MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 32.37,-93.79 Latitude: 32.37 Longitude: -93.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1003 62 27.2 19.9 64 7.4 22.1 186 9 300.1 302.8 295.1 343.2 14.72 1 1000 92 26.5 19.6 66 6.9 21.6 188 9 299.7 302.3 294.8 342.0 14.50 2 950 542 22.1 18.5 80 3.6 19.6 188 14 299.6 302.2 294.6 341.1 14.22 3 900 1010 19.0 16.6 86 2.4 17.4 205 21 301.1 303.6 294.4 340.3 13.33 4 850 1500 16.6 11.8 73 4.8 13.5 227 20 303.5 305.4 292.8 334.1 10.28 5 800 2014 13.3 9.7 79 3.6 11.1 210 16 305.4 307.1 292.7 333.9 9.49 6 750 2555 10.4 10.2 99 0.2 10.2 226 17 307.8 309.8 294.2 339.5 10.47 7 700 3127 7.1 4.0 81 3.1 5.4 216 19 310.4 311.7 292.5 332.9 7.31 8 650 3735 4.7 0.4 74 4.3 2.4 213 23 314.3 315.4 292.6 333.4 6.08 9 600 4383 0.5 -6.1 61 6.6 -2.6 210 23 316.7 317.5 291.6 329.7 4.03 10 550 5075 -4.3 -13.6 48 9.3 -7.9 223 27 319.0 319.5 290.9 327.1 2.43 11 500 5816 -10.1 -20.5 42 10.4 -13.3 234 36 320.7 321.0 290.5 325.8 1.50 12 450 6627 -12.0 -50.9 2 38.9 -17.5 235 41 328.1 328.2 291.3 328.5 0.08 13 400 7516 -18.4 -48.6 5 30.2 -22.4 238 46 331.0 331.1 292.1 331.5 0.12 14 350 8496 -26.3 -53.2 6 26.9 -28.8 240 49 333.2 333.3 292.7 333.5 0.08 15 300 9590 -35.3 -53.7 14 18.3 -36.5 247 56 335.6 335.6 293.3 335.9 0.09 16 250 10832 -44.7 -59.2 18 14.4 -45.3 251 62 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.8 0.05 17 200 12301 -51.7 -73.5 6 21.8 -52.1 257 70 350.9 350.9 296.8 351.0 0.01 18 150 14112 -63.3 -80.6 8 17.2 -63.4 252 55 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.0 0.00 19 100 16540 -73.2 -85.7 13 12.5 -73.2 260 34 386.3 386.3 303.2 386.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.39 m Freezing level: 594.75 mb = 4455.30 m = 14616.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.27 mb = 4035.91 m = 13241.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.35 % Est. max temperature: 30.49 C = 86.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 901.50 mb = 995.42 m = 3265.79 ft T: 19.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.41 C/km ThetaE index: 9.34 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.59 mb = 1494.03 m = 4901.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.62 C = 87.12 F Cap Strength: 1.37 C Lifted Index: -3.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.93 C Showalter Index: -0.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.69 C Cross Totals Index: 21.91 C K Index: 35.38 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 257.31 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.60 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 500.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 35.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.94 mb = 1058.23 m = 3471.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 789.94 mb = 2120.17 m = 6955.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.94 mb = 11102.03 m = 36423.55 ft B at Equ Level: 490.30 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 169.94 mb = 13326.42 m = 43721.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.0 at 21.8 knts Storm direction: 248.0 at 16.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 1.2 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 55.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 68.2 neg: -11.8 tot: 56.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 21.44 Bulk Shear: 23.35 m/s