MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 31.82,-93.19 Latitude: 31.82 Longitude: -93.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1004 44 28.2 22.3 70 5.9 23.9 141 5 301.0 304.1 296.9 351.2 17.07 1 1000 78 27.5 22.1 72 5.4 23.6 139 5 300.7 303.8 296.8 350.6 17.01 2 950 531 23.7 21.2 86 2.5 21.9 173 17 301.2 304.3 296.8 351.0 16.92 3 900 1002 20.2 18.0 87 2.2 18.7 187 20 302.3 305.0 295.6 345.5 14.61 4 850 1494 17.0 12.5 75 4.4 14.1 202 18 303.9 305.9 293.3 336.1 10.80 5 800 2009 14.0 6.4 60 7.7 9.5 198 19 306.1 307.5 291.4 329.0 7.54 6 750 2551 10.5 8.7 89 1.8 9.4 215 21 308.0 309.7 293.5 336.7 9.48 7 700 3123 7.9 6.2 89 1.7 6.8 227 23 311.2 312.8 293.7 337.4 8.50 8 650 3733 4.9 -3.6 54 8.5 0.7 218 23 314.5 315.4 291.4 328.9 4.53 9 600 4379 -0.0 -5.5 67 5.4 -2.6 225 23 316.1 316.9 291.6 329.7 4.24 10 550 5071 -3.8 -13.5 47 9.7 -7.5 227 29 319.6 320.1 291.1 327.8 2.45 11 500 5815 -9.1 -19.4 43 10.2 -12.4 233 39 321.9 322.2 291.0 327.6 1.65 12 450 6627 -11.8 -40.9 7 29.1 -17.1 241 44 328.3 328.4 291.5 329.2 0.24 13 400 7517 -18.1 -48.8 5 30.7 -22.1 242 49 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.9 0.11 14 350 8498 -26.1 -51.9 7 25.8 -28.6 246 53 333.6 333.6 292.8 334.0 0.09 15 300 9593 -35.2 -54.3 12 19.2 -36.4 251 60 335.8 335.8 293.3 336.1 0.08 16 250 10836 -44.2 -59.3 17 15.1 -44.7 254 65 340.4 340.4 294.5 340.6 0.05 17 200 12307 -52.1 -73.8 6 21.8 -52.4 259 68 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.4 0.01 18 150 14116 -63.6 -80.1 9 16.5 -63.7 260 52 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.5 0.00 19 100 16540 -73.4 -86.3 12 12.9 -73.5 256 32 385.8 385.8 303.2 385.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.08 m Freezing level: 600.35 mb = 4374.47 m = 14351.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.88 mb = 3859.38 m = 12661.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.96 % Est. max temperature: 30.97 C = 87.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.07 mb = 800.83 m = 2627.37 ft T: 21.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.31 C/km ThetaE index: 22.04 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 892.77 mb = 1071.81 m = 3516.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.75 C = 85.56 F Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lifted Index: -6.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.65 C Showalter Index: -0.68 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.74 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.08 C Cross Totals Index: 21.66 C K Index: 36.92 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 313.38 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.67 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1769.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.36 mb = 912.27 m = 2992.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 874.36 mb = 1251.05 m = 4104.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 204.36 mb = 12164.72 m = 39910.00 ft B at Equ Level: 1766.53 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.5 at 23.2 knts Storm direction: 246.5 at 17.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.3 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 131.5 neg: -0.3 tot: 131.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.17 Bulk Rich Number: 38.71 Bulk Shear: 45.71 m/s