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.96 Bulk Rich Number: 15.26 Bulk Shear: 72.55 m/s