MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 32.6,-92.68 Latitude: 32.60 Longitude: -92.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1001 74 29.3 19.2 54 10.2 22.2 175 10 302.4 305.0 295.3 344.0 14.08 1 1000 84 28.0 18.7 57 9.2 21.5 175 8 301.1 303.7 294.7 341.5 13.74 2 950 536 23.0 17.5 71 5.5 19.2 177 14 300.5 303.0 294.3 339.7 13.35 3 900 1004 18.9 14.3 75 4.6 15.9 189 18 301.0 303.1 293.0 334.7 11.46 4 850 1494 17.4 5.8 46 11.6 10.6 199 24 304.4 305.6 290.2 324.9 6.81 5 800 2009 14.3 5.1 54 9.1 9.0 197 25 306.3 307.6 290.9 327.3 6.90 6 750 2550 9.9 7.5 85 2.4 8.5 208 24 307.4 309.0 292.7 333.8 8.73 7 700 3123 9.5 -7.6 29 17.0 1.6 206 24 313.0 313.6 289.6 322.9 3.09 8 650 3733 5.4 -7.2 40 12.6 -0.4 209 21 315.0 315.7 290.6 326.1 3.43 9 600 4380 0.6 -9.5 47 10.1 -3.8 211 19 316.8 317.4 290.8 326.9 3.10 10 550 5074 -3.4 -15.1 40 11.7 -7.8 225 26 320.0 320.4 290.9 327.2 2.15 11 500 5818 -8.8 -23.7 29 14.9 -13.1 230 37 322.3 322.5 290.6 326.2 1.13 12 450 6631 -11.8 -42.5 6 30.6 -17.1 241 39 328.4 328.4 291.5 329.1 0.20 13 400 7520 -18.4 -45.9 7 27.5 -22.2 239 45 331.0 331.0 292.2 331.6 0.16 14 350 8499 -26.6 -51.1 8 24.5 -29.0 246 50 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.3 0.10 15 300 9593 -35.4 -53.5 14 18.1 -36.6 248 57 335.5 335.5 293.3 335.9 0.09 16 250 10834 -45.2 -59.9 18 14.7 -45.7 251 59 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.0 0.05 17 200 12301 -51.5 -71.4 7 19.9 -51.8 260 64 351.3 351.3 296.9 351.3 0.01 18 150 14115 -63.4 -79.7 9 16.3 -63.5 247 52 360.9 360.9 298.9 360.9 0.00 19 100 16547 -73.1 -86.0 12 13.0 -73.1 251 31 386.5 386.5 303.3 386.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.23 m Freezing level: 592.48 mb = 4484.65 m = 14713.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.95 mb = 3595.43 m = 11795.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.84 % Est. max temperature: 31.25 C = 88.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 863.62 mb = 1357.87 m = 4454.91 ft T: 17.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.79 C/km ThetaE index: 19.07 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 803.12 mb = 1975.74 m = 6482.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.16 C = 91.70 F Cap Strength: 2.50 C Lifted Index: -1.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.12 C Showalter Index: 4.91 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.87 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.24 C Cross Totals Index: 14.63 C K Index: 15.00 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 244.43 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.38 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 133.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 138.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.38 mb = 1320.60 m = 4332.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 612.38 mb = 4215.10 m = 13828.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 452.38 mb = 6590.03 m = 21620.57 ft B at Equ Level: 62.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 212.38 mb = 11906.27 m = 39062.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 209.9 at 23.1 knts Storm direction: 239.9 at 17.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.2 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 82.2 neg: -3.7 tot: 78.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 4.45 Bulk Shear: 30.01 m/s