MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 34.75,-92.20 Latitude: 34.75 Longitude: -92.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 57 SFC 997 86 27.0 19.3 63 7.7 21.6 208 9 300.4 303.0 294.8 342.2 14.28 2 950 508 23.4 17.7 70 5.8 19.5 201 21 301.0 303.4 294.5 340.6 13.50 3 900 978 18.9 16.2 84 2.7 17.1 198 23 301.0 303.4 294.1 339.3 13.02 4 850 1467 15.7 12.6 82 3.1 13.7 205 31 302.6 304.6 293.0 334.7 10.84 5 800 1979 12.0 11.0 94 1.0 11.3 209 34 303.9 305.8 293.0 334.8 10.34 6 750 2518 8.9 8.6 98 0.3 8.8 217 39 306.2 308.0 293.0 334.6 9.41 7 700 3087 5.9 5.4 97 0.4 5.6 225 40 309.0 310.5 292.7 333.7 8.08 8 650 3691 2.4 1.9 97 0.5 2.1 222 43 311.7 313.0 292.4 332.8 6.79 9 600 4334 -1.4 -2.4 93 1.0 -1.9 216 49 314.5 315.5 292.1 331.4 5.35 10 550 5023 -5.6 -7.1 89 1.5 -6.2 212 49 317.5 318.3 291.9 330.7 4.09 11 500 5764 -10.2 -11.1 93 0.9 -10.5 221 50 320.6 321.3 292.1 331.5 3.28 12 450 6573 -13.0 -13.8 94 0.8 -13.3 236 52 326.9 327.5 293.5 336.8 2.94 13 400 7461 -19.1 -20.3 89 1.3 -19.4 244 59 330.2 330.6 293.5 336.9 1.90 14 350 8438 -27.5 -30.3 77 2.8 -28.0 248 63 331.7 331.8 293.0 334.9 0.88 15 300 9526 -36.4 -39.7 72 3.3 -36.8 255 65 334.0 334.1 293.2 335.6 0.40 16 250 10763 -45.5 -49.9 61 4.4 -45.8 255 67 338.4 338.4 294.1 339.0 0.16 17 200 12224 -52.6 -69.4 11 16.8 -52.9 256 66 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.5 0.02 18 150 14040 -62.0 -81.0 6 19.1 -62.1 253 67 363.3 363.3 299.4 363.3 0.00 19 100 16487 -70.5 -84.9 10 14.4 -70.6 256 35 391.5 391.5 304.0 391.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.91 m Freezing level: 618.62 mb = 4094.97 m = 13434.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.67 mb = 4023.63 m = 13200.73 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.46 % Est. max temperature: 29.22 C = 84.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 891.62 mb = 1057.73 m = 3470.21 ft T: 18.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.00 C/km ThetaE index: 7.53 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 855.86 mb = 1407.99 m = 4619.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.95 C = 84.12 F Cap Strength: 0.89 C Lifted Index: -3.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.00 C Showalter Index: -1.12 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.64 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.86 C Cross Totals Index: 22.78 C K Index: 38.01 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 324.79 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.72 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 789.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.19 mb = 1216.94 m = 3992.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 830.19 mb = 1666.10 m = 5466.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 240.19 mb = 11025.60 m = 36172.78 ft B at Equ Level: 785.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 160.19 mb = 13625.35 m = 44702.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.4 at 38.7 knts Storm direction: 245.4 at 29.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 2.8 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 202.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 202.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 67.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.75 Bulk Rich Number: 10.69 Bulk Shear: 73.92 m/s