MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 32.56,-93.66 Latitude: 32.56 Longitude: -93.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1002 56 28.8 20.5 61 8.3 22.9 161 7 301.8 304.6 296.0 347.0 15.34 1 1000 74 28.2 20.3 62 7.9 22.6 159 5 301.3 304.1 295.7 346.0 15.17 2 950 526 23.6 19.3 77 4.2 20.6 169 13 301.1 303.9 295.6 345.3 15.04 3 900 997 19.5 17.7 89 1.8 18.2 189 18 301.6 304.2 295.2 343.7 14.29 4 850 1487 17.1 10.1 63 7.0 12.7 216 22 304.1 305.8 292.1 331.4 9.15 5 800 2002 14.1 9.7 75 4.4 11.3 204 22 306.2 308.0 293.0 334.8 9.47 6 750 2544 10.4 8.7 89 1.7 9.3 215 25 307.9 309.7 293.4 336.6 9.47 7 700 3116 7.7 6.1 89 1.6 6.7 229 28 311.0 312.6 293.6 337.0 8.44 8 650 3725 4.9 -1.8 62 6.7 1.4 229 30 314.5 315.4 291.9 330.8 5.15 9 600 4372 0.3 -6.7 59 7.0 -3.0 228 32 316.5 317.2 291.4 328.9 3.85 10 550 5064 -4.5 -10.8 61 6.3 -7.1 231 36 318.7 319.3 291.3 328.7 3.04 11 500 5806 -9.5 -18.7 47 9.1 -12.5 231 43 321.4 321.8 291.0 327.4 1.75 12 450 6616 -12.8 -37.3 11 24.4 -17.6 239 46 327.1 327.2 291.3 328.4 0.35 13 400 7502 -19.1 -46.4 7 27.3 -22.8 240 53 330.2 330.2 291.9 330.7 0.15 14 350 8480 -26.8 -50.7 9 23.9 -29.2 241 59 332.6 332.6 292.5 333.0 0.10 15 300 9571 -35.9 -50.4 21 14.4 -37.0 244 66 334.7 334.8 293.1 335.3 0.13 16 250 10814 -43.9 -61.9 12 18.1 -44.6 253 72 340.8 340.8 294.6 341.0 0.04 17 200 12288 -51.2 -73.8 5 22.6 -51.6 261 73 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.7 0.01 18 150 14103 -63.3 -79.2 10 16.0 -63.4 260 59 361.1 361.1 298.9 361.1 0.01 19 100 16531 -72.3 -86.2 11 13.9 -72.3 252 35 388.1 388.1 303.5 388.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5732.58 m Freezing level: 596.93 mb = 4414.84 m = 14484.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.00 mb = 3926.68 m = 12882.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.54 % Est. max temperature: 30.99 C = 87.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 888.61 mb = 1105.95 m = 3628.41 ft T: 18.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.40 C/km ThetaE index: 15.58 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 861.13 mb = 1375.62 m = 4513.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.52 C = 86.94 F Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lifted Index: -4.80 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.53 C Showalter Index: 1.06 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.22 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.63 C Cross Totals Index: 19.59 C K Index: 35.07 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 265.67 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.75 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1137.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.03 mb = 1101.81 m = 3614.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 804.03 mb = 1959.67 m = 6429.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 224.03 mb = 11538.41 m = 37855.21 ft B at Equ Level: 1122.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 134.03 mb = 14776.96 m = 48480.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.7 at 27.3 knts Storm direction: 251.7 at 20.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.6 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 150.5 neg: -6.4 tot: 144.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.78 Bulk Rich Number: 15.82 Bulk Shear: 71.94 m/s