MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 32.52,-93.19 Latitude: 32.52 Longitude: -93.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 71 SFC 1000 76 25.0 21.9 83 3.1 22.8 183 8 298.2 301.2 296.0 346.9 16.75 2 950 521 21.9 20.6 92 1.4 21.0 191 28 299.4 302.4 296.0 347.0 16.27 3 900 990 18.6 18.3 98 0.3 18.4 204 36 300.7 303.4 295.3 344.3 14.86 4 850 1481 17.4 14.2 81 3.2 15.3 224 30 304.4 306.6 294.4 340.3 12.05 5 800 1997 14.2 11.5 84 2.7 12.4 232 27 306.3 308.3 294.0 338.5 10.70 6 750 2539 11.3 3.7 60 7.6 7.0 232 32 308.8 310.1 291.5 329.4 6.69 7 700 3113 7.8 3.5 74 4.4 5.4 250 33 311.1 312.5 292.5 332.9 7.03 8 650 3720 3.5 -1.5 70 5.0 0.9 243 36 312.9 313.9 291.6 329.4 5.26 9 600 4363 -0.8 -8.9 54 8.0 -4.3 233 42 315.2 315.8 290.5 325.7 3.26 10 550 5052 -4.9 -22.4 24 17.5 -10.2 235 47 318.2 318.5 289.4 322.2 1.15 11 500 5795 -8.7 -35.6 9 26.8 -14.4 244 45 322.4 322.5 289.9 323.8 0.37 12 450 6602 -13.4 -45.3 5 31.9 -18.3 247 52 326.3 326.4 290.8 326.9 0.15 13 400 7488 -19.1 -47.6 6 28.5 -22.8 252 52 330.1 330.1 291.9 330.6 0.13 14 350 8467 -25.7 -50.4 8 24.7 -28.2 258 50 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.6 0.11 15 300 9566 -34.1 -48.4 22 14.3 -35.3 266 51 337.3 337.4 293.8 338.0 0.16 16 250 10817 -43.7 -49.8 51 6.1 -44.1 279 59 341.1 341.1 294.7 341.7 0.16 17 200 12284 -52.3 -60.6 36 8.3 -52.5 261 68 349.9 349.9 296.7 350.1 0.05 18 150 14097 -63.1 -80.6 8 17.5 -63.2 254 63 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.4 0.00 19 100 16539 -72.1 -86.8 9 14.7 -72.2 266 35 388.4 388.4 303.6 388.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5723.41 m Freezing level: 609.67 mb = 4238.81 m = 13906.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.38 mb = 3826.92 m = 12555.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.83 % Est. max temperature: 31.23 C = 88.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 955.22 mb = 473.16 m = 1552.34 ft T: 22.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.17 C/km ThetaE index: 17.58 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 917.19 mb = 825.67 m = 2708.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.08 C = 80.74 F Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lifted Index: -4.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.75 C Showalter Index: -2.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.08 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.16 C Cross Totals Index: 22.92 C K Index: 35.99 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 345.84 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1234.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 928.17 mb = 722.59 m = 2370.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 903.17 mb = 959.09 m = 3146.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 883.17 mb = 1151.82 m = 3778.88 ft B at Equ Level: 10.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 123.17 mb = 15284.19 m = 50144.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.2 at 35.7 knts Storm direction: 262.2 at 26.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 294.6 neg: -4.3 tot: 290.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 96.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.8 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.98 Bulk Rich Number: 14.69 Bulk Shear: 84.03 m/s