MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 6Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 32.36,-93.98 Latitude: 32.36 Longitude: -93.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1000 83 24.1 22.5 91 1.6 22.9 237 8 297.2 300.4 296.1 347.6 17.37 1 1000 84 24.2 22.6 91 1.6 23.0 241 7 297.3 300.5 296.2 348.1 17.52 2 950 533 21.6 21.3 99 0.2 21.4 228 27 299.1 302.2 296.4 348.8 17.05 3 900 1003 20.5 18.5 89 1.9 19.1 260 35 302.6 305.4 296.0 347.2 15.09 4 850 1495 16.7 13.8 83 2.9 14.8 285 38 303.7 305.9 294.0 338.7 11.78 5 800 2008 12.5 9.3 81 3.2 10.6 297 40 304.5 306.2 292.3 332.2 9.23 6 750 2546 8.7 4.0 72 4.7 6.1 307 39 306.1 307.3 290.8 326.8 6.83 7 700 3114 5.5 -0.7 64 6.2 2.4 303 35 308.6 309.6 290.2 324.7 5.21 8 650 3718 3.2 -5.7 52 8.9 -0.9 283 32 312.6 313.3 290.2 324.9 3.86 9 600 4362 -0.0 -14.1 34 14.1 -5.4 268 33 316.1 316.5 289.7 323.1 2.13 10 550 5053 -4.6 -23.3 22 18.7 -10.2 260 32 318.6 318.9 289.5 322.3 1.06 11 500 5795 -9.0 -38.0 7 29.1 -14.7 270 37 322.1 322.2 289.8 323.2 0.29 12 450 6603 -13.8 -45.5 5 31.7 -18.6 280 43 325.9 325.9 290.7 326.4 0.15 13 400 7486 -20.2 -56.3 2 36.2 -23.8 281 51 328.8 328.8 291.4 329.0 0.05 14 350 8458 -27.7 -61.5 2 33.8 -30.0 274 49 331.4 331.5 292.2 331.6 0.03 15 300 9551 -34.7 -57.8 8 23.2 -36.1 264 49 336.5 336.5 293.5 336.7 0.05 16 250 10798 -44.3 -56.1 26 11.8 -44.8 259 35 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.6 0.08 17 200 12263 -51.9 -71.8 7 20.0 -52.2 264 62 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.7 0.01 18 150 14082 -62.1 -81.0 6 18.9 -62.2 259 60 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.2 0.00 19 100 16535 -71.7 -86.6 9 14.8 -71.8 262 34 389.1 389.1 303.6 389.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.82 m Freezing level: 600.17 mb = 4359.76 m = 14303.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.98 mb = 3544.25 m = 11627.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.12 % Est. max temperature: 30.54 C = 86.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 976.97 mb = 288.08 m = 945.14 ft T: 22.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.40 C/km ThetaE index: 24.08 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 893.55 mb = 1064.70 m = 3493.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.60 C = 85.28 F Cap Strength: 1.11 C Lifted Index: -5.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.57 C Showalter Index: -1.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.48 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.69 C Cross Totals Index: 22.79 C K Index: 33.33 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 279.69 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.03 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1874.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 936.01 mb = 661.71 m = 2170.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 861.01 mb = 1383.90 m = 4540.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 211.01 mb = 11911.21 m = 39078.28 ft B at Equ Level: 1869.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 111.01 mb = 15903.10 m = 52174.90 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.0 at 33.9 knts Storm direction: 308.0 at 25.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.2 neg: 3.7 tot: 10.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 145.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 393.1 neg: -8.3 tot: 384.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 128.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.6 stream: 10.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.37 Bulk Rich Number: 21.61 Bulk Shear: 86.76 m/s