MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 6Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 33.00,-92.31 Latitude: 33.00 Longitude: -92.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1006 42 23.1 22.5 96 0.6 22.7 210 4 295.8 298.9 295.6 345.5 17.28 1 1000 92 22.9 22.3 97 0.6 22.5 211 6 296.1 299.2 295.7 345.7 17.23 2 950 541 22.3 18.6 80 3.6 19.8 235 28 299.8 302.4 294.7 341.8 14.36 3 900 1009 18.0 16.6 92 1.4 17.1 238 28 300.0 302.5 294.1 339.1 13.35 4 850 1496 14.7 12.6 87 2.1 13.3 256 26 301.5 303.5 292.7 333.5 10.85 5 800 2007 12.0 9.8 87 2.2 10.6 272 22 303.9 305.7 292.4 332.4 9.55 6 750 2545 8.9 6.7 86 2.2 7.6 284 23 306.2 307.8 292.0 331.2 8.25 7 700 3114 5.7 3.0 83 2.7 4.2 282 24 308.8 310.1 291.6 329.6 6.78 8 650 3717 2.3 -1.6 76 3.8 0.3 278 29 311.5 312.5 291.1 327.9 5.25 9 600 4359 -2.3 -10.0 55 7.8 -5.5 274 38 313.5 314.1 289.7 323.1 2.97 10 550 5043 -6.4 -16.0 47 9.5 -9.8 268 48 316.4 316.8 289.7 323.1 2.00 11 500 5782 -10.3 -17.1 57 6.8 -12.6 260 55 320.4 320.8 290.9 327.1 1.99 12 450 6587 -15.1 -20.5 64 5.3 -16.7 252 53 324.2 324.5 291.7 329.9 1.66 13 400 7468 -20.3 -24.3 70 4.1 -21.3 244 52 328.7 328.9 292.6 333.4 1.34 14 350 8442 -27.8 -34.0 55 6.2 -28.8 244 53 331.2 331.4 292.7 333.5 0.61 15 300 9531 -36.3 -49.2 25 12.9 -37.3 250 52 334.2 334.2 293.0 334.7 0.14 16 250 10774 -43.7 -60.8 13 17.1 -44.4 249 60 341.1 341.1 294.6 341.2 0.04 17 200 12244 -51.1 -69.8 9 18.7 -51.5 259 57 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.9 0.02 18 150 14068 -61.2 -80.3 6 19.1 -61.4 255 55 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.6 0.00 19 100 16522 -70.8 -86.5 8 15.7 -70.9 256 37 390.9 390.9 303.9 390.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.68 m Freezing level: 625.06 mb = 4037.32 m = 13245.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.30 mb = 3750.75 m = 12305.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.43 % Est. max temperature: 28.69 C = 83.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 996.95 mb = 118.36 m = 388.31 ft T: 22.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.01 C/km ThetaE index: 22.64 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 907.03 mb = 941.45 m = 3088.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.35 C = 81.23 F Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lifted Index: -4.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.77 C Showalter Index: -0.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.96 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.02 C Cross Totals Index: 22.94 C K Index: 34.89 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 258.17 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.32 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1228.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 924.57 mb = 775.78 m = 2545.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 889.57 mb = 1108.19 m = 3635.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 249.57 mb = 10785.30 m = 35384.41 ft B at Equ Level: 1227.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.57 mb = 14504.64 m = 47586.82 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.3 at 32.3 knts Storm direction: 295.3 at 24.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.2 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 190.2 neg: -6.1 tot: 184.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 61.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.44 Bulk Rich Number: 20.34 Bulk Shear: 60.40 m/s