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 the city database file for: KBAD ... Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: KBAD Latitude: 32.50 Longitude: -93.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 55 28.8 20.4 61 8.4 22.8 163 7 301.8 304.5 295.8 346.6 15.22 1 1000 74 28.3 20.1 61 8.2 22.5 163 6 301.5 304.2 295.7 345.6 14.99 2 950 527 23.9 19.4 76 4.5 20.7 171 13 301.4 304.2 295.7 345.7 15.06 3 900 997 19.7 17.3 86 2.4 18.1 186 18 301.8 304.3 295.0 342.8 13.94 4 850 1488 17.0 10.1 63 7.0 12.7 215 22 304.0 305.7 292.1 331.4 9.15 5 800 2003 14.1 9.9 76 4.2 11.4 203 22 306.2 307.9 293.1 335.1 9.62 6 750 2545 10.5 8.8 89 1.7 9.5 214 25 308.0 309.8 293.6 337.0 9.55 7 700 3117 7.7 6.3 91 1.5 6.9 229 28 311.0 312.7 293.7 337.4 8.58 8 650 3726 4.9 -2.1 60 7.0 1.3 229 29 314.5 315.5 291.9 330.5 5.03 9 600 4373 0.3 -7.3 57 7.6 -3.1 229 31 316.5 317.2 291.3 328.4 3.69 10 550 5065 -4.4 -10.9 60 6.5 -7.1 231 35 318.8 319.4 291.3 328.7 3.02 11 500 5807 -9.5 -18.7 47 9.2 -12.5 231 42 321.5 321.8 291.0 327.5 1.75 12 450 6617 -12.7 -37.5 11 24.8 -17.5 239 46 327.2 327.3 291.3 328.5 0.34 13 400 7504 -19.0 -46.4 7 27.4 -22.7 240 53 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.9 0.15 14 350 8481 -26.7 -51.2 8 24.4 -29.1 241 58 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.1 0.10 15 300 9573 -35.9 -50.7 20 14.8 -37.0 245 66 334.8 334.8 293.2 335.3 0.12 16 250 10816 -43.9 -61.9 12 18.1 -44.5 254 72 340.8 340.9 294.6 341.0 0.04 17 200 12290 -51.3 -73.2 6 21.9 -51.7 261 72 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.7 0.01 18 150 14105 -63.3 -79.8 9 16.6 -63.4 260 59 361.1 361.1 298.9 361.1 0.00 19 100 16532 -72.3 -86.2 11 13.9 -72.4 252 35 388.0 388.0 303.5 388.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5733.44 m Freezing level: 596.80 mb = 4417.15 m = 14491.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.30 mb = 3910.68 m = 12830.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.84 % Est. max temperature: 30.94 C = 87.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 887.31 mb = 1119.00 m = 3671.22 ft T: 19.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.39 C/km ThetaE index: 14.36 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 857.81 mb = 1409.40 m = 4623.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.68 C = 87.23 F Cap Strength: 0.89 C Lifted Index: -4.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.49 C Showalter Index: 1.13 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.04 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.51 C Cross Totals Index: 19.53 C K Index: 35.13 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 267.94 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.73 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1102.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.77 mb = 1143.65 m = 3752.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 809.77 mb = 1899.79 m = 6232.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.77 mb = 11373.20 m = 37313.20 ft B at Equ Level: 1096.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 129.77 mb = 14971.86 m = 49119.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.5 at 27.0 knts Storm direction: 251.5 at 20.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.6 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 144.8 neg: -7.0 tot: 137.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 45.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.72 Bulk Rich Number: 16.37 Bulk Shear: 67.37 m/s