MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 6Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 32.39,-93.64 Latitude: 32.39 Longitude: -93.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1006 53 24.4 21.1 82 3.2 22.1 214 6 297.0 299.8 295.0 342.9 15.89 1 1000 109 25.4 21.2 78 4.2 22.5 215 9 298.6 301.5 295.6 345.4 16.10 2 950 559 22.7 19.9 84 2.8 20.8 227 24 300.2 303.1 295.7 345.9 15.58 3 900 1029 19.6 17.8 90 1.7 18.4 251 18 301.7 304.3 295.3 344.2 14.42 4 850 1520 16.7 14.8 89 1.9 15.4 275 25 303.6 306.0 294.6 340.9 12.54 5 800 2034 13.5 8.8 73 4.7 10.6 288 25 305.5 307.2 292.3 332.3 8.92 6 750 2575 10.3 4.5 67 5.8 7.0 300 23 307.8 309.1 291.5 329.4 7.08 7 700 3145 6.3 -7.2 37 13.5 0.3 284 22 309.5 310.1 288.6 319.6 3.19 8 650 3750 4.3 -25.5 9 29.8 -4.7 276 28 313.8 314.0 287.5 316.4 0.74 9 600 4395 0.4 -36.1 4 36.5 -8.1 299 29 316.6 316.7 288.0 317.7 0.29 10 550 5085 -4.7 -40.8 4 36.2 -11.7 317 35 318.5 318.6 288.5 319.3 0.20 11 500 5826 -10.0 -47.3 3 37.3 -15.7 319 38 320.9 320.9 289.1 321.3 0.11 12 450 6628 -16.1 -46.4 5 30.3 -20.3 329 41 323.0 323.0 289.8 323.5 0.13 13 400 7501 -23.4 -44.5 13 21.1 -25.9 332 36 324.6 324.6 290.3 325.3 0.18 14 350 8465 -28.6 -58.5 4 29.9 -30.7 278 49 330.2 330.2 291.8 330.3 0.04 15 300 9551 -36.7 -58.6 9 21.9 -37.8 274 52 333.7 333.7 292.7 333.9 0.05 16 250 10792 -44.5 -60.3 16 15.8 -45.1 265 54 339.9 339.9 294.3 340.1 0.05 17 200 12259 -51.9 -73.1 6 21.2 -52.3 275 52 350.5 350.5 296.8 350.6 0.01 18 150 14078 -62.0 -80.2 7 18.2 -62.1 264 51 363.3 363.3 299.3 363.3 0.00 19 100 16527 -70.4 -86.8 7 16.4 -70.5 269 33 391.7 391.7 304.0 391.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.63 m Freezing level: 595.96 mb = 4450.73 m = 14601.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 697.42 mb = 3174.84 m = 10416.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.60 % Est. max temperature: 30.78 C = 87.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.36 mb = 463.70 m = 1521.32 ft T: 23.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.09 C/km ThetaE index: 29.51 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 884.57 mb = 1177.57 m = 3863.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.67 C = 85.41 F Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lifted Index: -5.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.95 C Showalter Index: -3.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.47 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.69 C Cross Totals Index: 24.78 C K Index: 27.98 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 313.77 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1653.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.66 mb = 888.49 m = 2914.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 839.66 mb = 1623.91 m = 5327.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 219.66 mb = 11642.16 m = 38195.61 ft B at Equ Level: 1641.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 119.66 mb = 15442.69 m = 50664.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.2 at 26.4 knts Storm direction: 321.2 at 19.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.9 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 197.4 neg: -8.7 tot: 188.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 62.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.01 Bulk Rich Number: 19.56 Bulk Shear: 84.52 m/s