MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510151200F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510151200F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 34.1,-93.3 Latitude: 34.10 Longitude: -93.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 103 SFC 999 114 23.4 22.1 93 1.3 22.5 242 3 296.6 299.7 295.7 345.8 17.02 2 950 551 21.4 20.2 93 1.2 20.5 240 11 298.9 301.7 295.5 345.1 15.86 3 900 1019 18.8 18.3 97 0.5 18.5 240 14 300.9 303.6 295.4 344.5 14.85 4 850 1509 15.8 15.3 96 0.6 15.4 250 18 302.7 305.1 294.6 341.0 12.93 5 800 2022 12.3 10.9 91 1.4 11.4 254 21 304.3 306.2 293.1 335.0 10.30 6 750 2561 9.3 3.7 68 5.7 6.1 266 21 306.7 307.9 290.8 326.9 6.65 7 700 3129 5.5 -3.6 52 9.1 1.1 271 27 308.6 309.4 289.3 321.7 4.20 8 650 3730 1.6 -15.4 27 17.0 -4.6 270 36 310.8 311.1 287.6 316.6 1.77 9 600 4370 -0.7 -35.2 5 34.5 -8.7 280 31 315.3 315.3 287.6 316.4 0.32 10 550 5059 -5.1 -25.7 18 20.6 -10.8 292 36 318.1 318.2 289.0 321.1 0.86 11 500 5799 -10.4 -33.4 13 22.9 -15.3 304 40 320.3 320.4 289.3 322.0 0.46 12 450 6601 -16.2 -45.3 6 29.1 -20.3 306 43 322.8 322.9 289.8 323.4 0.15 13 400 7475 -23.2 -52.2 5 29.0 -26.0 313 41 324.9 324.9 290.3 325.2 0.08 14 350 8435 -31.2 -51.0 12 19.8 -32.7 315 45 326.7 326.7 290.9 327.1 0.10 15 300 9510 -38.7 -62.1 7 23.4 -39.7 297 50 330.8 330.8 292.0 330.9 0.03 16 250 10738 -47.0 -65.4 11 18.4 -47.5 289 54 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.3 0.02 17 200 12191 -52.1 -71.8 8 19.7 -52.5 274 57 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.3 0.01 18 150 14012 -60.5 -80.8 5 20.3 -60.6 273 56 365.9 365.9 299.8 365.9 0.00 19 100 16486 -68.1 -86.1 6 18.0 -68.2 265 40 396.1 396.1 304.7 396.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.79 m Freezing level: 615.74 mb = 4168.61 m = 13676.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 690.13 mb = 3243.94 m = 10642.73 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.42 % Est. max temperature: 29.51 C = 85.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 980.75 mb = 273.07 m = 895.88 ft T: 22.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.97 C/km ThetaE index: 29.38 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 915.23 mb = 873.80 m = 2866.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.02 C = 80.63 F Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lifted Index: -5.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.71 C Showalter Index: -4.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.95 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.26 C Cross Totals Index: 25.69 C K Index: 32.44 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 444.55 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.78 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2118.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 934.11 mb = 697.04 m = 2286.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 879.11 mb = 1220.37 m = 4003.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 219.11 mb = 11596.66 m = 38046.31 ft B at Equ Level: 2117.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 109.11 mb = 15953.90 m = 52341.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.9 at 26.4 knts Storm direction: 306.9 at 19.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 1.4 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 120.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 120.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.19 Bulk Rich Number: 38.10 Bulk Shear: 55.60 m/s