MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 31.98,-93.82 Latitude: 31.98 Longitude: -93.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1002 79 28.0 20.7 65 7.3 22.8 194 3 301.0 303.8 295.8 346.6 15.51 1 1000 93 28.2 20.7 64 7.5 22.8 192 3 301.4 304.2 296.0 347.1 15.54 2 950 547 24.5 19.6 74 4.9 21.0 203 10 302.0 304.8 296.0 347.0 15.24 3 900 1018 19.9 18.6 92 1.3 19.0 205 10 302.0 304.8 295.9 346.7 15.13 4 850 1509 16.4 14.6 89 1.8 15.2 235 14 303.3 305.6 294.4 340.1 12.39 5 800 2024 13.8 10.2 79 3.6 11.5 236 20 305.8 307.6 293.1 335.2 9.78 6 750 2566 11.1 8.6 85 2.4 9.6 236 21 308.6 310.4 293.6 337.2 9.41 7 700 3139 7.4 5.8 89 1.6 6.5 251 26 310.7 312.3 293.4 336.2 8.30 8 650 3748 4.4 0.8 78 3.6 2.4 249 24 313.9 315.1 292.7 333.5 6.25 9 600 4394 -0.3 -4.6 73 4.3 -2.3 242 26 315.8 316.7 291.8 330.3 4.54 10 550 5084 -5.1 -11.9 59 6.8 -7.8 242 33 318.0 318.6 290.9 327.2 2.80 11 500 5824 -11.0 -11.6 95 0.6 -11.2 251 41 319.6 320.3 291.7 330.0 3.15 12 450 6628 -14.7 -22.5 52 7.8 -16.9 252 45 324.7 325.0 291.6 329.6 1.40 13 400 7511 -19.8 -41.5 13 21.6 -23.1 246 56 329.2 329.3 291.7 330.2 0.25 14 350 8485 -27.6 -46.2 15 18.6 -29.6 248 61 331.5 331.5 292.3 332.2 0.17 15 300 9576 -35.6 -55.1 12 19.5 -36.9 251 66 335.1 335.2 293.2 335.4 0.07 16 250 10820 -44.0 -62.9 10 18.9 -44.7 259 58 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.8 0.03 17 200 12287 -51.6 -72.4 7 20.8 -52.0 270 62 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.1 0.01 18 150 14103 -62.7 -81.8 6 19.1 -62.9 268 59 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.1 0.00 19 100 16537 -72.4 -86.5 10 14.0 -72.5 262 36 387.8 387.8 303.5 387.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.26 m Freezing level: 603.04 mb = 4354.63 m = 14286.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.48 mb = 4070.96 m = 13356.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.15 % Est. max temperature: 30.28 C = 86.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 900.96 mb = 1009.05 m = 3310.48 ft T: 20.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.86 C/km ThetaE index: 11.85 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 877.34 mb = 1237.28 m = 4059.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.60 C = 85.29 F Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lifted Index: -6.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.32 C Showalter Index: -4.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.00 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.40 C Cross Totals Index: 25.60 C K Index: 40.38 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 324.47 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.05 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1634.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.48 mb = 1138.64 m = 3735.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 862.48 mb = 1384.05 m = 4540.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 212.48 mb = 11889.32 m = 39006.49 ft B at Equ Level: 1617.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 112.48 mb = 15831.32 m = 51939.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.7 at 23.2 knts Storm direction: 271.7 at 17.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.1 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 87.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 87.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.67 Bulk Rich Number: 35.52 Bulk Shear: 46.02 m/s