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: 33.23,-92.20 Latitude: 33.23 Longitude: -92.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 32 27.1 20.7 68 6.4 22.5 173 7 299.9 302.7 295.6 345.1 15.45 1 1000 65 27.1 20.4 67 6.7 22.3 172 7 300.2 303.0 295.4 344.8 15.21 2 950 518 24.1 19.4 75 4.7 20.8 182 28 301.6 304.4 295.8 346.1 15.09 3 900 989 19.8 18.3 91 1.6 18.8 185 32 301.9 304.7 295.7 345.7 14.82 4 850 1480 16.1 15.5 96 0.7 15.7 193 36 303.0 305.4 294.8 341.9 13.11 5 800 1994 13.4 12.4 94 0.9 12.7 216 35 305.4 307.5 294.2 339.6 11.41 6 750 2535 10.2 9.2 93 1.0 9.6 231 35 307.7 309.5 293.6 337.3 9.79 7 700 3107 6.9 6.3 96 0.6 6.5 240 36 310.1 311.7 293.4 336.4 8.57 8 650 3713 3.4 2.8 96 0.6 3.0 239 38 312.8 314.2 293.1 335.2 7.21 9 600 4359 -0.5 -0.8 98 0.3 -0.6 236 39 315.6 316.7 293.0 334.7 6.03 10 550 5050 -4.4 -4.7 98 0.3 -4.5 233 41 318.9 319.9 293.0 334.8 4.92 11 500 5796 -8.2 -8.4 98 0.3 -8.3 234 48 323.1 323.9 293.4 336.5 4.05 12 450 6609 -12.4 -13.3 93 0.9 -12.8 239 53 327.6 328.2 293.8 338.0 3.05 13 400 7497 -19.2 -29.6 39 10.5 -21.5 239 65 330.1 330.2 292.6 333.1 0.82 14 350 8472 -27.7 -55.9 5 28.1 -30.0 241 68 331.3 331.4 292.2 331.6 0.06 15 300 9562 -35.5 -55.5 11 20.0 -36.8 245 67 335.3 335.3 293.2 335.6 0.07 16 250 10808 -43.9 -67.0 6 23.1 -44.6 249 59 340.9 340.9 294.6 340.9 0.02 17 200 12277 -51.8 -71.9 7 20.1 -52.2 253 70 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.8 0.01 18 150 14091 -62.9 -81.9 6 18.9 -63.1 256 62 361.7 361.7 299.0 361.7 0.00 19 100 16533 -70.8 -86.2 9 15.3 -70.9 259 37 390.9 390.9 303.9 390.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.56 m Freezing level: 605.95 mb = 4281.87 m = 14047.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.53 mb = 4244.88 m = 13926.60 ft Precipitable water: 2.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.83 % Est. max temperature: 30.11 C = 86.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.43 mb = 850.45 m = 2790.15 ft T: 21.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.59 C/km ThetaE index: 11.45 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 876.56 mb = 1215.48 m = 3987.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.61 C = 85.31 F Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lifted Index: -3.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.51 C Showalter Index: -2.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.88 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.27 C Cross Totals Index: 23.62 C K Index: 39.10 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 412.58 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.19 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1288.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 891.24 mb = 1072.92 m = 3520.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 866.24 mb = 1317.11 m = 4321.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 226.24 mb = 11465.46 m = 37615.87 ft B at Equ Level: 1284.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 126.24 mb = 15129.43 m = 49636.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.1 at 36.2 knts Storm direction: 254.1 at 27.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 351.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 351.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 117.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 8.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.48 Bulk Rich Number: 13.59 Bulk Shear: 94.75 m/s