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: 32.50,-93.73 Latitude: 32.50 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 1006 57 25.6 21.2 77 4.4 22.5 215 7 298.2 301.1 295.4 344.5 15.91 1 1000 108 25.5 21.1 76 4.4 22.3 216 9 298.7 301.6 295.5 345.0 15.91 2 950 558 23.0 19.8 82 3.2 20.8 228 24 300.6 303.4 295.8 346.1 15.53 3 900 1029 19.7 18.3 92 1.4 18.8 252 19 301.8 304.5 295.7 345.7 14.89 4 850 1520 16.5 14.7 89 1.8 15.3 274 25 303.4 305.7 294.4 340.6 12.50 5 800 2034 13.4 7.9 69 5.5 10.1 289 25 305.4 307.0 291.9 330.7 8.39 6 750 2574 10.1 3.2 62 6.9 6.3 298 24 307.5 308.7 290.9 327.3 6.45 7 700 3143 6.1 -9.2 32 15.3 -0.4 285 23 309.3 309.8 288.1 317.9 2.72 8 650 3748 4.6 -33.3 4 37.9 -5.1 283 27 314.2 314.3 287.2 315.5 0.35 9 600 4394 0.6 -36.3 4 36.9 -7.9 306 30 316.8 316.9 288.1 317.9 0.29 10 550 5085 -4.8 -41.8 4 37.0 -11.8 320 36 318.4 318.4 288.4 319.0 0.18 11 500 5826 -9.9 -47.3 3 37.3 -15.7 323 39 320.9 320.9 289.2 321.3 0.11 12 450 6627 -16.2 -44.7 7 28.5 -20.3 335 42 322.9 322.9 289.8 323.5 0.16 13 400 7500 -23.8 -39.6 22 15.8 -26.0 335 38 324.1 324.1 290.3 325.2 0.31 14 350 8462 -28.8 -58.7 4 29.8 -30.9 277 48 329.9 329.9 291.7 330.0 0.04 15 300 9548 -36.6 -58.5 9 21.9 -37.7 275 52 333.8 333.8 292.8 334.0 0.05 16 250 10789 -44.5 -61.0 14 16.4 -45.2 268 55 339.8 339.8 294.3 340.0 0.04 17 200 12255 -52.0 -72.7 7 20.7 -52.4 275 52 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.4 0.01 18 150 14074 -62.0 -80.2 7 18.2 -62.1 263 50 363.3 363.3 299.4 363.4 0.00 19 100 16525 -70.1 -87.3 6 17.1 -70.2 269 34 392.2 392.2 304.1 392.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.69 m Freezing level: 594.43 mb = 4471.12 m = 14668.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 703.35 mb = 3103.91 m = 10183.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.63 % Est. max temperature: 30.59 C = 87.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.29 mb = 619.89 m = 2033.73 ft T: 22.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.00 C/km ThetaE index: 30.66 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 884.18 mb = 1181.00 m = 3874.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.67 C = 85.40 F Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lifted Index: -5.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.26 C Showalter Index: -3.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.14 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.44 C Cross Totals Index: 24.69 C K Index: 25.85 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 309.02 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1733.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.32 mb = 919.90 m = 3018.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 856.32 mb = 1456.13 m = 4777.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 216.32 mb = 11739.66 m = 38515.49 ft B at Equ Level: 1718.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 116.32 mb = 15611.65 m = 51218.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 294.3 at 27.1 knts Storm direction: 324.3 at 20.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.7 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 209.4 neg: -8.9 tot: 200.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 66.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.24 Bulk Rich Number: 18.95 Bulk Shear: 91.48 m/s