MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 32.5,-93.67 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 27.6 21.5 69 6.1 23.2 178 7 300.6 303.6 296.3 348.4 16.29 1 1000 71 27.8 21.3 68 6.4 23.2 177 5 300.9 303.9 296.3 348.5 16.20 2 950 525 24.5 20.1 77 4.4 21.3 188 22 302.0 304.9 296.3 348.5 15.75 3 900 996 20.1 18.8 92 1.3 19.2 192 23 302.2 305.1 296.1 347.6 15.37 4 850 1487 16.4 14.7 90 1.7 15.3 208 27 303.3 305.7 294.4 340.5 12.50 5 800 2002 13.7 11.7 88 2.0 12.4 228 31 305.8 307.8 294.0 338.5 10.89 6 750 2544 10.4 9.5 94 1.0 9.8 234 34 307.9 309.8 293.9 338.1 9.96 7 700 3116 7.3 6.1 92 1.2 6.6 238 37 310.5 312.1 293.4 336.6 8.48 8 650 3723 3.8 2.3 90 1.5 2.9 241 39 313.3 314.6 293.1 335.1 6.97 9 600 4370 0.2 -2.2 84 2.3 -1.0 246 43 316.3 317.4 292.7 333.6 5.44 10 550 5062 -4.3 -9.0 70 4.7 -6.4 243 46 319.0 319.7 291.9 330.5 3.52 11 500 5807 -8.6 -23.6 29 15.0 -12.9 239 45 322.6 322.8 290.7 326.6 1.14 12 450 6614 -13.8 -39.2 10 25.3 -18.3 240 50 325.9 325.9 290.8 326.9 0.29 13 400 7498 -19.6 -47.7 6 28.1 -23.2 240 58 329.5 329.5 291.7 330.0 0.13 14 350 8473 -27.3 -54.4 6 27.2 -29.6 243 62 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.3 0.07 15 300 9564 -35.9 -61.5 5 25.6 -37.1 248 62 334.8 334.8 293.0 335.0 0.03 16 250 10809 -43.1 -67.7 5 24.5 -43.9 256 62 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.0 0.02 17 200 12283 -51.5 -74.7 5 23.1 -52.0 261 67 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.2 0.01 18 150 14100 -63.6 -80.1 9 16.5 -63.7 256 60 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.5 0.00 19 100 16534 -71.7 -85.7 11 14.1 -71.7 253 35 389.3 389.3 303.7 389.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.76 m Freezing level: 598.09 mb = 4396.23 m = 14423.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.99 mb = 4196.81 m = 13768.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.06 % Est. max temperature: 30.31 C = 86.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.77 mb = 835.11 m = 2739.82 ft T: 21.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.88 C/km ThetaE index: 21.94 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 884.38 mb = 1146.54 m = 3761.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.57 C = 85.23 F Cap Strength: 0.54 C Lifted Index: -5.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.89 C Showalter Index: -1.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.29 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.98 C Cross Totals Index: 23.31 C K Index: 38.56 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 363.95 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.73 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1703.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.84 mb = 1045.48 m = 3430.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 869.84 mb = 1288.85 m = 4228.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 209.84 mb = 11965.83 m = 39257.48 ft B at Equ Level: 1690.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 109.84 mb = 15970.81 m = 52397.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.9 at 34.9 knts Storm direction: 262.9 at 26.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 255.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 255.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 85.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.39 Bulk Rich Number: 17.25 Bulk Shear: 98.78 m/s