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: 32.52,-93.76 Latitude: 32.52 Longitude: -93.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 57 29.0 21.0 62 7.9 23.3 177 8 302.0 304.9 296.4 348.8 15.86 1 1000 74 28.2 20.7 64 7.4 22.9 177 7 301.3 304.2 296.0 347.2 15.60 2 950 527 23.4 19.9 81 3.5 20.9 180 12 300.9 303.8 295.9 346.7 15.57 3 900 997 19.9 17.6 87 2.3 18.4 203 21 302.0 304.7 295.3 344.1 14.25 4 850 1488 16.4 14.7 89 1.7 15.3 218 24 303.3 305.6 294.4 340.3 12.45 5 800 2002 13.3 10.1 81 3.2 11.3 215 22 305.3 307.2 292.9 334.6 9.73 6 750 2543 10.1 9.5 96 0.6 9.7 218 27 307.5 309.4 293.7 337.7 9.98 7 700 3115 7.0 6.4 96 0.6 6.6 228 30 310.2 311.9 293.5 336.8 8.64 8 650 3722 3.8 1.9 88 1.9 2.8 224 32 313.3 314.6 292.9 334.5 6.79 9 600 4368 -0.1 -3.1 80 3.0 -1.6 223 36 316.0 317.0 292.3 332.2 5.09 10 550 5060 -4.6 -9.4 69 4.9 -6.7 221 38 318.7 319.3 291.6 329.8 3.40 11 500 5803 -9.5 -17.1 54 7.5 -12.1 233 46 321.4 321.8 291.2 328.2 2.00 12 450 6611 -13.0 -34.5 15 21.5 -17.4 241 53 326.9 327.0 291.3 328.6 0.46 13 400 7498 -19.3 -47.5 6 28.2 -22.9 239 58 329.9 329.9 291.8 330.4 0.13 14 350 8474 -26.9 -46.0 15 19.0 -29.0 242 63 332.4 332.5 292.6 333.1 0.18 15 300 9566 -35.7 -49.8 22 14.1 -36.8 244 70 335.0 335.1 293.2 335.6 0.14 16 250 10809 -44.0 -61.4 13 17.4 -44.6 252 74 340.7 340.7 294.5 340.9 0.04 17 200 12281 -51.5 -73.4 6 21.9 -52.0 257 75 351.2 351.2 296.9 351.2 0.01 18 150 14096 -63.0 -79.8 9 16.8 -63.1 260 59 361.6 361.6 299.0 361.6 0.00 19 100 16525 -71.9 -86.1 10 14.2 -71.9 254 35 388.8 388.8 303.6 388.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.58 m Freezing level: 601.21 mb = 4352.36 m = 14279.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.02 mb = 4129.09 m = 13546.73 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.63 % Est. max temperature: 30.30 C = 86.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 893.18 mb = 1062.09 m = 3484.49 ft T: 19.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.15 C/km ThetaE index: 14.22 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 876.76 mb = 1221.60 m = 4007.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.65 C = 85.37 F Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lifted Index: -5.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.57 C Showalter Index: -2.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.17 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.95 C Cross Totals Index: 24.21 C K Index: 40.02 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 351.12 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.43 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1402.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.00 mb = 1054.28 m = 3458.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 859.00 mb = 1397.49 m = 4584.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 219.00 mb = 11682.52 m = 38328.01 ft B at Equ Level: 1390.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 119.00 mb = 15483.42 m = 50798.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.2 at 29.5 knts Storm direction: 251.2 at 22.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.3 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 133.6 neg: -6.4 tot: 127.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.89 Bulk Rich Number: 19.34 Bulk Shear: 72.53 m/s