MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 32.76,-93.27 Latitude: 32.76 Longitude: -93.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 SFC 999 79 26.8 22.2 76 4.6 23.5 171 2 300.0 303.2 296.7 350.1 17.10 2 950 523 25.6 19.1 67 6.6 21.0 200 19 303.2 305.9 296.0 347.0 14.77 3 900 996 21.3 18.0 82 3.3 19.0 200 21 303.5 306.2 295.9 346.8 14.59 4 850 1489 17.1 16.4 96 0.7 16.7 201 21 304.1 306.6 295.7 345.6 13.96 5 800 2004 13.9 12.9 94 1.0 13.3 240 23 306.0 308.2 294.7 341.4 11.80 6 750 2546 10.2 8.4 88 1.8 9.2 243 29 307.7 309.4 293.3 335.9 9.29 7 700 3118 7.5 0.7 62 6.8 3.9 245 35 310.8 311.9 291.3 328.7 5.76 8 650 3726 4.7 -6.8 43 11.5 -0.6 258 40 314.3 315.0 290.5 325.7 3.55 9 600 4372 -0.5 -7.6 59 7.1 -3.7 252 43 315.5 316.2 290.9 327.1 3.61 10 550 5060 -6.1 -13.6 55 7.5 -8.9 244 42 316.9 317.4 290.2 324.9 2.44 11 500 5798 -10.9 -22.3 38 11.4 -14.2 243 43 319.7 320.0 290.0 324.1 1.28 12 450 6603 -14.0 -35.4 15 21.3 -18.2 244 51 325.6 325.7 290.9 327.1 0.42 13 400 7486 -20.2 -45.6 8 25.4 -23.5 236 60 328.7 328.8 291.5 329.4 0.16 14 350 8460 -27.4 -60.6 3 33.2 -29.8 235 64 331.8 331.8 292.2 331.9 0.03 15 300 9553 -34.1 -65.6 3 31.5 -35.7 240 68 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.3 0.02 16 250 10808 -41.4 -64.0 7 22.6 -42.3 252 72 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.7 0.03 17 200 12292 -51.1 -73.1 6 21.9 -51.5 256 71 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.9 0.01 18 150 14105 -63.8 -81.4 7 17.7 -63.8 258 59 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.3 0.00 19 100 16532 -71.0 -86.4 9 15.4 -71.1 257 30 390.6 390.6 303.9 390.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5729.32 m Freezing level: 604.93 mb = 4307.84 m = 14133.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.36 mb = 3646.22 m = 11962.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.76 % Est. max temperature: 30.85 C = 87.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.65 mb = 665.18 m = 2182.33 ft T: 24.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.88 C/km ThetaE index: 24.40 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 860.84 mb = 1379.47 m = 4525.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.68 C = 87.22 F Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lifted Index: -7.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.44 C Showalter Index: -6.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.33 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.00 C Cross Totals Index: 27.33 C K Index: 37.59 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 516.35 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.28 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1571.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.74 mb = 1202.02 m = 3943.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 843.74 mb = 1551.56 m = 5090.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.74 mb = 11255.24 m = 36926.20 ft B at Equ Level: 1569.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 113.74 mb = 15760.94 m = 51708.48 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.6 at 32.2 knts Storm direction: 270.6 at 24.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 213.8 neg: -1.8 tot: 212.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 70.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.76 Bulk Rich Number: 18.96 Bulk Shear: 82.89 m/s