MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 1008 53 23.5 21.5 88 2.0 22.1 293 5 296.0 299.0 295.0 342.8 16.24 1 1000 119 23.7 21.5 87 2.3 22.1 285 8 296.9 299.8 295.3 344.0 16.30 2 950 568 21.7 20.5 93 1.2 20.9 282 24 299.3 302.2 295.8 346.5 16.20 3 900 1036 18.8 18.6 99 0.2 18.7 293 27 300.9 303.7 295.6 345.3 15.14 4 850 1526 16.4 16.2 99 0.1 16.3 294 25 303.3 305.8 295.3 344.1 13.76 5 800 2041 12.8 12.1 96 0.7 12.3 299 25 304.8 306.9 293.9 338.1 11.16 6 750 2580 8.7 5.4 80 3.2 6.8 305 24 306.0 307.4 291.3 328.8 7.53 7 700 3146 4.9 -4.3 51 9.3 0.5 299 25 308.0 308.7 288.8 320.3 3.96 8 650 3750 4.5 -25.0 10 29.5 -4.6 299 21 314.1 314.2 287.6 316.7 0.77 9 600 4397 0.8 -38.3 3 39.2 -7.9 328 20 317.0 317.1 288.1 317.9 0.23 10 550 5088 -3.9 -34.1 7 30.2 -10.9 320 35 319.5 319.5 289.0 320.9 0.39 11 500 5831 -9.7 -44.5 4 34.8 -15.4 310 38 321.2 321.2 289.3 321.8 0.15 12 450 6633 -16.0 -47.1 5 31.1 -20.1 310 42 323.2 323.2 289.9 323.7 0.12 13 400 7507 -23.2 -51.6 6 28.5 -26.0 306 40 324.9 324.9 290.3 325.2 0.08 14 350 8470 -30.3 -57.3 5 27.0 -32.1 296 49 327.9 327.9 291.2 328.1 0.05 15 300 9545 -39.1 -59.0 10 19.9 -40.1 288 51 330.2 330.2 291.8 330.4 0.04 16 250 10776 -45.3 -65.2 9 19.9 -45.9 275 52 338.6 338.6 294.0 338.7 0.02 17 200 12241 -52.4 -72.5 7 20.1 -52.8 276 54 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.8 0.01 18 150 14059 -61.7 -80.9 6 19.1 -61.9 269 62 363.7 363.7 299.4 363.7 0.00 19 100 16513 -69.9 -86.7 7 16.7 -70.0 276 41 392.7 392.7 304.2 392.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5712.03 m Freezing level: 591.45 mb = 4514.87 m = 14812.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 694.63 mb = 3209.02 m = 10528.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.36 % Est. max temperature: 30.41 C = 86.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 978.72 mb = 307.23 m = 1007.95 ft T: 22.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.45 C/km ThetaE index: 29.82 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 916.60 mb = 877.76 m = 2879.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.84 C = 82.12 F Cap Strength: 0.85 C Lifted Index: -5.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.40 C Showalter Index: -4.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.95 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.05 C Cross Totals Index: 25.90 C K Index: 32.99 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 340.46 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1935.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 937.97 mb = 678.10 m = 2224.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 882.97 mb = 1200.04 m = 3937.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 212.97 mb = 11828.27 m = 38806.18 ft B at Equ Level: 1919.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 112.97 mb = 15775.33 m = 51755.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 305.2 at 25.8 knts Storm direction: 335.2 at 19.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 3.4 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 109.7 neg: -6.0 tot: 103.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.29 Bulk Rich Number: 80.46 Bulk Shear: 24.05 m/s