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: 32.44,-93.73 Latitude: 32.44 Longitude: -93.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1002 56 28.6 21.2 64 7.4 23.2 171 8 301.5 304.5 296.3 348.6 15.97 1 1000 74 27.9 21.0 66 6.9 23.0 170 7 301.1 304.0 296.1 347.7 15.86 2 950 527 23.2 20.1 83 3.0 21.1 174 12 300.7 303.6 296.0 347.2 15.83 3 900 997 20.0 17.7 86 2.4 18.4 204 22 302.2 304.8 295.4 344.3 14.29 4 850 1488 16.6 14.3 86 2.3 15.1 217 24 303.6 305.8 294.2 339.6 12.13 5 800 2003 13.3 9.8 79 3.5 11.1 214 22 305.3 307.1 292.8 333.9 9.54 6 750 2544 10.1 9.7 97 0.4 9.9 220 27 307.5 309.4 293.9 338.2 10.13 7 700 3116 7.2 6.7 97 0.5 6.9 228 29 310.4 312.1 293.7 337.5 8.82 8 650 3723 4.0 1.9 86 2.1 2.8 224 32 313.5 314.7 292.9 334.6 6.75 9 600 4370 -0.0 -3.4 78 3.4 -1.7 224 35 316.1 317.0 292.2 331.9 4.97 10 550 5061 -4.5 -10.2 64 5.7 -6.9 222 38 318.7 319.3 291.5 329.2 3.19 11 500 5804 -9.7 -19.2 46 9.5 -12.8 233 46 321.2 321.6 290.9 327.0 1.68 12 450 6613 -12.8 -36.9 11 24.1 -17.5 241 53 327.2 327.3 291.3 328.5 0.36 13 400 7500 -19.1 -46.6 7 27.5 -22.8 239 58 330.2 330.2 291.9 330.8 0.15 14 350 8477 -26.8 -46.6 14 19.8 -29.0 242 62 332.6 332.6 292.6 333.2 0.16 15 300 9569 -35.6 -50.6 20 15.0 -36.7 245 70 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.6 0.12 16 250 10812 -44.0 -61.4 13 17.4 -44.7 252 73 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.8 0.04 17 200 12284 -51.6 -73.4 6 21.9 -52.0 257 74 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.1 0.01 18 150 14098 -63.0 -80.1 8 17.0 -63.1 260 59 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.6 0.00 19 100 16527 -72.0 -86.0 10 14.1 -72.1 254 35 388.7 388.7 303.6 388.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5729.28 m Freezing level: 600.34 mb = 4365.12 m = 14321.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.86 mb = 4119.58 m = 13515.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.06 % Est. max temperature: 30.53 C = 86.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 899.95 mb = 997.59 m = 3272.88 ft T: 20.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.27 C/km ThetaE index: 14.65 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 877.73 mb = 1212.43 m = 3977.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.47 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.81 C = 85.65 F Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lifted Index: -5.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.52 C Showalter Index: -2.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.27 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.31 C Cross Totals Index: 23.96 C K Index: 40.10 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 350.08 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.51 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1446.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.74 mb = 1009.08 m = 3310.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 853.74 mb = 1450.69 m = 4759.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 223.74 mb = 11543.94 m = 37873.35 ft B at Equ Level: 1446.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 113.74 mb = 15755.80 m = 51691.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.4 at 29.0 knts Storm direction: 251.4 at 21.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.2 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 136.0 neg: -4.9 tot: 131.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.94 Bulk Rich Number: 19.19 Bulk Shear: 75.36 m/s