MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 31.62,-93.91 Latitude: 31.62 Longitude: -93.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 67 SFC 999 80 27.2 22.0 73 5.2 23.4 178 9 300.5 303.5 296.6 350.0 16.88 2 950 520 24.3 20.4 79 3.9 21.5 187 25 301.9 304.8 296.5 349.3 16.09 3 900 992 19.9 19.1 95 0.8 19.3 191 28 302.0 304.9 296.2 348.1 15.62 4 850 1483 17.4 15.7 90 1.7 16.3 222 26 304.3 306.8 295.3 344.0 13.31 5 800 2001 15.1 12.1 82 3.0 13.1 252 28 307.2 309.3 294.6 340.9 11.15 6 750 2545 11.8 6.6 70 5.2 8.7 249 30 309.4 310.9 292.9 334.4 8.17 7 700 3120 9.9 -0.1 50 10.0 4.5 251 31 313.5 314.5 291.9 330.6 5.44 8 650 3732 6.1 -7.4 37 13.5 -0.2 250 35 315.8 316.5 290.7 326.7 3.36 9 600 4381 1.2 -11.1 40 12.2 -4.0 244 36 317.5 318.0 290.7 326.5 2.74 10 550 5074 -3.4 -20.9 24 17.6 -9.1 251 38 320.1 320.3 290.2 324.6 1.31 11 500 5821 -7.6 -33.1 11 25.5 -13.5 259 42 323.8 323.9 290.4 325.5 0.47 12 450 6632 -12.6 -40.7 8 28.1 -17.6 256 48 327.4 327.4 291.2 328.3 0.24 13 400 7520 -18.7 -47.4 6 28.7 -22.5 250 54 330.7 330.7 292.0 331.2 0.13 14 350 8498 -26.6 -47.3 12 20.8 -28.8 251 58 332.9 332.9 292.7 333.5 0.15 15 300 9593 -34.9 -53.7 13 18.8 -36.2 253 65 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.5 0.09 16 250 10843 -42.3 -64.9 7 22.6 -43.2 260 67 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.3 0.02 17 200 12321 -51.3 -73.2 6 21.9 -51.7 265 65 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.6 0.01 18 150 14131 -64.1 -79.9 10 15.8 -64.1 266 58 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.8 0.00 19 100 16552 -71.4 -86.5 9 15.0 -71.5 255 31 389.7 389.7 303.8 389.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5753.96 m Freezing level: 587.00 mb = 4561.20 m = 14964.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.26 mb = 3703.79 m = 12151.39 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.10 % Est. max temperature: 31.13 C = 88.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.08 mb = 742.73 m = 2436.74 ft T: 22.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.49 C/km ThetaE index: 25.39 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 891.80 mb = 1070.55 m = 3512.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.09 C = 84.35 F Cap Strength: 0.40 C Lifted Index: -4.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.44 C Showalter Index: -2.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.18 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.92 C Cross Totals Index: 23.26 C K Index: 30.58 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 382.57 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.56 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1412.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.35 mb = 969.03 m = 3179.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 867.35 mb = 1309.63 m = 4296.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 217.35 mb = 11769.90 m = 38614.69 ft B at Equ Level: 1410.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 107.35 mb = 16128.24 m = 52913.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.6 at 31.9 knts Storm direction: 271.6 at 23.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.3 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 240.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 240.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 80.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.08 Bulk Rich Number: 14.89 Bulk Shear: 94.82 m/s