MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 31.91,-93.36 Latitude: 31.91 Longitude: -93.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1003 54 30.5 21.4 59 9.0 23.9 168 8 303.3 306.3 297.0 351.4 16.22 1 1000 85 29.3 21.2 62 8.0 23.5 168 8 302.4 305.4 296.6 350.0 16.09 2 950 539 24.4 20.1 77 4.3 21.3 175 12 302.0 304.9 296.3 348.6 15.80 3 900 1010 20.0 18.3 90 1.8 18.8 190 16 302.2 304.9 295.7 346.0 14.85 4 850 1501 16.7 12.5 76 4.2 14.0 204 19 303.7 305.6 293.3 335.7 10.77 5 800 2016 13.8 6.3 61 7.5 9.4 201 22 305.9 307.3 291.3 328.7 7.52 6 750 2557 10.4 8.9 90 1.5 9.5 218 22 307.8 309.6 293.5 336.8 9.56 7 700 3129 7.7 5.0 83 2.8 6.1 243 23 311.0 312.5 293.1 335.2 7.81 8 650 3739 4.7 -0.8 67 5.5 1.8 238 21 314.3 315.4 292.2 331.9 5.57 9 600 4385 0.3 -10.3 45 10.6 -4.2 239 23 316.5 317.0 290.6 326.0 2.91 10 550 5077 -4.3 -12.9 51 8.7 -7.7 235 27 319.0 319.5 291.0 327.5 2.57 11 500 5820 -9.4 -19.9 42 10.5 -12.8 240 35 321.6 321.9 290.8 326.9 1.57 12 450 6629 -12.5 -38.5 9 26.0 -17.4 245 43 327.5 327.5 291.3 328.6 0.30 13 400 7518 -18.4 -46.8 6 28.4 -22.3 247 50 331.0 331.0 292.2 331.6 0.14 14 350 8498 -26.1 -51.4 7 25.3 -28.6 247 54 333.5 333.6 292.8 333.9 0.10 15 300 9592 -35.3 -52.2 16 16.9 -36.5 251 61 335.6 335.6 293.3 336.0 0.10 16 250 10834 -44.3 -61.1 14 16.8 -44.9 254 66 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.4 0.04 17 200 12301 -52.6 -70.6 10 18.1 -52.9 261 73 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.6 0.01 18 150 14112 -63.8 -79.6 10 15.8 -63.9 264 56 360.2 360.2 298.7 360.2 0.00 19 100 16535 -72.5 -86.4 11 13.9 -72.6 264 35 387.6 387.6 303.4 387.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.43 m Freezing level: 596.66 mb = 4431.47 m = 14538.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.79 mb = 3929.92 m = 12893.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.94 % Est. max temperature: 30.70 C = 87.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 880.79 mb = 1195.65 m = 3922.68 ft T: 18.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.38 C/km ThetaE index: 22.77 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 881.05 mb = 1193.07 m = 3914.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.87 C = 85.77 F Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lifted Index: -5.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.42 C Showalter Index: -0.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.05 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.13 C Cross Totals Index: 21.92 C K Index: 35.85 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 320.64 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.72 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1633.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.54 mb = 1120.40 m = 3675.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 873.54 mb = 1266.70 m = 4155.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 203.54 mb = 12185.61 m = 39978.54 ft B at Equ Level: 1624.84 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.5 at 22.2 knts Storm direction: 255.5 at 16.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.4 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 112.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 112.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.77 Bulk Rich Number: 37.97 Bulk Shear: 43.02 m/s