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: 32.82,-92.46 Latitude: 32.82 Longitude: -92.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 51 22.5 22.0 97 0.5 22.2 161 4 295.2 298.2 295.1 343.4 16.79 1 1000 92 22.1 21.8 98 0.3 21.9 162 5 295.3 298.3 295.1 343.1 16.67 2 950 540 21.9 20.2 90 1.7 20.7 198 26 299.4 302.3 295.7 345.7 15.87 3 900 1008 19.3 16.4 83 2.9 17.4 213 34 301.4 303.8 294.3 340.1 13.14 4 850 1499 16.4 14.0 86 2.4 14.8 221 34 303.3 305.5 294.0 338.5 11.87 5 800 2012 13.1 11.5 90 1.7 12.0 226 33 305.1 307.1 293.6 337.1 10.68 6 750 2553 9.8 9.1 95 0.7 9.3 237 29 307.2 309.0 293.4 336.5 9.69 7 700 3124 6.6 6.0 96 0.6 6.2 243 30 309.8 311.4 293.2 335.6 8.41 8 650 3729 2.6 2.2 97 0.4 2.4 246 34 311.9 313.3 292.6 333.4 6.91 9 600 4372 -1.1 -2.4 91 1.3 -1.7 250 40 314.8 315.9 292.2 331.8 5.35 10 550 5062 -5.3 -7.9 82 2.6 -6.4 243 46 317.8 318.5 291.7 330.2 3.84 11 500 5805 -9.2 -19.8 42 10.6 -12.6 237 47 321.9 322.2 290.9 327.3 1.59 12 450 6611 -14.3 -38.2 11 23.9 -18.6 234 48 325.3 325.3 290.7 326.5 0.32 13 400 7494 -20.1 -38.6 18 18.5 -23.1 233 52 328.9 328.9 291.7 330.1 0.34 14 350 8468 -27.0 -40.1 28 13.1 -28.8 238 54 332.3 332.4 292.7 333.6 0.33 15 300 9563 -34.2 -38.8 63 4.7 -34.8 255 51 337.2 337.3 294.0 338.9 0.44 16 250 10811 -44.9 -48.4 68 3.5 -45.2 257 59 339.3 339.3 294.3 340.0 0.19 17 200 12272 -51.5 -73.4 6 21.9 -52.0 259 51 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.2 0.01 18 150 14089 -63.0 -80.3 8 17.3 -63.1 259 48 361.6 361.6 299.0 361.6 0.00 19 100 16539 -71.2 -86.2 9 15.0 -71.3 262 32 390.2 390.2 303.8 390.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5712.43 m Freezing level: 614.77 mb = 4182.52 m = 13722.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.19 mb = 4093.71 m = 13430.66 ft Precipitable water: 1.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.06 % Est. max temperature: 30.36 C = 86.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 998.40 mb = 106.24 m = 348.56 ft T: 22.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.88 C/km ThetaE index: 19.28 C Layer 900.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 891.60 mb = 1088.76 m = 3572.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.00 C = 84.20 F Cap Strength: 1.43 C Lifted Index: -3.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.28 C Showalter Index: -1.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.65 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.52 C Cross Totals Index: 23.12 C K Index: 38.90 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 343.18 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.25 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1153.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 28.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 932.73 mb = 698.72 m = 2292.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 837.73 mb = 1621.83 m = 5320.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.73 mb = 11421.86 m = 37472.84 ft B at Equ Level: 1143.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 137.73 mb = 14604.70 m = 47915.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.7 at 34.9 knts Storm direction: 264.7 at 26.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 306.2 neg: -0.9 tot: 305.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 101.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.15 Bulk Rich Number: 12.75 Bulk Shear: 90.44 m/s