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,-93.70 Latitude: 32.42 Longitude: -93.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 22.3 21.5 95 0.8 21.8 165 6 295.0 297.9 294.7 341.7 16.30 1 1000 103 22.1 21.4 96 0.6 21.6 165 8 295.2 298.1 294.8 341.9 16.27 2 950 549 21.3 18.4 84 2.9 19.3 208 20 298.8 301.3 294.3 340.0 14.16 3 900 1017 20.0 16.0 78 4.0 17.2 256 19 302.1 304.4 294.3 339.8 12.77 4 850 1508 16.7 13.7 82 3.0 14.7 290 33 303.7 305.8 293.9 338.3 11.65 5 800 2022 13.0 5.9 62 7.1 8.9 301 37 305.1 306.4 290.9 327.1 7.30 6 750 2561 8.5 2.5 66 6.1 5.2 299 32 305.8 307.0 290.1 324.4 6.11 7 700 3126 3.6 -1.2 71 4.8 1.2 295 29 306.5 307.4 289.3 321.9 5.01 8 650 3724 1.9 -21.8 15 23.7 -5.6 282 32 311.1 311.3 286.9 314.5 1.02 9 600 4367 -0.2 -36.0 5 35.7 -8.4 281 33 315.8 315.9 287.7 316.9 0.29 10 550 5058 -3.6 -41.8 3 38.2 -11.1 290 34 319.8 319.8 288.9 320.5 0.18 11 500 5803 -8.8 -45.6 3 36.8 -14.9 294 37 322.3 322.3 289.6 322.8 0.13 12 450 6608 -14.5 -54.1 2 39.5 -19.3 274 38 325.0 325.0 290.3 325.2 0.05 13 400 7490 -20.3 -51.8 4 31.5 -23.8 270 44 328.7 328.7 291.5 329.0 0.08 14 350 8463 -27.9 -49.7 11 21.9 -30.0 274 46 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.6 0.12 15 300 9554 -35.4 -58.9 7 23.4 -36.8 246 43 335.4 335.4 293.2 335.6 0.05 16 250 10799 -44.8 -56.0 27 11.2 -45.3 237 43 339.5 339.5 294.3 339.8 0.08 17 200 12263 -52.1 -72.4 7 20.3 -52.5 256 48 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.3 0.01 18 150 14080 -61.8 -80.1 7 18.3 -62.0 262 53 363.6 363.6 299.4 363.6 0.00 19 100 16539 -71.4 -87.0 8 15.7 -71.4 253 28 389.8 389.8 303.8 389.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.03 m Freezing level: 605.86 mb = 4291.64 m = 14080.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 691.23 mb = 3227.78 m = 10589.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.69 % Est. max temperature: 30.81 C = 87.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 994.31 mb = 152.23 m = 499.43 ft T: 21.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.65 C/km ThetaE index: 27.39 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 856.45 mb = 1443.52 m = 4735.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.79 C = 87.42 F Cap Strength: 2.50 C Lifted Index: -2.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.24 C Showalter Index: -1.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.03 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.53 C Cross Totals Index: 22.49 C K Index: 34.39 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 267.05 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 770.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 71.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 921.62 mb = 811.45 m = 2662.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 796.62 mb = 2057.62 m = 6750.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 246.62 mb = 10888.31 m = 35722.37 ft B at Equ Level: 765.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 156.62 mb = 13807.74 m = 45300.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 285.9 at 30.2 knts Storm direction: 315.9 at 22.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.1 neg: 1.5 tot: 8.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 333.3 neg: -21.5 tot: 311.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 103.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.2 stream: 7.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.61 Bulk Rich Number: 5.31 Bulk Shear: 145.12 m/s