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: 32.68,-93.85 Latitude: 32.68 Longitude: -93.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1005 61 23.2 23.0 99 0.2 23.1 180 6 296.0 299.2 296.1 347.5 17.87 1 1000 102 23.1 22.9 99 0.2 23.0 182 8 296.3 299.5 296.1 347.8 17.88 2 950 549 20.3 17.8 86 2.4 18.6 202 21 297.8 300.2 293.6 337.3 13.65 3 900 1014 18.1 11.3 64 6.8 13.8 257 22 300.2 301.9 291.1 327.8 9.40 4 850 1503 16.7 9.5 62 7.2 12.3 284 35 303.6 305.3 291.7 329.9 8.79 5 800 2016 13.3 7.5 68 5.9 9.9 286 43 305.4 306.9 291.7 330.0 8.15 6 750 2556 9.1 4.9 75 4.2 6.7 285 44 306.4 307.8 291.3 328.5 7.27 7 700 3124 5.0 2.0 81 3.0 3.4 279 42 308.1 309.2 291.0 327.5 6.33 8 650 3724 0.9 -0.2 92 1.1 0.3 268 39 310.0 311.1 291.2 328.0 5.82 9 600 4365 -1.9 -2.5 95 0.6 -2.2 253 33 313.9 314.9 291.9 330.6 5.29 10 550 5053 -5.2 -6.1 94 0.9 -5.7 245 30 317.9 318.7 292.3 332.1 4.41 11 500 5797 -8.8 -10.1 90 1.3 -9.4 244 31 322.3 323.0 292.8 334.1 3.55 12 450 6608 -12.7 -14.3 88 1.6 -13.3 248 33 327.3 327.9 293.6 336.9 2.81 13 400 7497 -18.2 -20.2 84 2.1 -18.8 253 34 331.4 331.8 293.9 338.1 1.91 14 350 8481 -25.0 -27.6 79 2.6 -25.6 255 35 335.1 335.3 294.1 339.2 1.13 15 300 9583 -33.4 -36.4 74 3.0 -33.8 250 36 338.3 338.4 294.4 340.5 0.57 16 250 10836 -43.7 -47.1 69 3.4 -43.9 244 43 341.1 341.2 294.8 342.0 0.22 17 200 12294 -54.5 -58.8 59 4.2 -54.6 254 56 346.4 346.4 295.9 346.7 0.07 18 150 14103 -61.9 -80.3 7 18.4 -62.0 263 49 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.4 0.00 19 100 16569 -71.1 -87.1 8 16.0 -71.2 257 30 390.4 390.4 303.8 390.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.80 m Freezing level: 633.91 mb = 3930.46 m = 12895.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.79 mb = 3801.11 m = 12470.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.75 % Est. max temperature: 30.56 C = 87.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1001.77 mb = 86.61 m = 284.16 ft T: 23.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.17 C/km ThetaE index: 20.01 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 844.73 mb = 1555.28 m = 5102.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.07 C = 87.92 F Cap Strength: 1.97 C Lifted Index: -1.30 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.14 C Showalter Index: 2.51 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.74 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.47 C Cross Totals Index: 18.27 C K Index: 31.93 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 214.75 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.76 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 302.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 70.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 920.78 mb = 817.42 m = 2681.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 765.78 mb = 2381.72 m = 7813.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 435.78 mb = 6850.14 m = 22473.95 ft B at Equ Level: 302.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 225.78 mb = 11501.33 m = 37733.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.4 at 33.2 knts Storm direction: 294.4 at 24.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.7 neg: 0.8 tot: 8.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 135.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 253.6 neg: -24.5 tot: 229.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 76.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.6 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.48 Bulk Rich Number: 2.41 Bulk Shear: 125.83 m/s