MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 18 OCT 25 Station: 33.48,-93.33 Latitude: 33.48 Longitude: -93.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 84 SFC 999 97 28.8 21.6 65 7.2 23.6 184 7 302.1 305.1 296.8 350.8 16.48 2 950 535 22.4 19.3 83 3.0 20.2 187 13 299.9 302.6 295.3 343.9 15.04 3 900 1003 18.4 17.1 92 1.3 17.5 194 19 300.5 303.0 294.6 340.9 13.78 4 850 1493 16.2 13.9 86 2.3 14.7 197 24 303.1 305.3 293.9 338.1 11.79 5 800 2007 13.1 11.0 87 2.1 11.8 201 25 305.2 307.1 293.4 336.2 10.36 6 750 2547 10.0 8.8 92 1.2 9.3 214 26 307.4 309.2 293.4 336.3 9.52 7 700 3119 7.3 5.3 87 2.0 6.1 211 28 310.6 312.1 293.1 335.2 8.02 8 650 3727 4.6 -0.5 70 5.1 1.9 213 32 314.2 315.2 292.3 332.1 5.69 9 600 4374 -0.0 -5.7 66 5.7 -2.7 215 33 316.1 316.9 291.6 329.5 4.17 10 550 5065 -5.1 -11.2 62 6.0 -7.6 218 34 318.0 318.6 291.0 327.7 2.97 11 500 5804 -10.6 -16.5 62 6.0 -12.6 226 41 320.1 320.5 290.9 327.2 2.10 12 450 6612 -12.6 -40.1 8 27.5 -17.6 233 50 327.4 327.5 291.3 328.4 0.26 13 400 7500 -19.2 -43.1 10 23.8 -22.7 237 58 330.0 330.0 291.9 330.8 0.21 14 350 8476 -26.8 -51.2 8 24.5 -29.1 247 64 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.1 0.10 15 300 9569 -35.4 -51.1 19 15.7 -36.6 246 67 335.4 335.4 293.3 335.9 0.12 16 250 10810 -45.3 -55.5 31 10.2 -45.8 251 68 338.7 338.7 294.1 339.0 0.08 17 200 12276 -51.3 -73.0 6 21.7 -51.7 256 76 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.6 0.01 18 150 14091 -63.5 -79.4 10 15.9 -63.6 248 60 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.7 0.00 19 100 16521 -72.0 -85.7 11 13.8 -72.0 253 36 388.7 388.7 303.6 388.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5720.21 m Freezing level: 600.24 mb = 4370.61 m = 14339.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.27 mb = 3988.89 m = 13086.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.25 % Est. max temperature: 29.88 C = 85.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 899.56 mb = 1007.62 m = 3305.81 ft T: 18.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.65 C/km ThetaE index: 14.56 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 901.46 mb = 989.36 m = 3245.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.18 C = 80.93 F Cap Strength: -0.10 C Lifted Index: -5.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.82 C Showalter Index: -2.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.20 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.77 C Cross Totals Index: 24.44 C K Index: 38.65 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 384.79 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.18 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1211.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.29 mb = 1000.64 m = 3282.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 895.29 mb = 1048.35 m = 3439.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.29 mb = 11493.56 m = 37708.07 ft B at Equ Level: 1204.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 125.29 mb = 15169.80 m = 49769.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.2 at 28.0 knts Storm direction: 242.2 at 21.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 99.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 99.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.63 Bulk Rich Number: 24.60 Bulk Shear: 49.24 m/s