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: 35.04,-91.24 Latitude: 35.04 Longitude: -91.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 52 SFC 999 58 25.6 17.9 62 7.7 20.3 224 6 298.8 301.2 293.5 336.6 12.99 2 950 503 23.8 16.4 63 7.4 18.8 204 23 301.4 303.7 293.9 338.0 12.45 3 900 973 19.7 15.0 74 4.7 16.6 196 29 301.8 304.0 293.6 337.3 12.03 4 850 1463 15.3 13.3 88 2.0 14.0 194 33 302.2 304.3 293.3 335.8 11.38 5 800 1974 11.5 7.3 75 4.2 9.0 204 36 303.4 304.9 291.0 327.6 8.07 6 750 2510 7.5 2.9 73 4.6 5.0 206 42 304.7 305.9 289.9 323.7 6.29 7 700 3077 5.7 5.4 97 0.4 5.5 214 42 308.8 310.4 292.6 333.4 8.04 8 650 3682 2.3 1.9 97 0.5 2.1 218 51 311.6 312.9 292.4 332.6 6.76 9 600 4324 -1.3 -1.6 98 0.3 -1.5 219 60 314.6 315.7 292.4 332.5 5.67 10 550 5015 -4.4 -4.8 97 0.4 -4.6 225 66 318.9 319.8 293.0 334.6 4.87 11 500 5760 -8.4 -9.2 94 0.8 -8.8 233 70 322.8 323.6 293.2 335.4 3.81 12 450 6569 -14.5 -17.1 81 2.6 -15.4 238 69 325.0 325.4 292.4 332.6 2.22 13 400 7451 -20.4 -27.1 55 6.7 -22.0 241 66 328.5 328.7 292.3 332.2 1.04 14 350 8426 -27.1 -33.0 57 5.9 -28.1 247 62 332.2 332.4 293.0 334.7 0.68 15 300 9517 -36.0 -41.9 55 5.9 -36.6 247 57 334.6 334.7 293.3 335.8 0.32 16 250 10758 -44.8 -52.2 43 7.4 -45.2 239 58 339.4 339.5 294.3 339.9 0.12 17 200 12220 -52.2 -71.9 8 19.7 -52.5 248 61 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.2 0.01 18 150 14043 -61.3 -81.5 5 20.3 -61.4 249 54 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.6 0.00 19 100 16505 -69.2 -86.4 7 17.2 -69.2 259 39 394.1 394.1 304.4 394.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.42 m Freezing level: 618.21 mb = 4089.95 m = 13418.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.03 mb = 4047.35 m = 13278.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.19 % Est. max temperature: 28.99 C = 84.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 892.86 mb = 1041.36 m = 3416.51 ft T: 19.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.27 C/km ThetaE index: 14.29 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 839.36 mb = 1568.81 m = 5146.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.24 C = 84.63 F Cap Strength: 1.19 C Lifted Index: -0.56 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.13 C Showalter Index: 0.20 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.40 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.69 C Cross Totals Index: 21.71 C K Index: 36.62 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 400.37 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.20 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 344.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 31.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 858.70 mb = 1375.42 m = 4512.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 813.70 mb = 1830.50 m = 6005.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 283.70 mb = 9897.21 m = 32470.75 ft B at Equ Level: 342.30 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 203.70 mb = 12100.38 m = 39698.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.0 at 46.4 knts Storm direction: 247.0 at 34.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 4.3 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 266.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 266.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 88.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.45 Bulk Rich Number: 2.68 Bulk Shear: 128.91 m/s