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: 34.95,-90.57 Latitude: 34.95 Longitude: -90.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 54 SFC 999 61 29.8 17.0 46 12.7 21.0 180 17 303.0 305.2 294.2 339.4 12.30 2 950 508 24.7 15.4 56 9.3 18.5 181 26 302.3 304.4 293.5 336.7 11.65 3 900 979 20.1 14.5 70 5.7 16.4 181 28 302.3 304.4 293.4 336.5 11.58 4 850 1468 15.3 13.4 89 1.9 14.1 182 29 302.2 304.3 293.3 336.1 11.46 5 800 1980 13.3 -6.1 25 19.4 4.4 197 36 305.3 305.9 287.0 314.8 3.04 6 750 2519 10.1 -0.6 47 10.7 4.6 202 35 307.6 308.5 289.6 322.6 4.88 7 700 3090 7.8 -0.4 56 8.3 3.5 210 36 311.2 312.2 291.1 327.8 5.31 8 650 3699 4.5 0.1 74 4.3 2.1 215 36 314.0 315.1 292.4 332.8 5.96 9 600 4345 -0.2 -4.7 72 4.5 -2.4 213 37 315.9 316.8 291.8 330.3 4.51 10 550 5036 -5.0 -11.9 58 6.9 -7.7 213 37 318.2 318.7 291.0 327.4 2.80 11 500 5776 -10.4 -16.5 61 6.1 -12.5 222 43 320.3 320.7 291.0 327.4 2.10 12 450 6582 -13.2 -35.4 14 22.2 -17.7 234 53 326.6 326.7 291.2 328.2 0.42 13 400 7469 -19.5 -44.5 9 24.9 -23.0 241 63 329.6 329.7 291.8 330.3 0.18 14 350 8444 -27.1 -41.3 25 14.2 -28.9 250 64 332.2 332.3 292.6 333.3 0.29 15 300 9536 -35.6 -44.4 40 8.8 -36.4 253 67 335.2 335.2 293.3 336.2 0.25 16 250 10776 -45.8 -49.5 66 3.7 -46.0 257 65 338.0 338.1 294.0 338.7 0.17 17 200 12231 -52.7 -70.4 10 17.7 -53.0 253 69 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.4 0.01 18 150 14051 -62.1 -79.9 7 17.9 -62.3 248 69 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.1 0.00 19 100 16495 -70.2 -86.0 8 15.7 -70.3 254 41 392.0 392.0 304.1 392.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5721.88 m Freezing level: 602.11 mb = 4317.73 m = 14165.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.25 mb = 3999.21 m = 13120.62 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.42 % Est. max temperature: 29.01 C = 84.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 830.50 mb = 1664.18 m = 5459.84 ft T: 14.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.80 C/km ThetaE index: 24.61 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 790.82 mb = 2076.34 m = 6812.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.53 C = 90.56 F Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lifted Index: -2.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.02 C Showalter Index: -1.94 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.56 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.72 C Cross Totals Index: 23.84 C K Index: 30.89 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 378.47 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.74 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 168.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 69.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 828.97 mb = 1679.81 m = 5511.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 613.97 mb = 4159.17 m = 13645.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 303.97 mb = 9442.99 m = 30980.55 ft B at Equ Level: 168.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 213.97 mb = 11790.95 m = 38683.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 205.6 at 34.5 knts Storm direction: 235.6 at 25.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 162.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 162.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 54.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 4.31 Bulk Shear: 39.18 m/s