MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 33.27,-92.86 Latitude: 33.27 Longitude: -92.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 64 SFC 1000 64 26.6 19.8 67 6.7 21.8 161 5 299.7 302.4 295.0 342.8 14.73 2 950 516 23.8 19.6 77 4.2 20.9 194 25 301.4 304.2 295.8 346.5 15.32 3 900 986 19.6 18.4 93 1.2 18.8 198 30 301.7 304.5 295.7 345.7 14.94 4 850 1478 17.0 14.3 84 2.7 15.2 212 33 304.0 306.2 294.3 340.0 12.11 5 800 1993 13.6 9.8 78 3.8 11.2 236 30 305.6 307.4 292.9 334.2 9.53 6 750 2534 11.0 2.8 57 8.1 6.5 254 33 308.5 309.7 291.1 327.8 6.27 7 700 3105 6.9 3.3 78 3.6 4.9 259 38 310.2 311.5 292.2 331.6 6.95 8 650 3711 3.2 -0.9 75 4.0 1.1 251 42 312.6 313.6 291.7 329.9 5.53 9 600 4355 -0.6 -7.3 60 6.7 -3.6 245 45 315.4 316.1 290.9 327.2 3.68 10 550 5044 -5.4 -18.0 36 12.6 -9.6 241 48 317.7 318.0 289.8 323.3 1.68 11 500 5785 -9.3 -26.9 22 17.6 -13.9 250 49 321.8 321.9 290.2 324.7 0.85 12 450 6593 -13.4 -30.1 23 16.7 -17.3 255 49 326.3 326.5 291.4 328.9 0.69 13 400 7477 -20.0 -51.5 4 31.5 -23.6 255 52 329.0 329.0 291.5 329.3 0.08 14 350 8451 -27.3 -50.8 9 23.5 -29.5 253 50 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.4 0.10 15 300 9545 -34.6 -68.3 2 33.7 -36.1 256 47 336.5 336.5 293.4 336.6 0.01 16 250 10789 -44.2 -63.7 10 19.5 -44.9 251 49 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.5 0.03 17 200 12260 -51.3 -72.9 6 21.6 -51.7 261 66 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.6 0.01 18 150 14084 -61.8 -80.0 7 18.2 -61.9 252 61 363.7 363.7 299.4 363.7 0.00 19 100 16534 -72.1 -86.0 11 13.9 -72.2 255 35 388.4 388.4 303.6 388.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5721.48 m Freezing level: 608.16 mb = 4249.96 m = 13943.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.54 mb = 3854.18 m = 12644.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.36 % Est. max temperature: 30.81 C = 87.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 906.56 mb = 923.24 m = 3028.95 ft T: 20.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.04 C/km ThetaE index: 18.66 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 867.97 mb = 1297.82 m = 4257.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.99 C = 85.98 F Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lifted Index: -4.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.34 C Showalter Index: -2.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.77 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.26 C Cross Totals Index: 23.51 C K Index: 36.89 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 403.03 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.01 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1294.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.57 mb = 1038.46 m = 3406.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 829.57 mb = 1684.26 m = 5525.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.57 mb = 11351.23 m = 37241.13 ft B at Equ Level: 1292.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 129.57 mb = 14968.95 m = 49110.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.6 at 37.5 knts Storm direction: 269.6 at 28.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 131.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 358.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 358.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 119.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.2 stream: 8.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.62 Bulk Rich Number: 11.08 Bulk Shear: 116.78 m/s