MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 35.8,-91.7 Latitude: 35.80 Longitude: -91.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 59 SFC 988 164 21.9 20.5 92 1.4 20.9 210 12 296.1 298.9 294.6 340.9 15.55 2 950 504 19.8 19.3 97 0.6 19.5 213 33 297.3 300.0 294.5 340.6 14.97 3 900 970 17.8 16.0 89 1.8 16.5 221 48 299.8 302.2 293.6 337.2 12.77 4 850 1457 14.7 11.8 83 2.9 12.9 240 52 301.5 303.4 292.3 332.0 10.32 5 800 1968 12.3 6.8 69 5.5 9.1 258 58 304.3 305.7 291.0 327.7 7.79 6 750 2507 9.1 3.1 66 6.0 5.8 256 60 306.5 307.7 290.6 326.0 6.40 7 700 3075 5.5 1.0 73 4.5 3.1 251 55 308.6 309.7 290.7 326.7 5.89 8 650 3676 1.2 -0.5 89 1.7 0.3 240 45 310.3 311.4 291.2 328.0 5.69 9 600 4316 -2.9 -3.6 95 0.7 -3.2 230 47 312.8 313.7 291.2 328.3 4.91 10 550 5002 -6.3 -6.8 96 0.5 -6.5 230 54 316.6 317.4 291.7 330.1 4.18 11 500 5742 -10.4 -11.7 90 1.3 -10.9 228 60 320.4 321.0 291.9 330.7 3.14 12 450 6548 -14.9 -21.4 58 6.4 -16.8 231 51 324.5 324.8 291.6 329.8 1.54 13 400 7428 -20.6 -32.6 33 12.0 -22.9 229 51 328.2 328.3 291.9 330.5 0.62 14 350 8401 -27.9 -32.2 67 4.3 -28.7 229 46 331.1 331.3 292.7 333.8 0.73 15 300 9489 -36.7 -40.5 67 3.8 -37.1 226 35 333.7 333.8 293.1 335.1 0.37 16 250 10725 -45.0 -53.7 37 8.8 -45.4 233 49 339.2 339.2 294.2 339.6 0.10 17 200 12190 -52.7 -69.4 12 16.7 -53.1 249 64 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.3 0.02 18 150 14010 -61.7 -82.7 4 21.0 -61.9 250 57 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.8 0.00 19 100 16477 -68.3 -84.7 8 16.5 -68.4 254 44 395.8 395.8 304.6 395.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5682.79 m Freezing level: 635.33 mb = 3863.99 m = 12676.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.55 mb = 3731.21 m = 12241.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.05 % Est. max temperature: 27.99 C = 82.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 967.91 mb = 342.14 m = 1122.49 ft T: 20.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.96 C/km ThetaE index: 14.87 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 896.29 mb = 1004.97 m = 3297.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.76 C = 78.36 F Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lifted Index: -3.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.96 C Showalter Index: -0.09 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.31 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.08 C Cross Totals Index: 22.23 C K Index: 32.43 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 307.00 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.33 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 821.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 921.21 mb = 769.13 m = 2523.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 856.21 mb = 1394.96 m = 4576.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 256.21 mb = 10558.28 m = 34639.60 ft B at Equ Level: 818.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 156.21 mb = 13753.39 m = 45122.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.9 at 50.9 knts Storm direction: 267.9 at 38.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.8 neg: 1.5 tot: 10.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 535.8 neg: -54.0 tot: 481.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 160.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.2 stream: 10.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.75 Bulk Rich Number: 7.49 Bulk Shear: 109.70 m/s