MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 32.52,-92.59 Latitude: 32.52 Longitude: -92.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1001 73 26.0 21.5 76 4.5 22.8 245 4 299.1 302.1 295.9 346.8 16.36 1 1000 85 26.0 21.4 76 4.6 22.7 254 4 299.1 302.1 295.8 346.5 16.23 2 950 537 23.3 20.8 86 2.5 21.5 207 17 300.9 303.9 296.5 349.3 16.48 3 900 1007 19.4 18.1 92 1.4 18.5 207 20 301.5 304.2 295.4 344.7 14.65 4 850 1497 15.9 13.7 87 2.2 14.4 218 21 302.8 304.9 293.6 337.3 11.65 5 800 2010 12.6 9.4 81 3.2 10.6 214 25 304.6 306.3 292.4 332.4 9.30 6 750 2550 10.1 8.6 90 1.6 9.2 223 28 307.6 309.3 293.3 336.0 9.37 7 700 3122 6.8 5.2 89 1.6 5.9 234 32 310.0 311.5 292.9 334.4 7.95 8 650 3728 2.7 1.1 89 1.6 1.8 229 34 312.1 313.3 292.2 331.9 6.39 9 600 4371 -0.8 -1.4 95 0.6 -1.1 225 35 315.2 316.3 292.7 333.5 5.76 10 550 5062 -4.4 -5.1 95 0.7 -4.7 232 38 318.9 319.8 292.9 334.3 4.77 11 500 5808 -8.3 -9.2 93 0.9 -8.7 239 42 323.0 323.7 293.2 335.6 3.82 12 450 6619 -12.8 -14.1 90 1.3 -13.3 239 46 327.1 327.7 293.6 336.9 2.86 13 400 7508 -18.7 -20.6 85 1.9 -19.3 238 50 330.6 331.0 293.6 337.1 1.85 14 350 8489 -25.5 -28.1 79 2.6 -26.1 237 52 334.4 334.6 293.9 338.3 1.08 15 300 9589 -33.7 -36.6 75 2.9 -34.1 241 54 337.9 338.0 294.3 340.0 0.56 16 250 10838 -45.0 -48.4 68 3.4 -45.2 247 65 339.2 339.2 294.3 339.9 0.19 17 200 12298 -52.2 -71.9 8 19.7 -52.5 259 71 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.1 0.01 18 150 14113 -62.7 -80.9 7 18.2 -62.8 257 54 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.1 0.00 19 100 16548 -72.2 -86.1 11 13.9 -72.2 252 36 388.3 388.3 303.5 388.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5722.63 m Freezing level: 610.87 mb = 4231.14 m = 13881.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.66 mb = 4124.96 m = 13533.15 ft Precipitable water: 2.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.50 % Est. max temperature: 29.69 C = 85.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.90 mb = 648.23 m = 2126.70 ft T: 22.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.61 C/km ThetaE index: 16.84 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 899.90 mb = 1007.90 m = 3306.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.52 C = 83.33 F Cap Strength: 0.77 C Lifted Index: -4.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.11 C Showalter Index: -0.32 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.06 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.12 C Cross Totals Index: 21.94 C K Index: 36.19 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 317.03 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.43 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1515.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.86 mb = 883.55 m = 2898.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 887.86 mb = 1123.36 m = 3685.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 207.86 mb = 12045.42 m = 39518.62 ft B at Equ Level: 1503.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 117.86 mb = 15561.15 m = 51053.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.9 at 29.6 knts Storm direction: 256.9 at 22.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 3.3 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 128.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 128.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.81 Bulk Rich Number: 31.65 Bulk Shear: 47.89 m/s