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 the city database file for: KBAD ... Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: KBAD Latitude: 32.50 Longitude: -93.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 55 28.9 20.2 59 8.8 22.7 161 8 301.8 304.6 295.7 346.0 15.00 1 1000 83 28.0 20.0 62 8.0 22.3 161 7 301.2 303.9 295.5 345.0 14.91 2 950 535 23.2 19.0 77 4.2 20.3 167 11 300.8 303.5 295.3 344.0 14.75 3 900 1004 18.8 17.8 94 1.0 18.1 189 15 300.9 303.5 295.1 343.2 14.42 4 850 1495 17.1 13.0 77 4.1 14.4 213 20 304.0 306.1 293.6 337.1 11.11 5 800 2010 13.7 12.6 93 1.0 13.0 218 25 305.7 307.9 294.4 340.4 11.56 6 750 2552 10.5 9.6 94 1.0 9.9 225 28 308.0 309.9 293.9 338.4 10.03 7 700 3124 7.1 6.1 93 1.0 6.5 233 30 310.4 312.0 293.4 336.5 8.49 8 650 3732 4.6 1.9 83 2.7 3.1 235 29 314.2 315.5 293.2 335.4 6.77 9 600 4380 0.3 -4.0 73 4.4 -1.8 232 30 316.5 317.4 292.2 331.7 4.74 10 550 5071 -4.8 -9.5 69 4.7 -6.8 228 32 318.4 319.0 291.5 329.4 3.37 11 500 5813 -10.1 -20.4 43 10.3 -13.3 233 36 320.7 321.0 290.5 325.9 1.51 12 450 6619 -13.3 -38.0 11 24.6 -17.9 236 39 326.5 326.6 291.0 327.7 0.32 13 400 7506 -18.9 -46.3 7 27.4 -22.7 237 47 330.4 330.4 292.0 330.9 0.15 14 350 8484 -26.4 -52.4 7 26.0 -28.8 238 54 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.6 0.09 15 300 9577 -35.4 -52.4 16 16.9 -36.6 242 60 335.4 335.4 293.3 335.8 0.10 16 250 10819 -44.8 -59.1 19 14.3 -45.3 249 67 339.5 339.5 294.3 339.7 0.05 17 200 12285 -52.5 -72.2 8 19.7 -52.9 254 73 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.6 0.01 18 150 14096 -62.9 -80.2 8 17.3 -63.0 256 60 361.7 361.7 299.0 361.7 0.00 19 100 16530 -72.2 -86.6 10 14.4 -72.3 253 37 388.2 388.2 303.5 388.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.13 m Freezing level: 596.68 mb = 4425.74 m = 14519.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.25 mb = 4137.38 m = 13573.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.24 % Est. max temperature: 30.95 C = 87.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 883.57 mb = 1162.18 m = 3812.88 ft T: 18.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.42 C/km ThetaE index: 14.50 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 860.94 mb = 1384.99 m = 4543.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.45 C = 86.81 F Cap Strength: 0.76 C Lifted Index: -5.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.78 C Showalter Index: -2.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.25 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.19 C Cross Totals Index: 23.06 C K Index: 39.12 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 324.80 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1037.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 891.58 mb = 1084.73 m = 3558.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 806.58 mb = 1940.22 m = 6365.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 226.58 mb = 11465.31 m = 37615.38 ft B at Equ Level: 1032.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 136.58 mb = 14658.76 m = 48092.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.6 at 25.9 knts Storm direction: 254.6 at 19.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 132.6 neg: -1.3 tot: 131.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.67 Bulk Rich Number: 15.14 Bulk Shear: 68.51 m/s