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: 33.09,-92.32 Latitude: 33.09 Longitude: -92.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 40 23.0 22.4 96 0.6 22.5 214 4 295.6 298.7 295.5 344.9 17.14 1 1000 91 22.8 22.3 97 0.5 22.5 214 6 295.9 299.0 295.6 345.4 17.18 2 950 540 22.3 18.6 80 3.7 19.7 236 28 299.8 302.4 294.7 341.7 14.34 3 900 1008 18.1 16.8 92 1.3 17.2 240 28 300.1 302.6 294.2 339.6 13.47 4 850 1496 14.6 13.1 90 1.5 13.6 255 27 301.4 303.5 292.9 334.5 11.19 5 800 2007 11.8 10.2 90 1.5 10.8 271 23 303.7 305.5 292.6 333.1 9.84 6 750 2545 8.6 7.1 90 1.6 7.7 283 24 305.9 307.5 292.1 331.4 8.45 7 700 3113 5.4 3.3 87 2.0 4.2 280 25 308.4 309.7 291.6 329.7 6.96 8 650 3716 2.2 -1.4 77 3.7 0.4 275 28 311.5 312.5 291.2 328.1 5.30 9 600 4357 -2.2 -10.3 54 8.1 -5.5 270 37 313.6 314.1 289.6 322.9 2.90 10 550 5042 -6.5 -20.0 33 13.5 -10.7 267 47 316.4 316.7 289.1 321.2 1.42 11 500 5781 -10.3 -19.9 45 9.6 -13.3 260 56 320.5 320.8 290.5 325.8 1.58 12 450 6584 -15.6 -23.8 49 8.2 -17.7 251 54 323.7 323.9 291.2 328.0 1.25 13 400 7464 -20.4 -26.3 59 5.9 -21.8 243 53 328.5 328.7 292.4 332.5 1.12 14 350 8438 -27.8 -36.8 42 9.0 -29.1 243 54 331.3 331.3 292.5 333.0 0.47 15 300 9528 -36.1 -52.2 18 16.1 -37.2 251 53 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.9 0.10 16 250 10771 -43.8 -60.1 15 16.3 -44.5 251 61 341.0 341.0 294.6 341.2 0.05 17 200 12241 -51.1 -70.4 8 19.3 -51.5 259 58 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.9 0.01 18 150 14065 -61.1 -80.3 6 19.2 -61.3 255 54 364.8 364.8 299.6 364.8 0.00 19 100 16521 -70.7 -86.6 8 15.9 -70.8 256 37 391.2 391.2 304.0 391.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.58 m Freezing level: 624.87 mb = 4038.13 m = 13248.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.86 mb = 3754.52 m = 12317.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.16 % Est. max temperature: 28.64 C = 83.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 997.11 mb = 116.45 m = 382.06 ft T: 22.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.88 C/km ThetaE index: 24.17 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 906.25 mb = 948.51 m = 3111.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.43 C = 81.37 F Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lifted Index: -4.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.07 C Showalter Index: -1.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.31 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.93 C Cross Totals Index: 23.39 C K Index: 35.96 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 265.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.75 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1251.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 924.77 mb = 773.48 m = 2537.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 889.77 mb = 1105.91 m = 3628.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.77 mb = 11046.62 m = 36241.76 ft B at Equ Level: 1239.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.77 mb = 14493.32 m = 47549.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.2 at 32.2 knts Storm direction: 294.2 at 24.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.2 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 186.0 neg: -2.5 tot: 183.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 61.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.43 Bulk Rich Number: 21.43 Bulk Shear: 58.40 m/s