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: 32.42,-93.31 Latitude: 32.42 Longitude: -93.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 64 23.0 22.7 98 0.3 22.8 120 1 295.8 298.9 295.8 346.3 17.56 1 1000 104 23.1 22.7 97 0.4 22.8 133 2 296.3 299.5 296.0 347.1 17.63 2 950 553 22.8 20.3 86 2.5 21.1 204 22 300.3 303.2 296.0 347.2 16.00 3 900 1023 19.3 17.6 90 1.7 18.2 212 23 301.4 304.0 295.1 343.3 14.24 4 850 1514 17.6 13.5 77 4.1 14.9 260 17 304.6 306.7 294.1 339.0 11.52 5 800 2031 14.6 8.4 66 6.2 10.8 266 26 306.7 308.3 292.5 332.9 8.66 6 750 2573 10.6 2.5 57 8.1 6.1 288 26 308.1 309.2 290.8 326.9 6.11 7 700 3143 6.4 3.0 79 3.4 4.5 287 30 309.6 310.9 291.9 330.6 6.81 8 650 3748 2.4 -0.2 83 2.6 1.0 275 34 311.7 312.8 291.6 329.8 5.80 9 600 4390 -1.8 -4.3 83 2.5 -3.0 264 36 314.0 314.9 291.4 328.8 4.65 10 550 5077 -6.2 -9.8 76 3.6 -7.7 253 41 316.7 317.4 291.0 327.5 3.30 11 500 5816 -10.7 -21.7 40 11.0 -13.9 256 47 320.0 320.3 290.2 324.7 1.35 12 450 6618 -15.3 -40.7 9 25.4 -19.4 257 45 324.0 324.1 290.2 324.9 0.24 13 400 7497 -20.9 -50.5 5 29.6 -24.2 258 52 327.9 327.9 291.2 328.2 0.09 14 350 8472 -26.7 -56.0 5 29.3 -29.1 265 50 332.8 332.8 292.5 333.0 0.06 15 300 9565 -35.4 -59.9 6 24.5 -36.7 269 45 335.5 335.5 293.2 335.7 0.04 16 250 10809 -44.1 -64.7 8 20.5 -44.8 262 47 340.4 340.4 294.4 340.5 0.03 17 200 12277 -52.1 -73.8 6 21.8 -52.4 265 60 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.4 0.01 18 150 14096 -62.0 -82.9 5 20.9 -62.1 262 59 363.3 363.3 299.4 363.3 0.00 19 100 16542 -71.7 -86.8 9 15.1 -71.8 261 33 389.1 389.1 303.6 389.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.98 m Freezing level: 621.26 mb = 4116.60 m = 13505.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.25 mb = 3906.44 m = 12816.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.58 % Est. max temperature: 31.51 C = 88.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1000.85 mb = 96.26 m = 315.81 ft T: 23.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.40 C/km ThetaE index: 20.35 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 904.59 mb = 978.77 m = 3211.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.56 C = 83.40 F Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lifted Index: -6.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.13 C Showalter Index: -3.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.41 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.24 C Cross Totals Index: 24.17 C K Index: 38.32 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 311.69 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.85 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1677.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 30.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 930.75 mb = 731.24 m = 2399.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 795.75 mb = 2075.41 m = 6809.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 215.75 mb = 11778.12 m = 38641.64 ft B at Equ Level: 1666.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 115.75 mb = 15660.33 m = 51378.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.6 at 30.3 knts Storm direction: 290.6 at 22.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.6 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 163.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 254.1 neg: -4.6 tot: 249.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 83.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.6 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.56 Bulk Rich Number: 17.55 Bulk Shear: 95.58 m/s