MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 9Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 31.88,-93.27 Latitude: 31.88 Longitude: -93.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1007 48 22.2 21.8 98 0.4 21.9 262 1 294.7 297.7 294.8 342.1 16.55 1 1000 111 22.0 21.7 98 0.3 21.8 231 3 295.2 298.1 295.0 342.7 16.57 2 950 558 21.5 20.5 94 1.0 20.8 264 22 299.0 302.0 295.8 346.3 16.23 3 900 1027 19.5 17.0 85 2.5 17.8 308 25 301.6 304.2 294.8 341.9 13.66 4 850 1517 15.6 14.3 92 1.3 14.7 317 28 302.5 304.7 293.9 338.4 12.15 5 800 2029 11.5 8.5 82 3.0 9.7 317 26 303.4 305.1 291.6 329.6 8.77 6 750 2565 7.8 -2.0 50 9.9 2.9 299 24 305.1 305.9 288.3 318.5 4.39 7 700 3130 5.4 -19.6 14 25.0 -3.0 290 25 308.5 308.7 286.2 312.3 1.16 8 650 3735 5.3 -33.7 4 39.0 -4.8 294 28 314.9 315.0 287.5 316.2 0.34 9 600 4383 1.4 -33.4 5 34.8 -7.3 308 27 317.8 317.9 288.5 319.2 0.38 10 550 5076 -3.9 -41.6 4 37.6 -11.3 333 33 319.4 319.4 288.8 320.1 0.18 11 500 5818 -9.5 -39.6 7 30.2 -15.1 324 45 321.5 321.6 289.5 322.4 0.24 12 450 6623 -15.0 -54.4 2 39.4 -19.7 301 37 324.3 324.3 290.1 324.5 0.05 13 400 7501 -21.9 -53.5 4 31.6 -25.1 300 40 326.5 326.5 290.8 326.8 0.07 14 350 8468 -28.4 -59.9 3 31.5 -30.6 279 41 330.5 330.5 291.9 330.6 0.03 15 300 9555 -36.8 -54.8 14 18.0 -37.9 262 43 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.8 0.07 16 250 10797 -44.0 -67.5 6 23.5 -44.7 263 45 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.7 0.02 17 200 12267 -52.1 -73.9 6 21.8 -52.5 267 50 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.3 0.01 18 150 14084 -61.9 -81.0 6 19.1 -62.1 266 55 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.4 0.00 19 100 16533 -71.1 -87.4 7 16.3 -71.2 273 30 390.3 390.3 303.8 390.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.08 m Freezing level: 586.64 mb = 4568.03 m = 14986.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 725.08 mb = 2841.42 m = 9322.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.73 % Est. max temperature: 29.85 C = 85.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1002.00 mb = 93.98 m = 308.31 ft T: 22.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.54 C/km ThetaE index: 34.00 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 896.29 mb = 1062.55 m = 3486.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.19 C = 84.54 F Cap Strength: 1.12 C Lifted Index: -4.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.55 C Showalter Index: -2.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.83 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.06 C Cross Totals Index: 23.76 C K Index: 14.37 Risk: None Sweat Index: 272.90 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1425.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 22.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 942.28 mb = 628.81 m = 2063.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 867.28 mb = 1344.57 m = 4411.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.28 mb = 11424.73 m = 37482.26 ft B at Equ Level: 1415.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.28 mb = 15076.50 m = 49462.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 309.2 at 27.7 knts Storm direction: 339.2 at 20.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 2.1 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 222.8 neg: -30.9 tot: 191.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 64.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.98 Bulk Rich Number: 21.70 Bulk Shear: 65.70 m/s