MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 33.2,-91.57 Latitude: 33.20 Longitude: -91.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 40 25.0 18.6 68 6.4 20.6 193 5 297.6 300.1 293.5 336.9 13.54 1 1000 90 26.1 18.3 62 7.8 20.8 194 9 299.3 301.7 293.9 338.3 13.36 2 950 541 23.4 17.0 67 6.4 19.0 208 20 300.9 303.3 294.0 338.9 12.91 3 900 1011 19.9 14.9 73 5.0 16.5 223 25 302.0 304.2 293.6 337.2 11.90 4 850 1502 16.2 12.0 76 4.2 13.5 222 26 303.2 305.1 292.8 334.1 10.42 5 800 2015 12.7 9.5 81 3.3 10.7 220 26 304.7 306.4 292.4 332.7 9.33 6 750 2554 9.3 8.5 95 0.8 8.8 228 25 306.7 308.4 293.0 334.8 9.33 7 700 3125 7.1 6.4 95 0.7 6.6 248 24 310.3 311.9 293.5 336.8 8.64 8 650 3731 3.5 -2.5 65 6.0 0.5 234 27 312.9 313.8 291.2 328.4 4.90 9 600 4375 -0.9 -8.2 58 7.2 -4.1 232 26 315.0 315.7 290.6 326.1 3.44 10 550 5064 -5.2 -11.2 62 6.1 -7.6 228 30 318.0 318.5 291.0 327.6 2.95 11 500 5805 -10.3 -14.0 74 3.7 -11.6 234 35 320.5 321.0 291.5 329.1 2.59 12 450 6611 -14.8 -18.6 73 3.8 -16.0 245 41 324.6 325.0 292.0 331.3 1.96 13 400 7493 -20.1 -30.0 41 9.9 -22.2 241 56 328.8 329.0 292.2 331.7 0.79 14 350 8467 -27.2 -37.8 36 10.6 -28.7 240 68 332.1 332.1 292.7 333.6 0.42 15 300 9559 -35.8 -41.6 55 5.8 -36.4 242 73 335.0 335.0 293.4 336.2 0.33 16 250 10800 -45.0 -49.3 62 4.2 -45.3 247 71 339.1 339.2 294.3 339.8 0.17 17 200 12267 -50.8 -76.9 3 26.1 -51.2 258 59 352.4 352.4 297.1 352.4 0.01 18 150 14088 -62.5 -81.0 7 18.6 -62.6 261 60 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.5 0.00 19 100 16529 -71.8 -86.3 10 14.4 -71.9 259 34 388.9 388.9 303.6 388.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5715.00 m Freezing level: 610.48 mb = 4240.29 m = 13911.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.66 mb = 3797.73 m = 12459.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.36 % Est. max temperature: 30.38 C = 86.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.65 mb = 852.12 m = 2795.63 ft T: 21.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.48 C/km ThetaE index: 6.20 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 828.91 mb = 1714.23 m = 5624.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.15 C = 88.08 F Cap Strength: 2.06 C Lifted Index: -2.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.10 C Showalter Index: -0.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.81 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.53 C Cross Totals Index: 22.28 C K Index: 37.82 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 283.98 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.02 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 413.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 58.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.73 mb = 1324.56 m = 4345.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 782.73 mb = 2197.12 m = 7208.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 272.73 mb = 10207.63 m = 33489.19 ft B at Equ Level: 411.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 192.73 mb = 12501.01 m = 41013.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.7 at 26.2 knts Storm direction: 258.7 at 19.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 122.1 neg: -0.3 tot: 121.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.27 Bulk Rich Number: 13.81 Bulk Shear: 29.97 m/s