MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 32.94,-92.47 Latitude: 32.94 Longitude: -92.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1005 52 23.2 22.4 96 0.7 22.6 187 5 295.9 299.0 295.6 345.6 17.25 1 1000 94 23.0 22.4 96 0.6 22.6 195 7 296.1 299.3 295.7 345.9 17.28 2 950 541 21.4 18.8 85 2.6 19.6 208 22 298.9 301.5 294.6 341.2 14.52 3 900 1009 19.0 15.6 81 3.3 16.7 223 22 301.1 303.4 293.8 337.9 12.52 4 850 1499 16.2 13.0 81 3.3 14.1 249 23 303.2 305.2 293.4 336.2 11.12 5 800 2013 13.1 10.3 83 2.8 11.4 266 24 305.1 307.0 293.0 334.9 9.91 6 750 2553 9.8 6.5 80 3.3 7.8 272 30 307.2 308.7 292.2 331.8 8.11 7 700 3123 6.2 2.2 76 4.0 4.0 273 34 309.3 310.5 291.5 329.1 6.41 8 650 3726 1.5 -0.3 88 1.7 0.5 273 38 310.6 311.7 291.3 328.6 5.78 9 600 4366 -2.8 -3.3 96 0.6 -3.0 261 41 312.9 313.9 291.3 328.6 4.98 10 550 5051 -6.0 -13.2 57 7.2 -8.8 244 48 316.9 317.4 290.3 325.2 2.50 11 500 5792 -9.2 -20.7 39 11.6 -12.8 232 50 321.8 322.1 290.8 326.9 1.47 12 450 6602 -12.9 -32.7 17 19.8 -17.3 228 50 327.0 327.1 291.4 329.0 0.54 13 400 7488 -19.1 -57.3 2 38.1 -23.0 237 49 330.1 330.1 291.8 330.3 0.04 14 350 8466 -26.7 -53.7 6 26.9 -29.1 243 47 332.7 332.7 292.5 333.0 0.07 15 300 9556 -36.6 -56.2 11 19.6 -37.7 232 45 333.8 333.8 292.8 334.1 0.06 16 250 10796 -43.8 -66.9 6 23.1 -44.5 240 46 341.0 341.0 294.6 341.0 0.02 17 200 12266 -51.6 -74.7 5 23.1 -52.0 253 52 351.1 351.1 296.8 351.1 0.01 18 150 14088 -61.5 -80.7 6 19.2 -61.7 252 58 364.1 364.1 299.5 364.1 0.00 19 100 16540 -71.5 -86.5 9 15.0 -71.5 257 37 389.6 389.6 303.8 389.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.16 m Freezing level: 632.66 mb = 3947.69 m = 12951.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.35 mb = 3820.56 m = 12534.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.00 % Est. max temperature: 30.23 C = 86.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 994.81 mb = 139.52 m = 457.74 ft T: 22.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.75 C/km ThetaE index: 17.37 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 882.81 mb = 1174.37 m = 3852.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.04 C = 84.28 F Cap Strength: 1.37 C Lifted Index: -3.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.10 C Showalter Index: -0.76 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.57 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.43 C Cross Totals Index: 22.15 C K Index: 34.40 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 251.83 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.88 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 920.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 34.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 925.49 mb = 767.52 m = 2518.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 810.49 mb = 1902.18 m = 6240.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 250.49 mb = 10782.68 m = 35375.81 ft B at Equ Level: 918.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.49 mb = 14067.31 m = 46152.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.8 at 33.7 knts Storm direction: 281.8 at 25.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 135.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 175.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 175.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.93 Bulk Rich Number: 9.98 Bulk Shear: 92.27 m/s