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: 35.38,-92.04 Latitude: 35.38 Longitude: -92.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 79 SFC 989 180 27.4 20.4 66 7.0 22.3 195 10 301.5 304.3 295.9 346.8 15.40 2 950 529 22.3 18.8 81 3.5 19.8 195 15 299.8 302.4 294.8 342.1 14.49 3 900 997 17.9 16.8 93 1.1 17.1 200 19 300.0 302.4 294.1 339.4 13.47 4 850 1485 15.3 13.5 89 1.8 14.1 204 26 302.2 304.3 293.4 336.2 11.52 5 800 1997 12.4 10.5 89 1.8 11.2 206 26 304.3 306.2 292.9 334.4 10.05 6 750 2536 9.1 7.3 89 1.8 8.0 204 26 306.5 308.1 292.4 332.5 8.61 7 700 3106 6.2 3.9 85 2.3 4.9 204 26 309.3 310.7 292.2 331.6 7.24 8 650 3711 3.6 -0.8 73 4.4 1.3 205 27 313.0 314.1 291.9 330.5 5.54 9 600 4356 -0.3 -8.1 56 7.8 -3.7 209 31 315.8 316.5 290.9 327.0 3.47 10 550 5046 -5.4 -14.0 51 8.6 -8.6 212 34 317.7 318.1 290.4 325.5 2.36 11 500 5784 -12.0 -14.8 80 2.8 -13.0 215 40 318.4 318.9 290.7 326.5 2.43 12 450 6583 -15.4 -26.9 37 11.5 -18.2 216 45 323.9 324.1 290.9 327.2 0.94 13 400 7465 -20.5 -50.4 5 29.9 -23.9 227 54 328.4 328.4 291.4 328.8 0.09 14 350 8437 -27.8 -52.2 8 24.3 -30.0 232 58 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.6 0.09 15 300 9525 -36.1 -52.1 18 16.0 -37.2 237 65 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.9 0.10 16 250 10763 -46.4 -52.2 51 5.9 -46.7 242 71 337.1 337.1 293.7 337.6 0.12 17 200 12217 -51.9 -65.6 18 13.7 -52.2 250 84 350.5 350.5 296.8 350.6 0.03 18 150 14039 -61.7 -80.8 6 19.1 -61.9 249 75 363.7 363.7 299.4 363.7 0.00 19 100 16488 -69.7 -85.5 8 15.8 -69.8 254 42 393.0 393.0 304.2 393.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.46 m Freezing level: 603.59 mb = 4309.99 m = 14140.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.01 mb = 3873.73 m = 12708.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.86 % Est. max temperature: 28.52 C = 83.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 893.00 mb = 1063.33 m = 3488.57 ft T: 17.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.78 C/km ThetaE index: 21.34 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 892.58 mb = 1067.38 m = 3501.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.15 C = 79.07 F Cap Strength: 0.02 C Lifted Index: -6.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.09 C Showalter Index: -3.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.77 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.28 C Cross Totals Index: 25.48 C K Index: 38.46 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 377.46 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.97 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1148.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.98 mb = 1054.01 m = 3458.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 888.98 mb = 1101.91 m = 3615.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.98 mb = 11335.36 m = 37189.06 ft B at Equ Level: 1139.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 138.98 mb = 14500.12 m = 47571.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 207.6 at 28.0 knts Storm direction: 237.6 at 21.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.1 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 61.0 neg: -1.0 tot: 60.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.43 Bulk Rich Number: 37.86 Bulk Shear: 30.35 m/s