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: 32.52,-92.17 Latitude: 32.52 Longitude: -92.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1005 32 24.9 21.7 82 3.3 22.6 190 7 297.6 300.6 295.6 345.3 16.44 1 1000 79 24.7 21.6 83 3.1 22.5 190 9 297.9 300.8 295.6 345.5 16.42 2 950 528 20.8 20.5 98 0.3 20.6 196 23 298.2 301.2 295.6 345.2 16.18 3 900 995 18.7 17.8 95 0.8 18.1 212 36 300.7 303.4 295.1 343.1 14.42 4 850 1487 17.5 15.1 86 2.4 15.9 224 31 304.5 306.9 295.0 342.7 12.82 5 800 2004 14.7 11.8 83 2.9 12.8 245 26 306.8 308.8 294.2 339.6 10.90 6 750 2547 11.0 8.6 85 2.4 9.5 247 28 308.5 310.3 293.6 337.1 9.39 7 700 3119 7.3 4.7 84 2.6 5.8 243 31 310.6 312.0 292.9 334.3 7.69 8 650 3727 3.7 -1.6 68 5.3 1.0 247 34 313.1 314.1 291.6 329.6 5.24 9 600 4371 -0.9 -7.9 59 7.0 -4.0 243 37 315.0 315.7 290.7 326.4 3.52 10 550 5058 -6.1 -18.4 37 12.4 -10.1 240 42 316.9 317.2 289.5 322.3 1.62 11 500 5797 -10.5 -22.6 36 12.0 -14.0 240 46 320.2 320.4 290.1 324.5 1.25 12 450 6600 -15.2 -24.2 46 9.0 -17.6 239 54 324.1 324.4 291.2 328.3 1.20 13 400 7481 -19.8 -25.1 63 5.2 -21.1 240 61 329.2 329.5 292.7 333.6 1.25 14 350 8463 -24.4 -27.3 77 2.9 -25.1 250 58 335.8 336.1 294.3 340.1 1.16 15 300 9571 -31.6 -34.6 75 2.9 -32.1 261 61 340.8 340.9 295.1 343.4 0.68 16 250 10833 -42.2 -45.6 69 3.4 -42.5 264 64 343.4 343.4 295.4 344.4 0.26 17 200 12298 -54.3 -58.3 61 4.0 -54.4 257 64 346.8 346.8 296.0 347.1 0.07 18 150 14109 -61.3 -84.0 3 22.6 -61.5 252 57 364.5 364.5 299.5 364.5 0.00 19 100 16572 -71.5 -87.0 8 15.4 -71.6 269 33 389.5 389.5 303.7 389.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.86 m Freezing level: 610.23 mb = 4238.84 m = 13906.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.39 mb = 3846.42 m = 12619.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.92 % Est. max temperature: 31.41 C = 88.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.70 mb = 448.19 m = 1470.43 ft T: 21.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.66 C/km ThetaE index: 23.17 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 928.12 mb = 729.35 m = 2392.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.63 C = 79.94 F Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lifted Index: -5.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.86 C Showalter Index: -4.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.74 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.08 C Cross Totals Index: 25.67 C K Index: 40.63 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 444.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.63 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 965.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 937.78 mb = 639.87 m = 2099.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 782.78 mb = 2186.81 m = 7174.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.78 mb = 11025.17 m = 36171.38 ft B at Equ Level: 963.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 132.78 mb = 14849.93 m = 48719.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.3 at 33.3 knts Storm direction: 266.3 at 25.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.6 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 239.5 neg: -0.5 tot: 239.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 79.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.39 Bulk Rich Number: 12.58 Bulk Shear: 76.74 m/s