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: 35.89,-90.64 Latitude: 35.89 Longitude: -90.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 47 SFC 995 87 29.0 17.7 50 11.3 21.2 179 17 302.5 304.9 294.4 340.6 12.87 2 950 499 24.4 16.3 61 8.1 18.9 180 25 301.9 304.2 293.9 338.4 12.36 3 900 969 19.8 15.3 75 4.5 16.8 181 27 301.9 304.2 293.9 338.1 12.26 4 850 1459 15.2 13.7 91 1.4 14.3 183 28 302.0 304.2 293.5 336.6 11.71 5 800 1970 12.4 3.4 54 9.1 7.4 192 28 304.4 305.5 289.6 322.8 6.10 6 750 2508 8.7 5.3 79 3.4 6.7 197 30 306.0 307.4 291.3 328.5 7.45 7 700 3076 6.3 3.4 82 2.9 4.6 208 36 309.4 310.7 292.0 330.9 6.99 8 650 3682 3.1 2.5 96 0.6 2.8 210 39 312.5 313.9 292.9 334.5 7.08 9 600 4327 -0.8 -3.4 82 2.6 -2.1 212 41 315.2 316.1 292.0 330.9 4.95 10 550 5016 -5.5 -10.8 66 5.3 -7.7 210 41 317.6 318.2 291.0 327.5 3.05 11 500 5755 -11.7 -13.3 88 1.6 -12.3 213 43 318.8 319.4 291.1 327.9 2.74 12 450 6557 -14.3 -29.3 27 15.0 -17.8 226 53 325.2 325.4 291.1 328.0 0.75 13 400 7441 -20.0 -33.7 28 13.8 -22.6 239 63 329.0 329.1 292.0 331.1 0.55 14 350 8415 -27.5 -32.2 65 4.6 -28.3 247 70 331.7 331.8 292.9 334.4 0.74 15 300 9508 -35.2 -38.4 72 3.2 -35.6 255 71 335.8 335.9 293.7 337.5 0.46 16 250 10748 -46.3 -49.9 66 3.7 -46.4 257 62 337.3 337.3 293.8 337.9 0.16 17 200 12198 -54.1 -64.3 27 10.2 -54.3 252 70 347.2 347.2 296.0 347.3 0.03 18 150 14016 -61.0 -81.4 5 20.4 -61.2 248 71 365.0 365.0 299.7 365.0 0.00 19 100 16474 -68.8 -85.4 7 16.5 -68.9 252 39 394.7 394.7 304.5 394.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.20 m Freezing level: 610.38 mb = 4192.80 m = 13755.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.65 mb = 4041.15 m = 13258.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.66 % Est. max temperature: 28.70 C = 83.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 844.27 mb = 1515.62 m = 4972.46 ft T: 14.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.69 C/km ThetaE index: 17.78 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 836.33 mb = 1595.35 m = 5234.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.12 C = 84.41 F Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lifted Index: -4.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.03 C Showalter Index: -3.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.23 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.82 C Cross Totals Index: 25.41 C K Index: 37.71 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 416.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.79 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 539.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 843.77 mb = 1520.63 m = 4988.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 808.77 mb = 1878.07 m = 6161.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.77 mb = 11046.64 m = 36241.82 ft B at Equ Level: 529.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 168.77 mb = 13270.68 m = 43538.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 203.1 at 34.5 knts Storm direction: 233.1 at 25.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 128.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 128.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.27 Bulk Rich Number: 14.44 Bulk Shear: 37.39 m/s