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: 32.42,-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 1006 55 23.4 22.8 96 0.6 23.0 284 5 296.1 299.2 296.0 346.9 17.65 1 1000 107 23.4 22.6 96 0.7 22.9 281 6 296.5 299.7 296.0 347.2 17.57 2 950 556 22.0 19.9 88 2.1 20.6 228 21 299.6 302.4 295.6 345.1 15.60 3 900 1024 18.1 17.3 95 0.8 17.6 231 24 300.2 302.7 294.6 341.0 13.95 4 850 1512 15.2 13.7 91 1.5 14.3 253 28 302.1 304.2 293.4 336.6 11.68 5 800 2024 11.9 10.7 92 1.2 11.2 271 30 303.8 305.7 292.8 334.1 10.15 6 750 2562 8.3 7.4 94 0.9 7.8 283 34 305.6 307.2 292.2 331.6 8.65 7 700 3129 4.9 4.3 96 0.6 4.5 278 31 307.9 309.3 291.9 330.6 7.45 8 650 3731 1.2 0.6 96 0.6 0.8 266 23 310.3 311.5 291.5 329.4 6.16 9 600 4370 -2.6 -3.3 95 0.7 -3.0 236 23 313.1 314.0 291.4 328.8 4.98 10 550 5058 -5.4 -6.1 95 0.7 -5.7 223 35 317.7 318.6 292.2 331.9 4.41 11 500 5801 -9.5 -10.9 90 1.3 -10.1 224 42 321.4 322.1 292.4 332.5 3.34 12 450 6607 -14.2 -16.1 85 1.9 -14.9 229 45 325.3 325.8 292.7 333.6 2.41 13 400 7493 -18.6 -20.8 83 2.2 -19.3 241 45 330.8 331.1 293.6 337.2 1.82 14 350 8477 -24.6 -27.3 79 2.6 -25.2 257 47 335.6 335.8 294.3 339.8 1.17 15 300 9581 -33.1 -36.0 75 2.9 -33.5 266 47 338.8 338.9 294.6 341.0 0.59 16 250 10835 -43.7 -47.1 69 3.4 -44.0 265 50 341.1 341.1 294.8 341.9 0.22 17 200 12293 -53.6 -58.2 57 4.6 -53.8 267 54 347.9 347.9 296.3 348.2 0.07 18 150 14111 -61.7 -80.0 7 18.3 -61.9 258 47 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.8 0.00 19 100 16565 -71.8 -86.3 10 14.6 -71.8 262 32 389.0 389.0 303.6 389.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.41 m Freezing level: 634.54 mb = 3928.54 m = 12888.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.97 mb = 3867.55 m = 12688.65 ft Precipitable water: 2.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.59 % Est. max temperature: 29.20 C = 84.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 997.68 mb = 127.07 m = 416.88 ft T: 23.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.39 C/km ThetaE index: 18.43 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 919.53 mb = 837.93 m = 2749.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.31 C = 81.15 F Cap Strength: 0.96 C Lifted Index: -4.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.29 C Showalter Index: -1.29 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.97 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.73 C Cross Totals Index: 23.24 C K Index: 37.85 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 262.85 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.93 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1272.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 935.89 mb = 685.29 m = 2248.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 910.89 mb = 919.73 m = 3017.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 220.89 mb = 11644.08 m = 38201.90 ft B at Equ Level: 1266.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 120.89 mb = 15416.80 m = 50579.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.1 at 28.6 knts Storm direction: 278.1 at 21.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 3.5 tot: 8.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -177.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 140.5 neg: -7.1 tot: 133.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.98 Bulk Rich Number: 36.50 Bulk Shear: 34.86 m/s