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: 32.88,-93.13 Latitude: 32.88 Longitude: -93.13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 82 SFC 1000 85 23.6 22.2 92 1.4 22.6 186 3 296.7 299.8 295.8 346.2 17.11 2 950 531 22.5 20.7 90 1.8 21.2 203 20 300.0 303.0 296.2 347.9 16.37 3 900 1000 19.1 17.1 88 2.0 17.8 211 23 301.2 303.7 294.7 341.7 13.78 4 850 1490 16.0 13.5 85 2.5 14.4 230 26 302.9 305.0 293.6 337.1 11.53 5 800 2003 12.9 10.9 88 1.9 11.6 239 27 304.8 306.8 293.2 335.7 10.30 6 750 2544 9.8 8.3 91 1.4 8.9 235 32 307.2 308.9 293.1 335.1 9.23 7 700 3114 6.5 5.0 90 1.5 5.6 240 36 309.7 311.2 292.7 333.8 7.86 8 650 3720 3.0 1.4 89 1.6 2.1 240 40 312.3 313.6 292.4 332.7 6.54 9 600 4364 -0.8 -1.8 93 1.0 -1.3 243 44 315.2 316.3 292.5 332.9 5.60 10 550 5055 -4.7 -5.6 93 0.9 -5.1 245 51 318.5 319.4 292.6 333.3 4.58 11 500 5799 -8.8 -10.4 88 1.6 -9.5 239 53 322.3 323.0 292.7 333.8 3.46 12 450 6608 -13.6 -18.2 68 4.7 -15.1 235 54 326.2 326.6 292.6 333.1 2.02 13 400 7493 -20.2 -34.0 28 13.8 -22.8 234 57 328.8 328.9 291.9 330.8 0.54 14 350 8466 -27.2 -48.7 11 21.5 -29.4 237 58 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.5 0.13 15 300 9558 -35.9 -57.8 9 21.9 -37.1 240 55 334.8 334.8 293.0 335.0 0.05 16 250 10800 -43.6 -65.7 7 22.1 -44.3 247 59 341.2 341.2 294.6 341.3 0.02 17 200 12274 -51.3 -73.2 6 21.9 -51.7 258 64 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.6 0.01 18 150 14093 -62.3 -82.4 5 20.0 -62.5 256 58 362.7 362.7 299.2 362.7 0.00 19 100 16535 -72.0 -85.9 11 13.9 -72.0 252 33 388.7 388.7 303.6 388.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.09 m Freezing level: 610.38 mb = 4230.27 m = 13878.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.21 mb = 4110.47 m = 13485.62 ft Precipitable water: 1.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.04 % Est. max temperature: 29.74 C = 85.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 980.49 mb = 254.50 m = 834.97 ft T: 23.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.70 C/km ThetaE index: 15.23 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 905.08 mb = 951.60 m = 3122.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.88 C = 82.18 F Cap Strength: 1.03 C Lifted Index: -4.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.95 C Showalter Index: -0.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.09 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.79 C Cross Totals Index: 22.30 C K Index: 36.84 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 310.44 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.73 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1467.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 925.73 mb = 755.73 m = 2479.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 880.73 mb = 1185.83 m = 3890.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.73 mb = 11330.07 m = 37171.71 ft B at Equ Level: 1466.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 120.73 mb = 15400.28 m = 50525.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.1 at 36.0 knts Storm direction: 267.1 at 27.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.7 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 217.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 217.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 72.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.70 Bulk Rich Number: 15.37 Bulk Shear: 95.44 m/s