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: 33.09,-92.17 Latitude: 33.09 Longitude: -92.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1007 31 27.9 19.2 59 8.6 21.8 186 6 300.5 303.0 294.7 341.7 14.08 1 1000 89 26.7 18.7 62 8.0 21.1 188 7 299.8 302.3 294.3 339.8 13.69 2 950 540 22.2 17.6 75 4.6 19.0 195 13 299.7 302.1 294.0 338.9 13.41 3 900 1009 18.9 15.9 82 3.1 16.9 215 24 301.0 303.3 293.9 338.4 12.70 4 850 1498 15.9 12.3 79 3.6 13.6 227 17 302.8 304.8 292.9 334.3 10.61 5 800 2011 13.3 10.0 80 3.3 11.2 223 21 305.3 307.1 292.9 334.4 9.67 6 750 2552 9.7 8.2 90 1.6 8.8 234 23 307.1 308.8 293.0 334.7 9.11 7 700 3123 8.0 3.5 73 4.5 5.5 242 23 311.3 312.7 292.6 333.2 7.06 8 650 3732 4.9 -4.7 50 9.6 0.2 227 26 314.5 315.3 291.0 327.7 4.14 9 600 4378 -0.2 -6.3 64 6.0 -3.0 221 24 315.9 316.6 291.3 328.7 3.99 10 550 5069 -4.8 -11.5 59 6.7 -7.5 228 28 318.4 319.0 291.1 327.9 2.89 11 500 5811 -10.0 -19.7 45 9.7 -13.0 232 35 320.9 321.2 290.7 326.4 1.61 12 450 6616 -13.8 -32.6 19 18.8 -17.8 237 43 325.9 326.0 291.1 327.9 0.55 13 400 7501 -19.3 -45.4 8 26.1 -22.8 241 49 329.9 330.0 291.9 330.6 0.17 14 350 8479 -26.8 -50.9 8 24.1 -29.1 240 54 332.6 332.6 292.5 333.0 0.10 15 300 9570 -36.0 -51.1 20 15.1 -37.1 245 60 334.7 334.7 293.1 335.1 0.12 16 250 10807 -45.4 -58.4 22 13.0 -45.9 250 69 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.7 0.06 17 200 12270 -52.7 -72.4 8 19.6 -53.1 258 76 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.3 0.01 18 150 14085 -62.5 -80.8 7 18.3 -62.7 259 63 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.4 0.00 19 100 16523 -71.6 -86.1 10 14.5 -71.7 260 38 389.4 389.4 303.7 389.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5721.17 m Freezing level: 602.25 mb = 4349.10 m = 14268.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.97 mb = 3769.82 m = 12368.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.85 % Est. max temperature: 29.98 C = 85.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 887.86 mb = 1124.83 m = 3690.34 ft T: 18.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.68 C/km ThetaE index: 7.47 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 846.48 mb = 1533.06 m = 5029.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.39 C = 86.70 F Cap Strength: 1.54 C Lifted Index: -2.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.59 C Showalter Index: -0.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.06 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.84 C Cross Totals Index: 22.22 C K Index: 33.65 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 252.83 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.54 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 372.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 43.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.47 mb = 1167.30 m = 3829.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 768.47 mb = 2347.90 m = 7702.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 718.47 mb = 2907.25 m = 9538.09 ft B at Equ Level: 6.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 678.47 mb = 3379.67 m = 11088.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.5 at 23.3 knts Storm direction: 256.5 at 17.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.6 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 101.5 neg: -8.8 tot: 92.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 10.49 Bulk Shear: 35.52 m/s