MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 6Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 32.76,-93.90 Latitude: 32.76 Longitude: -93.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 22.4 22.2 98 0.3 22.3 134 3 295.2 298.2 295.3 343.9 16.97 1 1000 105 22.7 22.3 98 0.4 22.4 145 3 295.8 298.9 295.6 345.3 17.19 2 950 554 23.1 20.0 83 3.0 20.9 234 18 300.6 303.5 295.9 346.7 15.71 3 900 1025 20.1 16.8 81 3.4 17.8 266 20 302.3 304.8 294.8 342.1 13.48 4 850 1516 16.8 11.7 72 5.1 13.6 291 21 303.8 305.7 292.9 334.3 10.25 5 800 2030 13.2 6.1 62 7.1 9.0 306 22 305.2 306.6 291.0 327.5 7.38 6 750 2569 9.1 3.1 66 6.0 5.8 300 20 306.4 307.6 290.6 325.9 6.40 7 700 3137 6.0 -0.4 64 6.4 2.7 283 19 309.1 310.1 290.5 325.5 5.31 8 650 3741 3.3 -5.8 51 9.1 -0.9 285 24 312.7 313.5 290.2 324.9 3.82 9 600 4386 -0.2 -15.9 30 15.7 -6.0 299 32 315.8 316.2 289.3 322.0 1.84 10 550 5075 -4.7 -34.7 8 30.0 -11.4 305 41 318.5 318.6 288.7 319.9 0.37 11 500 5817 -9.7 -50.7 2 41.0 -15.6 306 42 321.2 321.2 289.2 321.5 0.07 12 450 6621 -15.0 -52.3 3 37.3 -19.6 314 42 324.3 324.3 290.2 324.6 0.07 13 400 7497 -23.1 -49.0 7 25.9 -25.9 311 45 324.9 325.0 290.4 325.4 0.11 14 350 8460 -29.2 -52.8 8 23.6 -31.2 270 51 329.4 329.4 291.6 329.7 0.08 15 300 9544 -36.0 -57.6 9 21.6 -37.2 270 49 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.9 0.05 16 250 10787 -45.0 -60.3 16 15.3 -45.6 270 51 339.2 339.2 294.1 339.4 0.05 17 200 12248 -53.0 -72.9 7 19.9 -53.4 266 56 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.8 0.01 18 150 14069 -60.9 -81.1 5 20.3 -61.1 266 64 365.2 365.2 299.7 365.2 0.00 19 100 16526 -70.8 -86.7 8 15.9 -70.8 267 36 391.0 391.0 303.9 391.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5712.17 m Freezing level: 603.33 mb = 4342.71 m = 14247.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.84 mb = 3581.86 m = 11751.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.74 % Est. max temperature: 30.89 C = 87.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1001.25 mb = 93.71 m = 307.44 ft T: 22.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.85 C/km ThetaE index: 26.85 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 878.52 mb = 1232.28 m = 4042.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.17 C = 86.31 F Cap Strength: 1.92 C Lifted Index: -5.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.30 C Showalter Index: -0.47 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.00 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.54 C Cross Totals Index: 21.46 C K Index: 31.91 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 224.65 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1710.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 38.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 922.21 mb = 812.70 m = 2666.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 837.21 mb = 1644.31 m = 5394.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 217.21 mb = 11707.22 m = 38409.05 ft B at Equ Level: 1705.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 117.21 mb = 15563.69 m = 51061.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 294.1 at 26.2 knts Storm direction: 324.1 at 19.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 1.3 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 225.5 neg: -10.5 tot: 215.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 71.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.41 Bulk Rich Number: 20.96 Bulk Shear: 81.61 m/s