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: 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 1007 55 22.6 21.7 95 0.9 22.0 310 6 295.2 298.1 294.9 342.4 16.45 1 1000 119 22.1 21.5 96 0.7 21.7 309 8 295.3 298.2 294.8 342.1 16.33 2 950 564 18.9 18.7 99 0.2 18.7 298 19 296.3 298.9 293.8 337.8 14.40 3 900 1027 16.6 14.7 89 1.9 15.4 330 22 298.6 300.7 292.5 332.8 11.75 4 850 1513 13.6 11.4 86 2.3 12.2 321 23 300.4 302.3 291.7 329.8 9.99 5 800 2022 11.6 8.7 83 2.8 9.9 303 27 303.5 305.1 291.7 330.0 8.88 6 750 2560 8.5 5.1 79 3.4 6.5 295 27 305.8 307.2 291.2 328.1 7.36 7 700 3127 5.3 -4.5 49 9.9 0.7 298 35 308.4 309.1 288.9 320.5 3.90 8 650 3731 4.5 -28.9 7 33.5 -4.9 302 34 314.1 314.2 287.4 316.0 0.54 9 600 4377 0.8 -34.1 5 34.9 -7.7 309 31 317.0 317.1 288.2 318.3 0.36 10 550 5070 -3.9 -36.1 6 32.3 -11.0 325 44 319.5 319.6 288.9 320.7 0.32 11 500 5814 -8.8 -43.2 4 34.4 -14.8 308 47 322.3 322.4 289.6 323.0 0.17 12 450 6618 -15.6 -51.2 3 35.6 -20.0 310 38 323.6 323.6 289.9 323.9 0.08 13 400 7495 -22.1 -56.1 3 33.9 -25.3 307 41 326.2 326.2 290.7 326.4 0.05 14 350 8460 -29.6 -64.7 2 35.1 -31.6 295 39 328.8 328.8 291.4 328.9 0.02 15 300 9541 -37.2 -59.0 9 21.8 -38.3 272 41 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.2 0.04 16 250 10782 -44.0 -63.8 9 19.8 -44.7 268 48 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.7 0.03 17 200 12251 -52.4 -71.2 9 18.9 -52.7 268 53 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.9 0.01 18 150 14070 -61.7 -80.8 6 19.1 -61.8 268 50 363.9 363.9 299.4 363.9 0.00 19 100 16526 -70.2 -86.6 7 16.4 -70.3 276 34 392.0 392.0 304.1 392.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.27 m Freezing level: 591.51 mb = 4494.94 m = 14747.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 694.00 mb = 3196.96 m = 10488.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.63 % Est. max temperature: 27.64 C = 81.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 994.20 mb = 169.20 m = 555.12 ft T: 21.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.24 C/km ThetaE index: 13.97 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 948.44 mb = 577.68 m = 1895.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.86 C = 74.95 F Cap Strength: 0.42 C Lifted Index: -1.31 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.81 C Showalter Index: 2.56 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.58 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.43 C Cross Totals Index: 20.16 C K Index: 23.95 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 229.26 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.24 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 608.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 948.47 mb = 577.42 m = 1894.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 943.47 mb = 622.75 m = 2043.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 653.47 mb = 3687.44 m = 12097.75 ft B at Equ Level: 109.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 183.47 mb = 12796.75 m = 41983.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 309.6 at 31.1 knts Storm direction: 339.6 at 23.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 4.4 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 90.9 neg: -6.9 tot: 83.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 13.42 Bulk Shear: 45.35 m/s