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: 32.5,-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 1007 55 23.8 23.2 97 0.5 23.4 265 4 296.3 299.6 296.3 348.5 18.08 1 1000 112 23.3 23.1 99 0.2 23.2 266 7 296.5 299.7 296.4 348.7 18.09 2 950 560 21.0 19.8 93 1.2 20.2 231 20 298.5 301.3 295.1 343.4 15.46 3 900 1026 17.4 15.6 89 1.8 16.2 251 23 299.5 301.7 293.3 335.9 12.47 4 850 1513 14.5 12.0 85 2.5 13.0 277 32 301.4 303.3 292.3 332.2 10.44 5 800 2023 11.4 9.0 85 2.4 10.0 285 40 303.3 305.0 291.8 330.3 9.06 6 750 2560 8.3 6.1 86 2.2 7.0 285 41 305.5 307.0 291.5 329.3 7.88 7 700 3127 4.6 2.7 88 1.8 3.6 280 35 307.6 308.8 291.1 327.9 6.67 8 650 3727 0.6 0.1 96 0.6 0.3 269 24 309.7 310.8 291.2 328.0 5.92 9 600 4367 -2.2 -2.7 96 0.5 -2.5 240 20 313.6 314.6 291.7 330.0 5.22 10 550 5055 -4.8 -5.7 94 0.8 -5.2 225 29 318.4 319.3 292.6 333.1 4.57 11 500 5801 -8.4 -9.6 91 1.2 -8.9 225 37 322.8 323.6 293.1 335.1 3.70 12 450 6612 -12.8 -14.5 87 1.7 -13.4 234 42 327.2 327.8 293.5 336.6 2.77 13 400 7501 -18.1 -20.3 83 2.2 -18.8 247 42 331.4 331.8 293.9 338.1 1.90 14 350 8486 -24.6 -27.2 79 2.6 -25.2 260 42 335.6 335.8 294.3 339.9 1.18 15 300 9589 -33.2 -36.2 74 3.0 -33.6 265 41 338.7 338.8 294.5 340.9 0.58 16 250 10843 -43.6 -47.0 69 3.4 -43.8 260 45 341.3 341.3 294.8 342.2 0.22 17 200 12302 -54.5 -58.7 60 4.1 -54.6 263 57 346.4 346.4 295.9 346.7 0.07 18 150 14116 -61.4 -80.6 6 19.2 -61.6 260 47 364.3 364.3 299.5 364.3 0.00 19 100 16576 -71.7 -86.7 9 15.0 -71.8 259 31 389.2 389.2 303.6 389.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.62 m Freezing level: 638.89 mb = 3868.79 m = 12692.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.38 mb = 3795.99 m = 12453.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.00 % Est. max temperature: 28.53 C = 83.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 999.13 mb = 119.80 m = 393.03 ft T: 23.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.84 C/km ThetaE index: 20.77 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 932.03 mb = 724.66 m = 2377.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.24 C = 79.22 F Cap Strength: 0.55 C Lifted Index: -3.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.17 C Showalter Index: 1.83 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.31 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.91 C Cross Totals Index: 20.40 C K Index: 33.09 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 245.50 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.46 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 957.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 943.07 mb = 623.13 m = 2044.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 918.07 mb = 854.82 m = 2804.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.07 mb = 11443.43 m = 37543.59 ft B at Equ Level: 951.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 138.07 mb = 14618.90 m = 47961.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.4 at 29.1 knts Storm direction: 288.4 at 21.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 3.0 tot: 8.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 155.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 153.5 neg: -15.4 tot: 138.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.92 Bulk Rich Number: 23.39 Bulk Shear: 40.95 m/s