MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 32.29,-93.34 Latitude: 32.29 Longitude: -93.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1005 59 23.3 22.8 97 0.5 23.0 121 2 296.0 299.2 296.0 347.0 17.68 1 1000 104 23.6 22.9 96 0.8 23.1 139 3 296.8 300.0 296.3 348.3 17.83 2 950 554 23.0 19.6 81 3.4 20.6 201 22 300.5 303.3 295.6 345.3 15.27 3 900 1023 19.5 17.4 87 2.1 18.1 215 22 301.6 304.2 295.0 342.9 14.02 4 850 1515 17.8 13.7 77 4.1 15.1 263 17 304.8 307.0 294.3 339.7 11.68 5 800 2032 14.7 8.3 65 6.5 10.7 266 25 306.8 308.4 292.5 332.9 8.59 6 750 2574 10.7 2.8 58 7.9 6.3 288 25 308.2 309.4 291.0 327.4 6.24 7 700 3145 6.7 2.9 77 3.7 4.6 286 30 309.9 311.1 291.9 330.7 6.77 8 650 3750 2.6 0.1 84 2.4 1.3 276 33 311.9 313.0 291.8 330.4 5.95 9 600 4392 -1.7 -3.9 85 2.1 -2.8 265 34 314.1 315.0 291.5 329.3 4.79 10 550 5079 -6.2 -8.0 87 1.8 -7.0 254 39 316.8 317.5 291.5 329.1 3.82 11 500 5819 -10.7 -15.7 67 4.9 -12.5 257 46 319.9 320.4 291.0 327.5 2.25 12 450 6621 -15.4 -34.1 19 18.7 -19.1 258 46 323.9 324.0 290.5 325.6 0.47 13 400 7500 -20.9 -42.5 12 21.7 -23.9 258 52 327.9 327.9 291.3 328.8 0.23 14 350 8475 -26.8 -55.3 5 28.6 -29.2 264 51 332.7 332.7 292.5 332.9 0.06 15 300 9568 -35.3 -61.3 5 25.9 -36.7 269 45 335.6 335.6 293.2 335.7 0.03 16 250 10812 -44.2 -63.8 10 19.6 -44.8 262 47 340.4 340.4 294.4 340.5 0.03 17 200 12281 -51.8 -74.7 5 22.8 -52.2 266 62 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.7 0.01 18 150 14101 -62.1 -82.2 5 20.2 -62.2 262 59 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.1 0.00 19 100 16544 -71.9 -86.9 9 15.0 -72.0 261 32 388.7 388.7 303.6 388.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5715.02 m Freezing level: 620.20 mb = 4132.69 m = 13558.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.54 mb = 3943.03 m = 12936.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.46 % Est. max temperature: 31.76 C = 89.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 998.64 mb = 115.63 m = 379.36 ft T: 23.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.51 C/km ThetaE index: 20.98 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 881.25 mb = 1204.58 m = 3951.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.10 C = 86.17 F Cap Strength: 1.46 C Lifted Index: -6.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.73 C Showalter Index: -3.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.01 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.55 C Cross Totals Index: 24.46 C K Index: 38.55 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 325.90 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.47 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1557.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 45.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 922.84 mb = 805.70 m = 2643.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 787.84 mb = 2160.50 m = 7088.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 217.84 mb = 11718.41 m = 38445.77 ft B at Equ Level: 1542.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 117.84 mb = 15554.99 m = 51032.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.2 at 29.4 knts Storm direction: 291.2 at 22.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.8 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 160.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 247.6 neg: -2.3 tot: 245.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 81.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.7 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.32 Bulk Rich Number: 16.15 Bulk Shear: 96.47 m/s