MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 32.42,-93.49 Latitude: 32.42 Longitude: -93.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 24.4 22.5 89 1.9 23.0 167 7 297.3 300.4 296.1 347.4 17.32 1 1000 83 24.4 22.4 88 2.1 23.0 166 7 297.6 300.7 296.1 347.7 17.27 2 950 532 21.6 20.9 96 0.7 21.1 182 19 299.1 302.1 296.1 347.4 16.58 3 900 1000 18.8 18.2 96 0.6 18.4 191 21 300.9 303.6 295.3 344.1 14.72 4 850 1490 16.0 15.1 94 1.0 15.4 200 27 302.9 305.3 294.5 340.8 12.76 5 800 2004 13.3 12.2 93 1.1 12.6 217 25 305.3 307.4 294.1 339.0 11.24 6 750 2545 10.2 9.3 94 1.0 9.6 233 27 307.7 309.5 293.7 337.5 9.83 7 700 3117 7.0 6.4 95 0.7 6.6 231 30 310.3 311.9 293.5 336.8 8.63 8 650 3724 3.7 2.6 92 1.2 3.1 234 34 313.2 314.5 293.2 335.3 7.10 9 600 4371 -0.2 -0.9 95 0.7 -0.6 238 37 315.9 317.0 293.0 334.9 5.98 10 550 5063 -3.9 -4.3 97 0.4 -4.1 239 39 319.5 320.4 293.3 335.8 5.05 11 500 5811 -7.7 -8.0 97 0.4 -7.8 235 39 323.7 324.5 293.7 337.5 4.18 12 450 6624 -12.2 -13.0 93 0.9 -12.5 235 42 328.0 328.6 294.0 338.5 3.12 13 400 7514 -18.7 -26.8 49 8.1 -20.7 234 50 330.7 330.9 292.9 334.5 1.06 14 350 8492 -26.9 -41.5 24 14.6 -28.7 235 57 332.6 332.6 292.7 333.7 0.29 15 300 9584 -35.7 -48.0 27 12.2 -36.7 237 61 335.0 335.1 293.2 335.7 0.17 16 250 10826 -44.3 -59.1 18 14.8 -44.9 245 63 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.4 0.05 17 200 12295 -51.9 -71.3 8 19.4 -52.2 262 63 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.6 0.01 18 150 14107 -63.6 -81.6 7 18.0 -63.7 264 63 360.6 360.6 298.8 360.6 0.00 19 100 16541 -71.5 -86.5 9 15.0 -71.5 260 36 389.6 389.6 303.8 389.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5727.35 m Freezing level: 602.43 mb = 4339.15 m = 14235.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.79 mb = 4266.36 m = 13997.08 ft Precipitable water: 2.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.59 % Est. max temperature: 29.93 C = 85.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 975.74 mb = 298.02 m = 977.74 ft T: 23.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.47 C/km ThetaE index: 12.80 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 926.76 mb = 746.47 m = 2449.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.02 C = 80.63 F Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lifted Index: -3.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.64 C Showalter Index: -1.20 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.46 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.72 C Cross Totals Index: 22.74 C K Index: 38.09 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 368.94 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.76 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1410.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 938.38 mb = 638.53 m = 2094.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 913.38 mb = 872.42 m = 2862.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 213.38 mb = 11868.74 m = 38938.97 ft B at Equ Level: 1398.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 113.38 mb = 15787.54 m = 51795.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.6 at 30.0 knts Storm direction: 256.6 at 22.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.5 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 187.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 187.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 62.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.45 Bulk Rich Number: 19.22 Bulk Shear: 73.39 m/s