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: 32.42,-93.49 Latitude: 32.42 Longitude: -93.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 21.6 20.9 96 0.7 21.2 172 5 294.3 297.1 294.1 339.1 15.69 1 1000 103 21.5 20.9 96 0.6 21.1 171 7 294.7 297.5 294.3 339.8 15.77 2 950 548 20.9 17.1 79 3.8 18.3 204 20 298.4 300.8 293.4 336.2 13.01 3 900 1016 19.8 15.1 74 4.7 16.6 247 20 301.9 304.1 293.7 337.4 12.05 4 850 1507 16.7 13.3 80 3.4 14.5 288 32 303.7 305.8 293.7 337.6 11.40 5 800 2021 12.9 7.8 71 5.1 9.8 300 38 304.9 306.4 291.7 329.8 8.30 6 750 2560 8.5 3.5 71 5.0 5.8 301 32 305.8 307.1 290.5 325.8 6.58 7 700 3126 3.9 -1.7 67 5.6 1.1 291 28 306.8 307.7 289.2 321.6 4.82 8 650 3724 1.9 -20.7 17 22.6 -5.4 279 32 311.1 311.4 287.1 314.9 1.13 9 600 4367 -0.5 -27.7 11 27.2 -8.0 276 35 315.5 315.6 288.0 317.8 0.65 10 550 5057 -3.8 -39.1 5 35.2 -11.1 281 36 319.5 319.6 288.9 320.4 0.24 11 500 5802 -8.6 -49.7 2 41.1 -14.8 284 38 322.6 322.6 289.6 322.9 0.08 12 450 6608 -14.3 -52.1 2 37.7 -19.1 265 41 325.2 325.2 290.4 325.5 0.07 13 400 7489 -20.4 -56.7 2 36.3 -23.9 261 46 328.4 328.4 291.3 328.6 0.04 14 350 8464 -27.2 -56.5 4 29.3 -29.6 270 48 332.0 332.1 292.3 332.3 0.05 15 300 9555 -35.5 -45.6 35 10.0 -36.4 244 43 335.3 335.3 293.3 336.1 0.22 16 250 10800 -44.7 -49.7 57 5.0 -44.9 230 44 339.7 339.7 294.4 340.3 0.16 17 200 12263 -52.2 -76.3 4 24.1 -52.6 256 48 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.1 0.01 18 150 14081 -61.7 -80.1 7 18.4 -61.9 262 53 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.8 0.00 19 100 16538 -71.7 -86.9 9 15.1 -71.8 255 30 389.2 389.2 303.6 389.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.47 m Freezing level: 610.78 mb = 4227.94 m = 13871.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 691.66 mb = 3222.33 m = 10571.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.76 % Est. max temperature: 30.82 C = 87.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 995.87 mb = 139.09 m = 456.34 ft T: 21.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.64 C/km ThetaE index: 22.68 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 838.28 mb = 1625.15 m = 5331.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.30 C = 88.33 F Cap Strength: 3.11 C Lifted Index: -0.78 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.07 C Showalter Index: -0.78 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.20 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.30 C Cross Totals Index: 21.90 C K Index: 33.07 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 261.97 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.85 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 339.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 102.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.57 mb = 886.85 m = 2909.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 778.57 mb = 2247.94 m = 7375.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 298.57 mb = 9587.48 m = 31454.61 ft B at Equ Level: 338.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 198.57 mb = 12308.91 m = 40383.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 281.0 at 30.8 knts Storm direction: 311.0 at 23.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 1.1 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 327.8 neg: -19.2 tot: 308.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 102.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.8 stream: 7.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.69 Bulk Rich Number: 2.43 Bulk Shear: 139.33 m/s