MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 32.56,-93.51 Latitude: 32.56 Longitude: -93.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 59 23.5 19.1 77 4.4 20.5 169 6 296.1 298.6 293.4 336.3 13.96 1 1000 114 22.6 18.8 79 3.8 20.0 170 7 295.7 298.2 293.2 335.3 13.78 2 950 558 20.0 14.1 69 5.9 16.2 195 18 297.5 299.4 291.3 328.5 10.70 3 900 1024 19.8 4.5 36 15.3 11.2 234 15 301.9 303.0 288.6 319.6 5.87 4 850 1514 16.6 12.9 79 3.7 14.2 247 11 303.6 305.6 293.4 336.5 11.07 5 800 2028 12.7 10.1 84 2.6 11.1 234 13 304.7 306.5 292.7 333.8 9.74 6 750 2567 10.2 7.9 85 2.3 8.8 223 14 307.7 309.3 293.0 334.8 8.94 7 700 3141 9.2 -0.9 49 10.1 3.9 218 15 312.7 313.6 291.3 328.8 5.13 8 650 3751 5.1 -0.9 65 6.0 2.0 228 16 314.7 315.8 292.3 332.2 5.54 9 600 4399 0.7 -6.5 58 7.3 -2.6 224 16 317.0 317.7 291.6 329.6 3.91 10 550 5091 -4.6 -11.8 57 7.2 -7.5 223 18 318.6 319.1 291.1 327.9 2.82 11 500 5833 -9.9 -20.1 43 10.2 -13.1 233 24 321.0 321.3 290.6 326.3 1.55 12 450 6640 -12.4 -44.1 5 31.7 -17.6 241 26 327.6 327.7 291.2 328.3 0.17 13 400 7530 -18.3 -45.9 7 27.6 -22.2 247 33 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.8 0.16 14 350 8510 -26.2 -50.2 9 23.9 -28.6 252 36 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.8 0.11 15 300 9604 -35.6 -52.0 17 16.4 -36.7 257 42 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.6 0.10 16 250 10845 -45.1 -58.7 20 13.6 -45.6 255 45 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.2 0.06 17 200 12305 -53.0 -71.0 9 18.0 -53.4 259 57 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.8 0.01 18 150 14113 -63.3 -80.6 8 17.2 -63.4 249 49 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.0 0.00 19 100 16544 -73.0 -86.3 11 13.4 -73.0 260 32 386.8 386.8 303.3 386.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5719.04 m Freezing level: 593.09 mb = 4494.53 m = 14745.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.63 mb = 4021.43 m = 13193.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.59 % Est. max temperature: 30.74 C = 87.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.13 mb = 611.67 m = 2006.78 ft T: 19.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.09 C/km ThetaE index: 16.71 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 757.81 mb = 2480.84 m = 8139.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.59 C = 94.26 F Cap Strength: 5.30 C Lifted Index: 1.88 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.30 C Showalter Index: -1.61 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.34 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.53 C Cross Totals Index: 22.82 C K Index: 29.36 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 207.65 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.00 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6019.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.80 mb = 1356.38 m = 4450.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.8 at 15.7 knts Storm direction: 254.8 at 11.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 1.2 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 64.0 neg: -2.3 tot: 61.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.79 Bulk Shear: 12.12 m/s