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: 33.12,-92.59 Latitude: 33.12 Longitude: -92.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1004 56 23.2 22.4 96 0.7 22.6 212 4 295.9 299.1 295.7 345.6 17.25 1 1000 93 23.0 22.3 96 0.7 22.5 214 5 296.2 299.3 295.7 345.7 17.20 2 950 542 22.7 18.4 77 4.3 19.7 238 26 300.2 302.8 294.7 341.5 14.12 3 900 1010 18.2 17.0 92 1.3 17.4 240 26 300.3 302.8 294.4 340.3 13.64 4 850 1497 14.4 13.7 95 0.7 14.0 251 28 301.3 303.4 293.2 335.6 11.67 5 800 2008 11.3 10.1 92 1.2 10.6 274 26 303.2 305.0 292.3 332.2 9.75 6 750 2545 8.1 5.5 84 2.6 6.6 286 25 305.4 306.8 291.2 328.3 7.57 7 700 3111 4.7 1.4 79 3.3 2.9 282 25 307.7 308.8 290.6 326.3 6.07 8 650 3714 2.3 -6.3 53 8.6 -1.7 275 29 311.5 312.2 289.7 323.1 3.66 9 600 4354 -1.9 -16.2 33 14.3 -7.0 271 37 313.9 314.2 288.7 319.8 1.80 10 550 5041 -5.9 -30.5 12 24.5 -11.8 268 46 317.1 317.2 288.4 319.0 0.55 11 500 5780 -10.5 -31.9 15 21.4 -15.2 258 55 320.3 320.4 289.4 322.2 0.53 12 450 6582 -15.3 -41.2 9 25.8 -19.5 254 54 324.0 324.0 290.2 324.8 0.23 13 400 7462 -20.8 -43.5 11 22.8 -23.9 248 52 328.0 328.0 291.3 328.8 0.20 14 350 8434 -27.5 -59.5 3 32.0 -29.9 251 55 331.7 331.7 292.2 331.8 0.04 15 300 9525 -35.4 -63.9 4 28.5 -36.8 254 52 335.5 335.5 293.2 335.6 0.02 16 250 10769 -44.4 -52.9 38 8.5 -44.8 252 61 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.6 0.11 17 200 12237 -51.3 -70.6 8 19.3 -51.7 259 60 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.6 0.01 18 150 14061 -61.1 -80.3 6 19.2 -61.3 257 54 364.8 364.8 299.6 364.8 0.00 19 100 16519 -70.3 -86.7 7 16.4 -70.4 257 34 392.0 392.0 304.0 392.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.00 m Freezing level: 623.10 mb = 4058.34 m = 13314.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.14 mb = 3489.90 m = 11449.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.16 % Est. max temperature: 28.40 C = 83.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 994.02 mb = 145.12 m = 476.10 ft T: 22.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.68 C/km ThetaE index: 26.71 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 901.56 mb = 994.76 m = 3263.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.51 C = 81.53 F Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lifted Index: -4.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.76 C Showalter Index: -1.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.06 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.89 C Cross Totals Index: 24.17 C K Index: 35.33 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 275.54 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.67 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1253.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.12 mb = 837.17 m = 2746.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 883.12 mb = 1171.30 m = 3842.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 243.12 mb = 10953.00 m = 35934.61 ft B at Equ Level: 1253.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 143.12 mb = 14345.75 m = 47065.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.1 at 32.4 knts Storm direction: 295.1 at 24.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.3 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 185.6 neg: -0.8 tot: 184.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 61.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.44 Bulk Rich Number: 21.45 Bulk Shear: 58.47 m/s