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: 32.5,-93.67 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 26.9 21.5 72 5.4 23.0 166 7 299.8 302.8 296.1 347.7 16.35 1 1000 78 26.9 21.5 72 5.4 23.0 168 7 300.1 303.1 296.2 348.1 16.39 2 950 529 22.9 20.2 84 2.8 21.0 182 20 300.5 303.4 296.0 347.0 15.86 3 900 999 19.1 18.3 95 0.8 18.6 189 19 301.2 303.9 295.5 345.0 14.89 4 850 1488 15.9 15.1 95 0.8 15.4 200 24 302.8 305.2 294.5 340.8 12.81 5 800 2002 13.2 12.0 92 1.3 12.4 225 24 305.3 307.3 293.9 338.4 11.06 6 750 2543 10.1 9.0 93 1.1 9.4 238 28 307.5 309.3 293.5 336.7 9.63 7 700 3115 7.0 6.2 95 0.8 6.5 232 31 310.2 311.8 293.4 336.4 8.52 8 650 3722 3.7 2.8 94 0.9 3.2 233 35 313.2 314.6 293.3 335.8 7.24 9 600 4368 -0.1 -1.1 93 1.0 -0.6 239 38 316.0 317.1 293.0 334.7 5.89 10 550 5061 -4.1 -4.9 94 0.8 -4.5 240 41 319.2 320.1 293.0 334.8 4.83 11 500 5807 -8.0 -8.4 97 0.4 -8.2 235 42 323.3 324.1 293.5 336.7 4.07 12 450 6620 -12.1 -12.5 97 0.4 -12.3 234 43 328.0 328.6 294.1 339.0 3.26 13 400 7512 -18.3 -20.5 83 2.2 -19.0 230 51 331.2 331.6 293.8 337.8 1.88 14 350 8490 -27.2 -37.2 38 10.0 -28.6 233 58 332.1 332.2 292.7 333.8 0.45 15 300 9580 -36.1 -46.4 34 10.3 -37.0 239 66 334.5 334.5 293.1 335.2 0.20 16 250 10821 -44.4 -58.8 19 14.3 -45.0 247 70 340.0 340.0 294.4 340.2 0.06 17 200 12291 -51.5 -71.0 8 19.5 -51.9 263 62 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.3 0.01 18 150 14105 -63.3 -82.2 6 18.9 -63.4 264 60 361.1 361.1 298.9 361.1 0.00 19 100 16540 -71.6 -86.0 10 14.5 -71.6 261 36 389.5 389.5 303.7 389.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5729.57 m Freezing level: 601.34 mb = 4350.95 m = 14274.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.08 mb = 4260.33 m = 13977.27 ft Precipitable water: 2.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.45 % Est. max temperature: 29.83 C = 85.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.28 mb = 739.39 m = 2425.79 ft T: 21.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.56 C/km ThetaE index: 13.39 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 902.54 mb = 974.22 m = 3196.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.22 C = 82.80 F Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lifted Index: -3.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.75 C Showalter Index: -1.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.05 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.93 C Cross Totals Index: 23.11 C K Index: 38.27 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 367.87 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.92 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1449.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.05 mb = 892.74 m = 2928.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 886.05 mb = 1132.57 m = 3715.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 216.05 mb = 11782.31 m = 38655.41 ft B at Equ Level: 1439.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 116.05 mb = 15646.12 m = 51331.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.4 at 30.8 knts Storm direction: 258.4 at 23.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.7 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 177.0 neg: -0.0 tot: 177.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 59.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.44 Bulk Rich Number: 18.31 Bulk Shear: 79.15 m/s