MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 34.75,-91.27 Latitude: 34.75 Longitude: -91.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1000 54 27.2 17.1 54 10.1 20.3 193 10 300.4 302.6 293.4 336.6 12.35 2 950 505 24.2 16.2 61 8.0 18.8 193 27 301.7 304.0 293.8 337.9 12.28 3 900 975 19.7 14.9 74 4.8 16.5 193 31 301.8 304.0 293.6 337.0 11.91 4 850 1465 16.3 6.9 54 9.4 10.7 204 37 303.2 304.6 290.3 325.3 7.37 5 800 1976 11.8 4.0 59 7.8 7.5 208 39 303.7 304.9 289.6 323.0 6.37 6 750 2514 9.3 8.2 93 1.1 8.6 215 42 306.6 308.3 292.9 334.2 9.11 7 700 3084 6.6 6.0 96 0.5 6.2 222 45 309.7 311.3 293.2 335.6 8.42 8 650 3690 3.0 2.4 96 0.6 2.7 226 50 312.3 313.7 292.8 334.1 7.00 9 600 4334 -0.8 -1.3 96 0.5 -1.1 226 55 315.2 316.3 292.7 333.5 5.79 10 550 5025 -4.7 -5.1 97 0.4 -4.9 230 60 318.6 319.5 292.8 333.9 4.77 11 500 5770 -8.7 -9.3 96 0.6 -9.0 238 61 322.4 323.1 293.0 334.9 3.79 12 450 6578 -14.8 -17.2 82 2.4 -15.6 240 61 324.6 325.0 292.3 332.1 2.21 13 400 7459 -20.1 -32.5 32 12.4 -22.5 241 65 328.8 329.0 292.0 331.1 0.62 14 350 8434 -27.7 -49.2 11 21.5 -29.7 244 61 331.4 331.5 292.2 331.9 0.12 15 300 9524 -35.7 -47.4 29 11.7 -36.7 248 54 335.1 335.1 293.3 335.8 0.18 16 250 10766 -44.7 -53.6 36 8.9 -45.1 240 54 339.6 339.7 294.3 340.1 0.10 17 200 12228 -52.7 -71.6 8 18.9 -53.1 249 60 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.3 0.01 18 150 14049 -61.3 -82.6 4 21.4 -61.4 249 56 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.6 0.00 19 100 16508 -69.7 -86.1 7 16.5 -69.7 257 39 393.1 393.1 304.2 393.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.11 m Freezing level: 610.55 mb = 4198.17 m = 13773.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.58 mb = 4140.89 m = 13585.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.83 % Est. max temperature: 30.06 C = 86.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 862.90 mb = 1335.89 m = 4382.79 ft T: 17.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.70 C/km ThetaE index: 14.97 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 822.46 mb = 1742.64 m = 5717.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.35 C = 86.64 F Cap Strength: 1.75 C Lifted Index: -0.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.26 C Showalter Index: 4.83 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.70 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.04 C Cross Totals Index: 15.66 C K Index: 31.42 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 312.98 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 1.89 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 265.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 36.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 847.75 mb = 1487.23 m = 4879.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 802.75 mb = 1947.16 m = 6388.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 292.75 mb = 9690.44 m = 31792.40 ft B at Equ Level: 263.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 212.75 mb = 11823.42 m = 38790.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.2 at 45.4 knts Storm direction: 251.2 at 34.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 326.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 326.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 108.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 7.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.43 Bulk Rich Number: 2.25 Bulk Shear: 118.13 m/s