MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 21Z FRI 17 OCT 25 Station: 32.37,-93.73 Latitude: 32.37 Longitude: -93.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1004 57 31.6 12.7 31 18.9 19.2 168 7 304.4 306.1 292.2 331.9 9.19 1 1000 92 30.2 12.2 33 18.0 18.6 167 7 303.4 305.0 291.7 330.1 8.95 2 950 546 25.4 11.5 42 14.0 16.5 169 10 303.0 304.7 291.6 329.8 8.98 3 900 1017 20.8 10.6 52 10.1 14.4 171 10 302.9 304.6 291.6 329.6 8.96 4 850 1507 16.0 10.3 69 5.8 12.4 179 10 302.9 304.6 291.9 330.5 9.28 5 800 2018 11.9 9.0 82 2.9 10.1 224 16 303.8 305.5 291.9 330.8 9.02 6 750 2558 12.0 -24.4 6 36.5 0.2 221 12 309.6 309.8 286.1 312.0 0.70 7 700 3132 10.3 -28.1 5 38.4 -1.4 218 9 313.9 314.0 287.3 315.8 0.54 8 650 3745 7.0 -21.4 11 28.4 -2.8 217 8 316.9 317.1 288.9 320.5 1.07 9 600 4394 1.0 -7.6 52 8.7 -2.9 205 10 317.3 318.0 291.4 329.0 3.58 10 550 5087 -3.2 -26.3 15 23.1 -9.8 237 16 320.3 320.4 289.7 323.1 0.81 11 500 5833 -8.8 -19.3 42 10.5 -12.2 244 25 322.3 322.6 291.1 327.9 1.66 12 450 6641 -14.0 -33.8 17 19.7 -18.1 253 23 325.6 325.7 291.0 327.4 0.49 13 400 7523 -20.4 -33.9 29 13.5 -22.9 257 26 328.5 328.6 291.9 330.5 0.55 14 350 8497 -27.3 -42.4 23 15.0 -29.2 253 30 331.9 331.9 292.5 332.9 0.26 15 300 9591 -34.5 -59.8 6 25.3 -36.0 260 37 336.7 336.7 293.6 336.9 0.04 16 250 10842 -42.7 -64.1 8 21.4 -43.5 259 46 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.7 0.03 17 200 12316 -52.0 -73.8 6 21.8 -52.4 255 53 350.3 350.4 296.7 350.4 0.01 18 150 14123 -64.6 -79.8 11 15.2 -64.7 262 46 358.9 358.9 298.5 358.9 0.00 19 100 16541 -73.3 -85.9 13 12.6 -73.3 261 19 386.2 386.2 303.2 386.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5741.25 m Freezing level: 587.77 mb = 4563.78 m = 14972.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 743.82 mb = 2627.03 m = 8618.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.29 % Est. max temperature: 30.12 C = 86.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 762.42 mb = 2420.82 m = 7942.24 ft T: 12.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.08 C/km ThetaE index: 18.75 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 637.70 mb = 3899.72 m = 12794.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.19 C = 111.55 F Cap Strength: 6.03 C Lifted Index: 2.45 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.03 C Showalter Index: 2.16 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.97 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.86 C Cross Totals Index: 19.11 C K Index: -3.26 Risk: None Sweat Index: 168.74 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.44 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5908.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 772.43 mb = 2311.68 m = 7584.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.6 at 12.7 knts Storm direction: 247.6 at 9.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 1.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 35.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 38.4 neg: -8.1 tot: 30.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.43 Bulk Shear: 12.19 m/s