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: 32.83,-93.74 Latitude: 32.83 Longitude: -93.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 67 22.2 22.0 99 0.2 22.1 295 7 294.9 297.9 295.0 342.9 16.75 1 1000 114 22.0 21.9 99 0.1 22.0 291 9 295.2 298.2 295.1 343.4 16.80 2 950 560 20.1 19.9 99 0.2 20.0 289 26 297.6 300.4 295.0 342.7 15.58 3 900 1026 17.8 17.6 99 0.1 17.7 298 29 299.8 302.4 294.7 341.4 14.22 4 850 1514 15.5 15.3 99 0.2 15.4 301 28 302.4 304.7 294.5 340.7 12.99 5 800 2028 13.1 13.0 99 0.2 13.0 299 27 305.2 307.4 294.4 340.6 11.83 6 750 2570 10.8 10.6 99 0.2 10.7 295 25 308.3 310.3 294.6 340.9 10.77 7 700 3143 7.7 7.5 99 0.2 7.6 297 25 311.1 312.8 294.3 339.8 9.37 8 650 3751 3.1 2.0 93 1.0 2.5 298 31 312.4 313.7 292.7 333.7 6.83 9 600 4394 -0.7 -9.4 52 8.7 -4.4 305 31 315.3 315.9 290.4 325.4 3.12 10 550 5085 -4.0 -29.3 12 25.3 -10.5 312 42 319.4 319.5 289.2 321.5 0.61 11 500 5827 -9.8 -41.0 6 31.2 -15.4 315 47 321.1 321.1 289.3 321.9 0.21 12 450 6631 -15.7 -43.3 7 27.6 -19.8 314 52 323.5 323.6 290.0 324.2 0.18 13 400 7506 -22.8 -48.1 8 25.3 -25.6 315 53 325.4 325.4 290.5 325.9 0.12 14 350 8469 -30.7 -51.3 11 20.7 -32.3 311 53 327.4 327.4 291.1 327.8 0.10 15 300 9546 -38.6 -58.9 10 20.3 -39.5 296 43 331.0 331.0 292.0 331.2 0.05 16 250 10777 -45.3 -61.6 14 16.4 -45.8 291 44 338.8 338.8 294.0 338.9 0.04 17 200 12243 -53.1 -70.7 10 17.7 -53.4 279 51 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.8 0.01 18 150 14058 -61.2 -80.8 6 19.6 -61.3 270 58 364.7 364.7 299.6 364.7 0.00 19 100 16515 -70.3 -86.7 7 16.4 -70.4 269 41 391.9 391.9 304.0 391.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.67 m Freezing level: 609.09 mb = 4277.29 m = 14032.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.06 mb = 3975.91 m = 13044.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.89 % Est. max temperature: 29.39 C = 84.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1002.20 mb = 94.82 m = 311.10 ft T: 22.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.53 C/km ThetaE index: 19.40 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 947.46 mb = 582.85 m = 1912.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.98 C = 76.97 F Cap Strength: 0.13 C Lifted Index: -4.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.77 C Showalter Index: -3.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.38 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.27 C Cross Totals Index: 25.12 C K Index: 40.38 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 315.35 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.67 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1406.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 952.93 mb = 533.04 m = 1748.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 927.93 mb = 762.46 m = 2501.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.93 mb = 11384.56 m = 37350.48 ft B at Equ Level: 1398.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.93 mb = 15022.86 m = 49286.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 303.4 at 31.0 knts Storm direction: 333.4 at 23.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 2.9 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 102.3 neg: -16.7 tot: 85.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.90 Bulk Rich Number: 46.02 Bulk Shear: 30.57 m/s