MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 32.39,-92.54 Latitude: 32.39 Longitude: -92.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 73 24.9 21.9 83 3.0 22.8 177 7 298.0 301.1 295.9 346.6 16.73 1 1000 76 25.0 21.8 83 3.2 22.8 177 6 298.2 301.2 295.9 346.7 16.70 2 950 525 21.2 20.8 98 0.4 20.9 188 22 298.7 301.6 295.8 346.5 16.45 3 900 992 18.5 18.4 99 0.1 18.5 204 34 300.6 303.3 295.4 344.5 14.97 4 850 1483 17.5 15.1 86 2.4 15.9 222 30 304.5 306.9 295.0 342.7 12.80 5 800 2000 14.7 12.5 86 2.2 13.2 236 23 306.8 309.0 294.6 341.3 11.43 6 750 2543 10.8 8.4 85 2.4 9.3 234 27 308.3 310.1 293.4 336.5 9.25 7 700 3116 7.6 3.6 76 4.0 5.4 246 31 310.9 312.3 292.5 332.9 7.11 8 650 3724 3.6 -0.1 77 3.7 1.6 248 35 313.0 314.2 292.1 331.4 5.84 9 600 4367 -1.2 -7.1 64 5.9 -3.9 240 39 314.7 315.4 290.7 326.6 3.73 10 550 5054 -6.2 -12.1 63 5.9 -8.5 241 43 316.7 317.2 290.5 325.7 2.74 11 500 5794 -10.2 -13.3 78 3.1 -11.4 244 51 320.6 321.1 291.6 329.7 2.74 12 450 6600 -13.8 -15.9 84 2.2 -14.5 245 58 325.9 326.4 292.9 334.3 2.46 13 400 7489 -17.5 -19.6 83 2.1 -18.1 253 60 332.3 332.7 294.1 339.4 2.02 14 350 8479 -22.8 -25.3 80 2.5 -23.5 264 61 338.0 338.3 295.1 343.1 1.39 15 300 9591 -31.4 -34.2 76 2.8 -31.8 269 64 341.2 341.3 295.3 343.9 0.70 16 250 10853 -42.4 -45.6 70 3.3 -42.6 267 64 343.1 343.2 295.3 344.1 0.26 17 200 12316 -55.4 -59.4 61 4.0 -55.5 262 63 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.3 0.06 18 150 14116 -62.2 -82.1 5 19.8 -62.4 251 65 362.9 362.9 299.2 362.9 0.00 19 100 16585 -70.0 -87.0 7 17.0 -70.1 279 29 392.5 392.5 304.2 392.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.16 m Freezing level: 612.85 mb = 4201.91 m = 13785.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.46 mb = 3905.54 m = 12813.29 ft Precipitable water: 2.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.41 % Est. max temperature: 31.35 C = 88.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.50 mb = 455.83 m = 1495.50 ft T: 21.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.67 C/km ThetaE index: 21.00 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 930.47 mb = 704.43 m = 2311.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.27 C = 79.28 F Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lifted Index: -5.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.90 C Showalter Index: -4.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.11 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.76 C Cross Totals Index: 25.35 C K Index: 38.86 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 445.92 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.64 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 971.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 935.88 mb = 654.30 m = 2146.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 920.88 mb = 794.09 m = 2605.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 880.88 mb = 1176.95 m = 3861.35 ft B at Equ Level: 11.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 130.88 mb = 14946.78 m = 49037.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.2 at 33.7 knts Storm direction: 265.2 at 25.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.6 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 275.5 neg: -14.5 tot: 261.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 87.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.50 Bulk Rich Number: 10.36 Bulk Shear: 93.76 m/s