MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 1003 54 29.5 20.3 58 9.2 22.9 161 8 302.4 305.2 296.0 347.1 15.13 1 1000 82 28.3 20.2 62 8.0 22.5 160 7 301.4 304.2 295.7 345.8 15.09 2 950 535 23.4 19.2 77 4.2 20.4 167 11 300.9 303.7 295.4 344.6 14.87 3 900 1005 19.0 18.0 94 0.9 18.3 188 14 301.1 303.7 295.3 344.0 14.60 4 850 1495 17.0 13.5 80 3.5 14.7 213 20 304.0 306.1 293.9 338.2 11.49 5 800 2010 13.6 12.8 95 0.8 13.1 217 24 305.7 307.9 294.5 340.7 11.69 6 750 2552 10.5 9.5 93 1.1 9.9 223 27 308.0 309.8 293.9 338.2 9.96 7 700 3125 7.3 5.3 87 2.0 6.1 232 29 310.6 312.1 293.1 335.2 8.01 8 650 3733 4.5 2.1 84 2.4 3.1 234 29 314.1 315.4 293.2 335.5 6.85 9 600 4381 0.4 -3.5 75 3.9 -1.6 231 30 316.5 317.5 292.3 332.3 4.92 10 550 5072 -4.8 -9.5 69 4.8 -6.8 228 32 318.4 319.1 291.6 329.5 3.38 11 500 5814 -10.0 -19.7 45 9.7 -13.0 233 36 320.9 321.2 290.7 326.3 1.61 12 450 6621 -13.2 -37.3 11 24.1 -17.8 236 39 326.6 326.7 291.1 327.9 0.35 13 400 7507 -19.0 -47.3 6 28.4 -22.7 238 47 330.3 330.4 291.9 330.9 0.13 14 350 8486 -26.3 -52.4 7 26.1 -28.7 238 54 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.6 0.09 15 300 9579 -35.4 -52.3 16 16.9 -36.5 243 60 335.5 335.5 293.3 335.9 0.10 16 250 10821 -44.8 -59.1 19 14.3 -45.3 249 66 339.5 339.5 294.3 339.7 0.05 17 200 12287 -52.5 -72.2 8 19.7 -52.9 254 72 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.6 0.01 18 150 14098 -62.9 -80.2 8 17.3 -63.0 256 59 361.7 361.7 299.0 361.7 0.00 19 100 16532 -72.3 -86.4 10 14.1 -72.3 253 36 388.0 388.0 303.5 388.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.42 m Freezing level: 596.51 mb = 4428.80 m = 14529.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.66 mb = 4158.90 m = 13644.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.52 % Est. max temperature: 30.90 C = 87.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 878.17 mb = 1215.30 m = 3987.17 ft T: 18.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.42 C/km ThetaE index: 8.91 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 868.75 mb = 1307.92 m = 4291.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.98 C = 85.96 F Cap Strength: 0.53 C Lifted Index: -5.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.88 C Showalter Index: -2.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.45 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.00 C Cross Totals Index: 23.45 C K Index: 38.48 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 335.30 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1133.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 891.07 mb = 1090.17 m = 3576.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 816.07 mb = 1841.25 m = 6040.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 226.07 mb = 11482.25 m = 37670.96 ft B at Equ Level: 1132.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 126.07 mb = 15141.02 m = 49674.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.0 at 25.6 knts Storm direction: 254.0 at 19.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 127.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 127.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.68 Bulk Rich Number: 17.07 Bulk Shear: 66.37 m/s