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: 34.6,-93.1 Latitude: 34.60 Longitude: -93.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 101 SFC 986 224 23.2 20.2 83 3.0 21.1 249 3 297.5 300.3 294.7 341.7 15.24 2 950 550 21.3 19.3 88 2.0 19.9 248 12 298.8 301.6 294.9 342.5 15.00 3 900 1017 18.4 17.3 93 1.1 17.7 257 21 300.5 303.0 294.6 341.3 13.91 4 850 1505 14.9 11.5 80 3.4 12.7 264 22 301.7 303.6 292.2 331.6 10.09 5 800 2017 13.5 -2.4 33 15.9 5.5 280 20 305.5 306.3 288.1 317.9 4.00 6 750 2556 9.8 -7.8 28 17.6 2.0 282 23 307.2 307.8 287.5 316.2 2.84 7 700 3123 4.8 -8.5 38 13.2 -0.9 274 30 307.7 308.3 287.7 316.8 2.88 8 650 3722 1.5 -21.0 17 22.5 -5.7 270 38 310.6 310.8 286.8 314.3 1.10 9 600 4362 -1.2 -34.7 6 33.5 -8.9 276 35 314.7 314.8 287.4 315.9 0.33 10 550 5050 -5.6 -24.8 20 19.3 -11.0 289 38 317.5 317.7 288.9 320.7 0.93 11 500 5789 -10.7 -36.5 10 25.7 -15.7 303 42 320.0 320.0 289.1 321.2 0.34 12 450 6590 -16.4 -43.8 7 27.4 -20.4 305 45 322.6 322.7 289.8 323.3 0.17 13 400 7463 -23.2 -48.5 8 25.3 -26.0 316 44 324.8 324.8 290.3 325.2 0.12 14 350 8422 -31.7 -51.3 13 19.6 -33.1 311 49 326.1 326.1 290.7 326.4 0.10 15 300 9496 -39.2 -60.0 9 20.7 -40.2 296 52 330.1 330.1 291.7 330.2 0.04 16 250 10721 -47.1 -63.9 13 16.8 -47.6 288 57 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.2 0.03 17 200 12174 -51.3 -76.0 4 24.7 -51.7 274 57 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.6 0.01 18 150 13998 -60.6 -80.9 5 20.3 -60.8 273 56 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.6 0.00 19 100 16475 -67.2 -86.5 5 19.3 -67.3 265 41 397.9 397.9 304.9 397.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.14 m Freezing level: 622.68 mb = 4071.89 m = 13359.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 715.98 mb = 2937.45 m = 9637.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.63 % Est. max temperature: 28.41 C = 83.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.44 mb = 609.44 m = 1999.45 ft T: 20.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.81 C/km ThetaE index: 26.34 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 891.11 mb = 1102.04 m = 3615.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.35 C = 79.43 F Cap Strength: 0.84 C Lifted Index: -4.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.47 C Showalter Index: -0.26 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.87 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.62 C Cross Totals Index: 22.25 C K Index: 23.91 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 224.93 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.01 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1613.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.78 mb = 923.76 m = 3030.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 874.78 mb = 1260.03 m = 4133.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 224.78 mb = 11413.35 m = 37444.92 ft B at Equ Level: 1594.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 134.78 mb = 14651.82 m = 48069.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 280.7 at 29.6 knts Storm direction: 310.7 at 22.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 1.9 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 132.2 neg: -3.0 tot: 129.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.09 Bulk Rich Number: 25.23 Bulk Shear: 63.96 m/s