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: 33.04,-92.38 Latitude: 33.04 Longitude: -92.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 46 23.1 22.4 96 0.6 22.6 212 4 295.8 298.9 295.6 345.4 17.24 1 1000 92 22.9 22.4 97 0.6 22.5 212 6 296.1 299.2 295.7 345.8 17.25 2 950 541 22.3 18.6 79 3.7 19.7 236 28 299.8 302.4 294.7 341.6 14.31 3 900 1009 18.0 16.7 92 1.2 17.2 239 28 300.0 302.5 294.2 339.4 13.45 4 850 1496 14.6 12.9 90 1.7 13.5 255 26 301.4 303.5 292.8 334.1 11.09 5 800 2007 11.7 10.2 90 1.6 10.7 272 23 303.7 305.5 292.5 332.9 9.79 6 750 2545 8.6 7.2 91 1.4 7.8 284 24 305.9 307.5 292.2 331.6 8.51 7 700 3113 5.3 3.5 88 1.8 4.3 281 24 308.4 309.7 291.7 329.9 7.03 8 650 3716 2.1 -1.2 79 3.3 0.4 276 28 311.4 312.4 291.2 328.2 5.40 9 600 4357 -2.2 -10.1 55 7.9 -5.4 272 37 313.6 314.2 289.7 323.2 2.97 10 550 5042 -6.3 -20.4 32 14.1 -10.7 268 48 316.6 316.9 289.1 321.2 1.37 11 500 5781 -10.1 -20.8 41 10.7 -13.4 260 57 320.7 321.0 290.5 325.6 1.45 12 450 6585 -15.4 -25.2 43 9.8 -17.9 251 55 323.9 324.1 291.1 327.8 1.10 13 400 7466 -20.3 -27.7 52 7.4 -22.0 243 53 328.5 328.7 292.3 332.1 0.98 14 350 8440 -27.7 -38.9 34 11.2 -29.3 245 53 331.4 331.5 292.4 332.8 0.38 15 300 9529 -36.1 -54.0 14 17.9 -37.2 251 52 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.9 0.08 16 250 10773 -43.9 -59.1 17 15.2 -44.5 251 60 340.8 340.8 294.6 341.0 0.05 17 200 12242 -51.2 -70.1 9 18.9 -51.6 259 58 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.8 0.02 18 150 14066 -61.2 -80.4 6 19.2 -61.3 255 55 364.7 364.7 299.6 364.7 0.00 19 100 16521 -70.7 -86.6 8 15.9 -70.8 256 36 391.2 391.2 304.0 391.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.45 m Freezing level: 625.17 mb = 4034.38 m = 13236.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.33 mb = 3761.26 m = 12339.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.09 % Est. max temperature: 28.58 C = 83.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 996.58 mb = 122.03 m = 400.35 ft T: 22.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.79 C/km ThetaE index: 24.52 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 906.64 mb = 945.43 m = 3101.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.33 C = 81.19 F Cap Strength: 1.17 C Lifted Index: -4.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.13 C Showalter Index: -0.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.81 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.73 C Cross Totals Index: 23.07 C K Index: 35.82 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 265.12 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.72 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1236.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 923.87 mb = 782.53 m = 2567.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 888.87 mb = 1115.09 m = 3658.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.87 mb = 11072.42 m = 36326.40 ft B at Equ Level: 1224.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 138.87 mb = 14532.72 m = 47678.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.8 at 32.4 knts Storm direction: 294.8 at 24.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.2 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 185.6 neg: -2.3 tot: 183.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 61.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.42 Bulk Rich Number: 20.99 Bulk Shear: 58.93 m/s