MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 32.32,-92.86 Latitude: 32.32 Longitude: -92.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 73 23.1 22.3 95 0.9 22.5 180 2 296.1 299.2 295.6 345.4 17.13 1 1000 95 23.3 22.4 95 0.9 22.7 177 2 296.5 299.6 295.8 346.5 17.32 2 950 545 22.4 20.5 89 1.9 21.1 202 23 300.0 302.9 296.0 347.3 16.18 3 900 1014 18.6 17.6 94 1.0 17.9 205 28 300.7 303.3 294.9 342.5 14.22 4 850 1504 16.2 14.4 89 1.8 15.0 214 29 303.2 305.4 294.2 339.5 12.23 5 800 2018 13.5 11.6 88 1.9 12.3 228 32 305.6 307.6 293.8 337.9 10.77 6 750 2559 9.9 8.8 93 1.1 9.2 246 31 307.4 309.2 293.4 336.2 9.53 7 700 3130 6.6 5.4 92 1.2 5.9 249 33 309.8 311.3 292.9 334.5 8.07 8 650 3736 3.0 1.6 91 1.4 2.2 246 35 312.3 313.6 292.5 333.0 6.63 9 600 4380 -0.8 -3.7 80 2.9 -2.2 245 40 315.2 316.2 291.9 330.7 4.85 10 550 5070 -5.6 -10.1 70 4.5 -7.4 239 43 317.5 318.1 291.2 328.0 3.23 11 500 5810 -9.6 -28.3 20 18.7 -14.3 232 45 321.3 321.5 290.0 324.0 0.74 12 450 6616 -14.3 -39.8 9 25.5 -18.7 233 46 325.3 325.3 290.6 326.3 0.27 13 400 7499 -20.0 -37.6 19 17.7 -22.9 234 51 329.0 329.1 291.8 330.4 0.38 14 350 8474 -26.5 -39.3 29 12.8 -28.3 242 50 333.0 333.0 292.9 334.3 0.36 15 300 9571 -33.7 -38.6 61 4.9 -34.3 261 52 337.9 338.0 294.3 339.7 0.45 16 250 10824 -44.0 -47.4 69 3.4 -44.2 270 57 340.6 340.7 294.7 341.5 0.21 17 200 12285 -52.1 -64.9 20 12.8 -52.4 263 51 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.4 0.03 18 150 14102 -62.4 -80.3 7 17.9 -62.5 258 51 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.6 0.00 19 100 16546 -71.5 -86.0 10 14.5 -71.6 261 34 389.5 389.5 303.7 389.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5715.00 m Freezing level: 610.20 mb = 4248.83 m = 13939.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.78 mb = 4054.56 m = 13302.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.16 % Est. max temperature: 30.11 C = 86.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 990.54 mb = 178.77 m = 586.52 ft T: 23.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.04 C/km ThetaE index: 23.34 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 914.36 mb = 876.42 m = 2875.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.57 C = 81.63 F Cap Strength: 1.02 C Lifted Index: -5.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.85 C Showalter Index: -2.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.84 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.84 C Cross Totals Index: 24.00 C K Index: 39.06 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 357.04 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.05 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1403.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 932.16 mb = 709.24 m = 2326.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 897.16 mb = 1040.70 m = 3414.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 217.16 mb = 11745.98 m = 38536.20 ft B at Equ Level: 1391.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 117.16 mb = 15591.29 m = 51151.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.5 at 33.7 knts Storm direction: 264.5 at 25.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 268.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 268.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 89.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 7.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.15 Bulk Rich Number: 17.93 Bulk Shear: 78.30 m/s