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: 32.80,-93.62 Latitude: 32.80 Longitude: -93.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1000 66 23.7 22.8 95 0.9 23.1 115 5 296.8 300.1 296.2 348.2 17.75 1 1000 69 23.7 22.8 95 0.9 23.1 109 4 296.9 300.1 296.3 348.3 17.78 2 950 519 22.6 20.5 88 2.1 21.1 182 28 300.1 303.1 296.1 347.4 16.16 3 900 988 19.1 18.9 99 0.2 19.0 196 36 301.2 304.1 295.9 346.7 15.47 4 850 1480 17.2 16.8 98 0.4 17.0 216 32 304.1 306.8 295.9 346.7 14.30 5 800 1995 13.8 13.2 96 0.6 13.4 225 32 305.8 308.1 294.7 341.8 11.99 6 750 2537 10.2 8.8 91 1.4 9.3 234 33 307.6 309.4 293.4 336.4 9.51 7 700 3108 7.1 3.1 76 4.0 4.8 240 39 310.3 311.6 292.1 331.4 6.85 8 650 3715 3.6 -6.5 48 10.1 -1.0 238 42 313.1 313.8 290.2 324.6 3.62 9 600 4357 -1.2 -20.0 22 18.8 -7.3 237 43 314.7 315.0 288.5 319.1 1.31 10 550 5045 -5.5 -26.8 17 21.3 -11.2 241 45 317.5 317.7 288.8 320.2 0.78 11 500 5784 -10.8 -25.3 29 14.5 -14.6 242 48 319.8 320.0 289.8 323.2 0.98 12 450 6585 -15.8 -22.5 57 6.6 -17.7 243 54 323.3 323.6 291.2 328.2 1.40 13 400 7465 -19.8 -23.0 76 3.2 -20.7 249 58 329.2 329.5 292.9 334.5 1.50 14 350 8448 -23.9 -26.5 79 2.6 -24.5 263 58 336.5 336.8 294.6 341.1 1.25 15 300 9558 -31.5 -34.4 75 2.9 -31.9 273 64 341.0 341.2 295.2 343.7 0.69 16 250 10820 -42.0 -45.4 70 3.3 -42.3 278 70 343.6 343.6 295.4 344.6 0.27 17 200 12287 -53.9 -57.9 61 4.0 -54.0 271 73 347.4 347.5 296.1 347.8 0.08 18 150 14096 -62.6 -82.3 5 19.7 -62.7 250 65 362.3 362.3 299.1 362.3 0.00 19 100 16547 -71.3 -86.2 9 14.8 -71.4 264 30 389.9 389.9 303.8 389.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.58 m Freezing level: 612.46 mb = 4197.22 m = 13770.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.83 mb = 3604.02 m = 11824.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.95 % Est. max temperature: 31.01 C = 87.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 987.57 mb = 179.04 m = 587.40 ft T: 23.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.68 C/km ThetaE index: 27.61 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 913.67 mb = 857.30 m = 2812.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.79 C = 82.03 F Cap Strength: 0.90 C Lifted Index: -6.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.87 C Showalter Index: -6.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.62 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.01 C Cross Totals Index: 27.62 C K Index: 40.85 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 525.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.67 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1408.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 931.59 mb = 688.70 m = 2259.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 896.59 mb = 1020.82 m = 3349.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 856.59 mb = 1413.14 m = 4636.23 ft B at Equ Level: 16.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 116.59 mb = 15619.06 m = 51243.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.6 at 37.6 knts Storm direction: 260.6 at 28.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 468.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 468.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 156.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.1 stream: 9.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.78 Bulk Rich Number: 11.18 Bulk Shear: 125.97 m/s