MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 9Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 32.16,-91.39 Latitude: 32.16 Longitude: -91.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1008 19 23.5 22.5 94 1.0 22.8 216 10 296.0 299.2 295.7 345.9 17.30 1 1000 86 23.1 22.4 96 0.7 22.6 216 13 296.3 299.4 295.7 346.0 17.26 2 950 534 20.6 20.5 100 0.0 20.6 227 31 298.0 301.0 295.6 345.1 16.21 3 900 1001 19.2 16.2 83 3.0 17.2 253 40 301.3 303.7 294.2 339.4 12.96 4 850 1491 16.2 14.5 90 1.7 15.1 262 39 303.1 305.4 294.2 339.6 12.29 5 800 2005 12.5 11.7 95 0.8 12.0 272 36 304.5 306.5 293.6 336.9 10.87 6 750 2544 9.4 6.8 84 2.6 7.9 275 33 306.8 308.4 292.3 332.0 8.31 7 700 3114 6.2 1.0 69 5.2 3.4 262 32 309.3 310.4 291.0 327.5 5.88 8 650 3718 2.8 -1.8 72 4.6 0.5 251 34 312.2 313.1 291.2 328.4 5.16 9 600 4361 -0.8 -12.8 40 12.0 -5.5 253 36 315.2 315.6 289.7 323.0 2.38 10 550 5050 -5.0 -31.2 11 26.2 -11.3 258 39 318.1 318.2 288.7 320.0 0.51 11 500 5792 -9.4 -33.9 12 24.4 -14.7 266 43 321.5 321.6 289.7 323.1 0.44 12 450 6597 -14.5 -30.1 25 15.6 -18.0 273 49 325.1 325.2 291.0 327.6 0.70 13 400 7479 -20.4 -35.7 24 15.2 -23.1 274 49 328.4 328.5 291.7 330.1 0.46 14 350 8453 -26.6 -54.3 5 27.7 -29.0 256 40 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.1 0.07 15 300 9547 -34.8 -45.1 34 10.4 -35.7 258 36 336.4 336.4 293.6 337.3 0.23 16 250 10792 -45.0 -51.3 49 6.3 -45.4 257 33 339.1 339.1 294.2 339.6 0.14 17 200 12253 -51.6 -65.3 18 13.6 -52.0 257 64 351.0 351.0 296.9 351.1 0.03 18 150 14072 -62.4 -80.5 7 18.1 -62.5 260 63 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.7 0.00 19 100 16520 -71.5 -86.0 10 14.5 -71.6 274 34 389.6 389.6 303.8 389.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.85 m Freezing level: 611.05 mb = 4219.23 m = 13842.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.91 mb = 3768.79 m = 12364.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.48 % Est. max temperature: 30.34 C = 86.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 993.30 mb = 144.42 m = 473.81 ft T: 22.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.83 C/km ThetaE index: 12.08 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 922.66 mb = 786.21 m = 2579.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.30 C = 81.14 F Cap Strength: 0.77 C Lifted Index: -4.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.81 C Showalter Index: -2.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.56 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.64 C Cross Totals Index: 23.92 C K Index: 34.94 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 305.77 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1282.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 946.43 mb = 566.17 m = 1857.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 851.43 mb = 1477.07 m = 4845.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 221.43 mb = 11586.82 m = 38014.05 ft B at Equ Level: 1266.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 131.43 mb = 14869.96 m = 48785.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.0 at 35.5 knts Storm direction: 288.0 at 26.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 1.1 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 310.4 neg: -14.6 tot: 295.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 98.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.8 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.49 Bulk Rich Number: 19.64 Bulk Shear: 65.33 m/s