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,-93.70 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 1006 55 23.6 23.2 97 0.4 23.3 294 4 296.2 299.5 296.2 348.2 18.02 1 1000 111 23.3 23.1 98 0.3 23.2 290 6 296.5 299.7 296.3 348.5 18.02 2 950 559 21.2 20.1 93 1.1 20.4 230 17 298.7 301.6 295.4 344.5 15.74 3 900 1025 17.7 16.6 93 1.1 17.0 246 19 299.8 302.2 294.0 338.6 13.29 4 850 1513 14.7 13.0 90 1.7 13.6 276 25 301.5 303.6 292.9 334.4 11.15 5 800 2024 11.5 9.9 90 1.6 10.5 289 32 303.5 305.2 292.3 332.1 9.63 6 750 2561 8.3 6.9 91 1.4 7.5 288 36 305.6 307.2 291.9 330.7 8.34 7 700 3128 5.0 3.7 92 1.2 4.3 281 32 308.0 309.3 291.7 329.9 7.17 8 650 3729 0.9 0.3 96 0.6 0.6 269 23 310.0 311.1 291.3 328.7 6.03 9 600 4369 -2.3 -2.8 97 0.5 -2.6 242 20 313.4 314.4 291.6 329.8 5.19 10 550 5057 -4.9 -5.7 94 0.8 -5.3 226 30 318.3 319.2 292.5 333.0 4.55 11 500 5803 -8.3 -9.5 91 1.2 -8.9 225 38 322.9 323.6 293.1 335.1 3.71 12 450 6613 -13.1 -14.8 87 1.7 -13.7 233 41 326.7 327.3 293.3 335.9 2.69 13 400 7502 -18.2 -20.3 83 2.2 -18.8 245 42 331.4 331.8 293.9 338.1 1.90 14 350 8486 -24.9 -27.5 79 2.7 -25.5 256 42 335.2 335.5 294.1 339.4 1.14 15 300 9589 -33.2 -36.2 74 3.0 -33.6 262 41 338.7 338.8 294.5 340.9 0.58 16 250 10843 -43.5 -46.9 69 3.4 -43.8 262 46 341.3 341.4 294.8 342.2 0.22 17 200 12303 -54.2 -58.4 60 4.1 -54.4 265 56 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.2 0.07 18 150 14120 -61.4 -80.6 6 19.2 -61.6 259 48 364.3 364.3 299.5 364.3 0.00 19 100 16577 -71.7 -86.7 9 15.0 -71.8 261 31 389.2 389.2 303.7 389.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5692.43 m Freezing level: 636.12 mb = 3906.63 m = 12816.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.43 mb = 3847.53 m = 12622.97 ft Precipitable water: 2.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.07 % Est. max temperature: 28.69 C = 83.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1000.38 mb = 107.23 m = 351.80 ft T: 23.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.97 C/km ThetaE index: 19.86 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 932.62 mb = 717.95 m = 2355.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.46 C = 79.63 F Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lifted Index: -3.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.15 C Showalter Index: 0.84 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.36 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.01 C Cross Totals Index: 21.35 C K Index: 34.81 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 244.94 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.03 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1133.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 944.49 mb = 608.75 m = 1997.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 919.49 mb = 840.38 m = 2757.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 219.49 mb = 11694.91 m = 38368.65 ft B at Equ Level: 1127.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 129.49 mb = 15011.24 m = 49248.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.7 at 26.8 knts Storm direction: 287.7 at 20.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 3.4 tot: 8.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 166.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 99.8 neg: -17.7 tot: 82.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.71 Bulk Rich Number: 33.28 Bulk Shear: 34.05 m/s