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: 32.60,-93.16 Latitude: 32.60 Longitude: -93.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 78 SFC 1000 82 27.2 20.6 67 6.6 22.5 174 7 300.4 303.2 295.7 345.6 15.44 2 950 529 22.6 19.4 82 3.2 20.3 180 13 300.1 302.8 295.3 344.1 15.06 3 900 999 19.9 16.0 78 3.9 17.2 203 23 302.0 304.3 294.3 339.7 12.78 4 850 1490 16.4 15.7 96 0.7 16.0 218 20 303.4 305.8 295.0 343.0 13.35 5 800 2004 13.7 8.7 72 4.9 10.6 211 21 305.7 307.4 292.4 332.5 8.87 6 750 2545 9.8 9.3 97 0.4 9.5 224 23 307.2 309.0 293.6 337.1 9.89 7 700 3117 7.1 6.1 93 1.0 6.5 234 28 310.4 312.0 293.4 336.4 8.46 8 650 3725 4.4 -0.8 69 5.2 1.7 224 32 314.0 315.0 292.2 331.6 5.58 9 600 4371 -0.3 -3.8 77 3.5 -2.0 221 32 315.8 316.7 292.0 331.1 4.82 10 550 5062 -4.6 -11.1 60 6.6 -7.2 221 34 318.7 319.2 291.3 328.4 2.97 11 500 5803 -10.3 -20.1 44 9.8 -13.3 232 43 320.5 320.8 290.5 325.7 1.54 12 450 6612 -12.5 -42.8 6 30.3 -17.6 238 49 327.5 327.5 291.2 328.2 0.19 13 400 7500 -18.8 -47.6 6 28.9 -22.5 239 54 330.6 330.6 292.0 331.1 0.13 14 350 8479 -26.7 -50.8 8 24.1 -29.0 242 59 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.2 0.10 15 300 9571 -35.6 -52.4 16 16.8 -36.8 246 66 335.1 335.2 293.2 335.5 0.10 16 250 10812 -44.4 -60.2 16 15.8 -45.0 252 72 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.3 0.05 17 200 12283 -51.6 -73.5 6 21.9 -52.0 257 74 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.0 0.01 18 150 14097 -62.9 -80.2 8 17.3 -63.0 259 58 361.7 361.7 299.0 361.7 0.00 19 100 16526 -72.0 -86.4 10 14.4 -72.1 253 36 388.7 388.7 303.6 388.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.10 m Freezing level: 603.26 mb = 4328.90 m = 14202.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.08 mb = 4014.60 m = 13171.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.56 % Est. max temperature: 30.19 C = 86.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 908.16 mb = 920.66 m = 3020.51 ft T: 20.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.49 C/km ThetaE index: 11.32 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 862.50 mb = 1364.34 m = 4476.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.83 C = 85.69 F Cap Strength: 1.50 C Lifted Index: -4.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.57 C Showalter Index: -4.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.79 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.74 C Cross Totals Index: 26.05 C K Index: 41.45 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 404.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 923.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.57 mb = 1070.24 m = 3511.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 807.57 mb = 1924.22 m = 6312.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.57 mb = 11148.57 m = 36576.22 ft B at Equ Level: 921.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 147.57 mb = 14195.49 m = 46572.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.3 at 27.5 knts Storm direction: 251.3 at 20.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.3 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 126.5 neg: -2.6 tot: 123.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.58 Bulk Rich Number: 15.70 Bulk Shear: 58.83 m/s