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: 32.68,-93.73 Latitude: 32.68 Longitude: -93.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1002 60 29.1 20.2 59 8.9 22.8 166 8 302.1 304.8 295.8 346.4 15.03 1 1000 81 28.3 19.8 60 8.5 22.3 165 7 301.4 304.1 295.4 344.7 14.70 2 950 533 23.5 19.0 76 4.5 20.3 171 11 301.0 303.7 295.3 344.1 14.67 3 900 1003 18.9 17.9 94 1.0 18.2 183 13 301.0 303.7 295.2 343.7 14.53 4 850 1493 16.8 14.0 84 2.8 14.9 216 21 303.7 305.9 294.1 339.1 11.89 5 800 2008 13.3 12.5 95 0.8 12.7 219 25 305.3 307.4 294.2 339.6 11.44 6 750 2549 10.3 9.8 97 0.5 9.9 224 27 307.7 309.6 294.0 338.5 10.17 7 700 3122 7.4 6.8 96 0.6 7.0 233 30 310.7 312.4 293.8 338.0 8.88 8 650 3730 4.5 2.9 90 1.6 3.6 235 31 314.1 315.5 293.6 336.9 7.30 9 600 4378 0.3 -3.8 74 4.1 -1.7 232 32 316.4 317.4 292.2 331.8 4.80 10 550 5069 -5.0 -9.1 73 4.1 -6.7 228 34 318.2 318.8 291.6 329.6 3.51 11 500 5810 -10.3 -19.8 46 9.5 -13.2 232 37 320.5 320.8 290.5 325.9 1.59 12 450 6616 -13.7 -37.9 11 24.2 -18.2 235 41 326.0 326.1 290.9 327.2 0.32 13 400 7501 -19.2 -46.3 7 27.0 -22.9 236 48 330.0 330.0 291.9 330.6 0.15 14 350 8479 -26.6 -52.1 7 25.5 -29.0 237 56 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.3 0.09 15 300 9572 -35.6 -51.8 17 16.2 -36.7 241 62 335.2 335.3 293.2 335.7 0.11 16 250 10813 -44.8 -59.6 18 14.8 -45.4 248 69 339.4 339.4 294.2 339.6 0.05 17 200 12279 -52.3 -72.0 8 19.7 -52.7 253 75 349.9 349.9 296.6 350.0 0.01 18 150 14091 -62.7 -80.5 7 17.8 -62.9 256 62 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.0 0.00 19 100 16527 -71.9 -86.9 9 15.0 -72.0 254 38 388.7 388.7 303.6 388.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5729.60 m Freezing level: 597.39 mb = 4414.09 m = 14481.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.30 mb = 4161.16 m = 13651.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.94 % Est. max temperature: 30.65 C = 87.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 880.69 mb = 1189.00 m = 3900.88 ft T: 18.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.58 C/km ThetaE index: 13.64 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 865.62 mb = 1336.98 m = 4386.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.92 C = 85.85 F Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lifted Index: -5.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.59 C Showalter Index: -3.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.35 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.07 C Cross Totals Index: 24.27 C K Index: 40.44 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 353.35 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.60 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1108.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.56 mb = 1122.34 m = 3682.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 822.56 mb = 1771.92 m = 5813.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 222.56 mb = 11576.82 m = 37981.24 ft B at Equ Level: 1096.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 132.56 mb = 14834.23 m = 48668.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.1 at 26.8 knts Storm direction: 255.1 at 20.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 130.0 neg: -1.8 tot: 128.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.70 Bulk Rich Number: 15.94 Bulk Shear: 69.54 m/s