MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 6Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 31.57,-93.72 Latitude: 31.57 Longitude: -93.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 23.4 22.5 95 0.8 22.8 192 3 296.1 299.2 295.8 346.1 17.36 1 1000 112 23.1 22.4 96 0.7 22.6 201 4 296.2 299.3 295.7 346.0 17.27 2 950 558 20.1 19.8 98 0.4 19.9 223 18 297.6 300.4 294.9 342.4 15.46 3 900 1025 18.4 17.6 95 0.9 17.8 250 26 300.5 303.1 294.8 342.1 14.17 4 850 1514 15.7 14.7 94 1.0 15.0 270 29 302.6 304.9 294.2 339.5 12.47 5 800 2027 12.7 11.6 93 1.1 12.0 293 34 304.7 306.7 293.6 336.9 10.79 6 750 2567 9.3 8.1 92 1.2 8.6 306 33 306.6 308.3 292.8 334.0 9.06 7 700 3136 5.9 4.0 87 2.0 4.8 311 30 309.0 310.4 292.1 331.4 7.29 8 650 3741 2.8 -0.3 80 3.1 1.2 297 25 312.2 313.3 291.8 330.2 5.78 9 600 4384 -1.1 -6.8 65 5.7 -3.7 279 25 314.8 315.5 290.9 327.0 3.82 10 550 5073 -5.1 -10.9 64 5.8 -7.4 272 27 318.1 318.7 291.2 328.0 3.03 11 500 5816 -9.2 -17.5 51 8.2 -12.1 270 30 321.8 322.2 291.2 328.3 1.94 12 450 6622 -14.0 -29.9 25 15.9 -17.7 269 36 325.6 325.8 291.2 328.2 0.71 13 400 7506 -19.6 -46.4 7 26.8 -23.1 272 39 329.5 329.5 291.7 330.1 0.15 14 350 8483 -27.0 -60.9 3 33.9 -29.5 281 52 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.4 0.03 15 300 9574 -35.3 -41.9 50 6.7 -36.0 250 31 335.7 335.7 293.6 336.9 0.32 16 250 10820 -44.8 -49.0 63 4.2 -45.0 240 34 339.5 339.5 294.4 340.2 0.18 17 200 12284 -52.4 -73.1 7 20.7 -52.7 260 49 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.9 0.01 18 150 14098 -62.3 -81.1 6 18.8 -62.5 259 56 362.7 362.7 299.2 362.7 0.00 19 100 16551 -72.1 -86.8 9 14.7 -72.1 270 26 388.5 388.5 303.6 388.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.25 m Freezing level: 614.42 mb = 4198.66 m = 13774.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.89 mb = 3892.01 m = 12768.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.61 % Est. max temperature: 29.65 C = 85.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 993.42 mb = 169.07 m = 554.68 ft T: 22.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.66 C/km ThetaE index: 19.08 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 945.70 mb = 597.24 m = 1959.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.13 C = 77.24 F Cap Strength: 0.26 C Lifted Index: -3.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.83 C Showalter Index: -2.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.88 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.94 C Cross Totals Index: 23.94 C K Index: 37.69 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 265.04 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.27 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1130.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 946.79 mb = 587.29 m = 1926.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 871.79 mb = 1297.26 m = 4256.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.79 mb = 11315.79 m = 37124.85 ft B at Equ Level: 1127.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 131.79 mb = 14880.62 m = 48820.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 281.2 at 26.9 knts Storm direction: 311.2 at 20.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 170.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 328.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 328.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 109.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 10.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.08 Bulk Rich Number: 15.00 Bulk Shear: 75.37 m/s