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,-93.70 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 25.9 22.2 80 3.7 23.2 166 8 298.8 301.9 296.3 348.3 17.00 1 1000 79 25.9 22.1 80 3.8 23.1 167 9 299.0 302.1 296.3 348.4 16.94 2 950 530 22.3 20.7 91 1.6 21.2 182 20 299.8 302.8 296.1 347.8 16.41 3 900 999 19.0 18.1 94 0.9 18.4 189 19 301.0 303.7 295.3 344.1 14.63 4 850 1489 16.1 15.0 94 1.0 15.4 199 24 303.0 305.3 294.5 340.7 12.74 5 800 2003 13.4 12.1 92 1.3 12.6 219 23 305.4 307.5 294.0 338.9 11.17 6 750 2544 10.3 9.3 94 1.0 9.7 235 27 307.7 309.6 293.7 337.6 9.85 7 700 3116 7.1 6.2 94 0.9 6.6 231 31 310.4 312.0 293.5 336.6 8.56 8 650 3723 3.8 2.7 92 1.1 3.2 234 35 313.3 314.7 293.3 335.7 7.19 9 600 4370 0.1 -1.0 93 1.0 -0.5 239 38 316.2 317.3 293.1 335.1 5.95 10 550 5063 -4.1 -5.1 93 1.0 -4.6 240 41 319.3 320.2 293.0 334.7 4.78 11 500 5809 -8.1 -8.7 96 0.5 -8.4 234 41 323.1 323.9 293.4 336.3 3.98 12 450 6622 -12.5 -12.8 97 0.3 -12.6 234 42 327.6 328.2 293.9 338.4 3.18 13 400 7512 -18.5 -22.3 71 3.9 -19.6 231 49 331.0 331.3 293.5 336.6 1.59 14 350 8490 -27.1 -37.6 36 10.5 -28.6 235 58 332.3 332.4 292.7 333.9 0.43 15 300 9581 -36.0 -48.0 28 11.9 -37.0 241 66 334.6 334.7 293.2 335.3 0.17 16 250 10822 -44.3 -60.3 15 15.9 -44.9 249 71 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.4 0.05 17 200 12292 -51.5 -69.8 10 18.3 -51.9 264 63 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.3 0.02 18 150 14107 -63.2 -82.1 6 18.9 -63.4 264 60 361.1 361.1 298.9 361.2 0.00 19 100 16541 -71.6 -86.1 10 14.5 -71.7 261 36 389.3 389.3 303.7 389.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5729.56 m Freezing level: 599.18 mb = 4381.28 m = 14374.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.82 mb = 4278.61 m = 14037.26 ft Precipitable water: 2.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.63 % Est. max temperature: 29.95 C = 85.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.58 mb = 524.29 m = 1720.11 ft T: 22.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.66 C/km ThetaE index: 13.72 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 913.09 mb = 873.52 m = 2865.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.81 C = 82.06 F Cap Strength: 0.54 C Lifted Index: -4.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.69 C Showalter Index: -1.64 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.33 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.18 C Cross Totals Index: 23.15 C K Index: 38.33 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 368.09 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.98 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1489.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 924.66 mb = 764.26 m = 2507.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 899.66 mb = 1002.03 m = 3287.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 219.66 mb = 11674.44 m = 38301.49 ft B at Equ Level: 1486.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 119.66 mb = 15463.35 m = 50732.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.4 at 30.5 knts Storm direction: 257.4 at 22.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.7 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 165.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 165.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.32 Bulk Rich Number: 19.60 Bulk Shear: 75.95 m/s