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: 32.83,-92.86 Latitude: 32.83 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1003 68 28.7 19.1 56 9.7 22.0 187 8 301.7 304.2 295.0 342.9 14.00 1 1000 92 27.4 18.6 59 8.8 21.3 188 8 300.5 303.0 294.4 340.4 13.60 2 950 543 22.4 17.2 72 5.2 18.8 190 12 299.9 302.3 293.9 338.2 13.08 3 900 1011 18.3 13.9 76 4.4 15.4 199 15 300.4 302.4 292.6 333.2 11.18 4 850 1500 17.1 6.8 51 10.3 11.0 220 17 304.1 305.4 290.6 326.0 7.30 5 800 2014 12.9 10.3 84 2.6 11.3 215 13 304.9 306.8 292.9 334.5 9.87 6 750 2554 9.6 8.4 92 1.2 8.9 210 11 307.0 308.8 293.1 335.2 9.30 7 700 3125 7.7 1.9 67 5.8 4.5 204 18 311.0 312.2 291.9 330.6 6.30 8 650 3734 5.0 -1.8 62 6.8 1.5 213 21 314.6 315.6 292.0 331.0 5.18 9 600 4382 0.4 -5.7 64 6.1 -2.5 211 21 316.6 317.4 291.7 330.0 4.18 10 550 5073 -4.4 -13.0 51 8.6 -7.8 220 24 318.8 319.3 290.9 327.3 2.56 11 500 5815 -10.0 -18.1 52 8.1 -12.7 226 33 320.8 321.1 290.9 327.0 1.83 12 450 6624 -12.5 -48.2 3 35.6 -17.8 233 39 327.5 327.5 291.1 327.9 0.11 13 400 7513 -18.5 -46.9 6 28.3 -22.4 238 45 330.9 330.9 292.1 331.5 0.14 14 350 8492 -26.5 -51.1 8 24.6 -28.9 239 48 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.4 0.10 15 300 9585 -35.4 -53.6 14 18.1 -36.7 245 54 335.4 335.4 293.3 335.8 0.09 16 250 10826 -45.0 -59.7 18 14.7 -45.6 250 60 339.1 339.1 294.1 339.3 0.05 17 200 12293 -51.5 -74.6 5 23.1 -51.9 258 71 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.2 0.01 18 150 14107 -63.0 -81.1 7 18.1 -63.1 249 54 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.5 0.00 19 100 16535 -73.2 -86.1 12 12.9 -73.2 260 35 386.4 386.4 303.2 386.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5722.80 m Freezing level: 595.86 mb = 4438.95 m = 14563.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.23 mb = 3971.10 m = 13028.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.17 % Est. max temperature: 30.96 C = 87.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 871.54 mb = 1285.60 m = 4217.80 ft T: 17.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.60 C/km ThetaE index: 16.87 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 818.55 mb = 1819.29 m = 5968.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.70 C = 89.06 F Cap Strength: 2.57 C Lifted Index: -2.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.77 C Showalter Index: 3.12 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.00 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.17 C Cross Totals Index: 16.84 C K Index: 28.19 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 187.42 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.27 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 98.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 62.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 871.74 mb = 1283.59 m = 4211.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 746.74 mb = 2589.76 m = 8496.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 736.74 mb = 2701.45 m = 8862.90 ft B at Equ Level: 0.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 726.74 mb = 2814.65 m = 9234.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.7 at 19.0 knts Storm direction: 243.7 at 14.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 48.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 46.0 neg: -11.1 tot: 34.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 6.46 Bulk Shear: 15.17 m/s