MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F051.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F051.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 51 hour NAM valid 9Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 32.76,-93.82 Latitude: 32.76 Longitude: -93.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 63 22.0 21.7 98 0.3 21.8 291 7 294.6 297.6 294.7 341.6 16.44 1 1000 114 22.0 21.9 99 0.1 22.0 285 9 295.2 298.2 295.1 343.4 16.79 2 950 560 20.3 20.0 98 0.3 20.1 285 25 297.8 300.6 295.1 343.3 15.71 3 900 1027 18.1 17.9 99 0.1 18.0 295 27 300.1 302.8 295.0 342.6 14.50 4 850 1516 15.7 15.4 99 0.2 15.5 300 25 302.5 305.0 294.6 341.2 13.08 5 800 2030 13.0 12.6 98 0.3 12.7 299 24 305.0 307.1 294.2 339.6 11.57 6 750 2571 10.3 9.5 95 0.7 9.8 297 22 307.7 309.6 293.9 338.1 10.02 7 700 3143 7.4 6.4 94 0.9 6.8 303 25 310.6 312.3 293.6 337.3 8.68 8 650 3750 3.3 -0.2 78 3.5 1.5 303 30 312.7 313.8 292.0 330.9 5.81 9 600 4394 -0.1 -13.1 37 13.0 -5.2 309 30 316.0 316.4 289.9 323.7 2.33 10 550 5085 -3.9 -33.2 8 29.4 -10.8 315 44 319.5 319.6 289.0 321.0 0.42 11 500 5828 -9.9 -46.9 3 37.0 -15.6 319 47 321.0 321.0 289.2 321.4 0.11 12 450 6631 -15.8 -47.2 5 31.5 -20.0 316 50 323.4 323.5 289.9 323.9 0.12 13 400 7505 -22.9 -58.4 2 35.5 -25.9 315 53 325.2 325.2 290.3 325.3 0.04 14 350 8468 -30.8 -54.2 8 23.4 -32.5 308 55 327.2 327.2 291.0 327.4 0.07 15 300 9544 -38.8 -62.2 7 23.4 -39.8 293 50 330.7 330.7 291.9 330.8 0.03 16 250 10774 -45.1 -63.4 11 18.3 -45.7 283 49 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.1 0.03 17 200 12242 -52.9 -69.9 11 16.9 -53.2 278 52 348.9 349.0 296.4 349.0 0.02 18 150 14059 -60.9 -81.8 5 20.9 -61.1 270 58 365.2 365.2 299.7 365.2 0.00 19 100 16517 -70.3 -86.7 7 16.4 -70.4 270 39 391.9 391.9 304.0 391.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.43 m Freezing level: 601.49 mb = 4374.86 m = 14353.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.89 mb = 3888.65 m = 12757.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.78 % Est. max temperature: 29.62 C = 85.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1002.25 mb = 94.91 m = 311.39 ft T: 22.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.42 C/km ThetaE index: 22.32 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 943.36 mb = 621.02 m = 2037.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.45 C = 77.82 F Cap Strength: 0.20 C Lifted Index: -4.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.28 C Showalter Index: -3.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.84 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.54 C Cross Totals Index: 25.30 C K Index: 40.06 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 319.68 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.85 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1513.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 952.65 mb = 536.25 m = 1759.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 907.65 mb = 954.08 m = 3130.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.65 mb = 11390.14 m = 37368.78 ft B at Equ Level: 1507.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.65 mb = 15037.29 m = 49334.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 305.9 at 29.9 knts Storm direction: 335.9 at 22.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 2.8 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 115.8 neg: -13.5 tot: 102.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.00 Bulk Rich Number: 45.74 Bulk Shear: 33.09 m/s