MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 32.42,-93.70 Latitude: 32.42 Longitude: -93.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 55 26.3 19.9 68 6.4 21.8 181 6 299.0 301.7 294.8 342.0 14.74 1 1000 100 25.3 19.6 71 5.7 21.3 181 6 298.5 301.1 294.5 340.7 14.53 2 950 548 21.0 18.2 84 2.7 19.1 187 10 298.5 301.0 294.1 339.1 14.00 3 900 1015 18.7 18.3 97 0.4 18.4 225 19 300.8 303.5 295.4 344.5 14.88 4 850 1504 16.1 11.7 75 4.4 13.3 219 14 303.0 304.9 292.6 333.4 10.23 5 800 2018 13.5 11.3 87 2.2 12.1 219 19 305.6 307.5 293.7 337.4 10.60 6 750 2559 9.5 8.3 92 1.2 8.8 228 23 306.9 308.6 293.0 334.7 9.19 7 700 3130 8.9 0.3 55 8.5 4.2 228 23 312.3 313.4 291.7 329.8 5.60 8 650 3741 5.8 -11.2 28 17.0 -1.4 224 23 315.6 316.1 289.9 323.8 2.51 9 600 4389 0.5 -5.8 63 6.3 -2.5 225 24 316.7 317.5 291.7 330.0 4.13 10 550 5081 -4.4 -11.9 56 7.5 -7.4 216 26 318.8 319.4 291.2 328.0 2.79 11 500 5823 -9.5 -18.2 49 8.7 -12.3 223 30 321.5 321.8 291.0 327.7 1.83 12 450 6632 -12.6 -40.2 8 27.6 -17.6 238 34 327.4 327.4 291.2 328.4 0.26 13 400 7521 -18.5 -47.4 6 28.9 -22.3 243 39 331.0 331.0 292.1 331.5 0.13 14 350 8500 -26.2 -50.7 8 24.5 -28.6 243 43 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.8 0.10 15 300 9595 -35.4 -52.4 16 16.9 -36.6 245 49 335.4 335.4 293.3 335.8 0.10 16 250 10836 -45.0 -58.9 20 13.8 -45.6 249 53 339.1 339.1 294.1 339.3 0.05 17 200 12299 -52.6 -71.5 9 18.8 -53.0 255 61 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.5 0.01 18 150 14106 -63.6 -80.1 9 16.5 -63.7 249 54 360.6 360.6 298.8 360.6 0.00 19 100 16536 -73.0 -86.0 12 13.0 -73.0 254 32 386.7 386.7 303.3 386.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5723.88 m Freezing level: 594.76 mb = 4461.46 m = 14637.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.32 mb = 3586.32 m = 11766.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.03 % Est. max temperature: 30.10 C = 86.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.83 mb = 864.37 m = 2835.83 ft T: 19.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.81 C/km ThetaE index: 13.59 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 871.29 mb = 1292.62 m = 4240.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.36 C = 84.85 F Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lifted Index: -3.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.92 C Showalter Index: 0.15 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.84 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.62 C Cross Totals Index: 21.22 C K Index: 28.82 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 198.40 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.11 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 428.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 35.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.42 mb = 906.11 m = 2972.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 776.42 mb = 2268.83 m = 7443.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 716.42 mb = 2938.30 m = 9639.97 ft B at Equ Level: 20.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 656.42 mb = 3660.12 m = 12008.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.4 at 21.2 knts Storm direction: 251.4 at 15.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.8 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 73.0 neg: -9.4 tot: 63.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 13.71 Bulk Shear: 31.22 m/s