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 the city database file for: KBAD ... Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: KBAD Latitude: 32.50 Longitude: -93.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1001 55 28.4 21.2 65 7.2 23.2 179 6 301.5 304.4 296.3 348.7 16.03 1 1000 67 28.6 21.0 64 7.6 23.2 179 5 301.8 304.7 296.3 348.5 15.86 2 950 522 25.5 19.5 69 6.0 21.2 192 20 303.1 305.9 296.2 348.0 15.17 3 900 995 21.1 18.3 84 2.8 19.2 196 20 303.2 306.0 296.0 347.4 14.88 4 850 1488 17.3 16.5 95 0.8 16.8 206 18 304.3 306.9 295.7 346.1 14.03 5 800 2004 14.1 12.0 87 2.1 12.7 245 27 306.2 308.2 294.2 339.6 11.11 6 750 2546 10.5 5.2 70 5.2 7.5 245 31 308.0 309.4 291.9 330.7 7.44 7 700 3119 9.5 -4.1 38 13.6 2.8 259 35 313.0 313.8 290.5 325.8 4.04 8 650 3729 4.4 -2.8 59 7.2 0.8 262 38 314.0 314.9 291.5 329.1 4.79 9 600 4374 -0.5 -9.4 51 9.0 -4.3 252 40 315.6 316.2 290.5 325.7 3.12 10 550 5062 -6.4 -17.4 41 11.0 -10.1 248 39 316.5 316.8 289.5 322.4 1.77 11 500 5800 -10.1 -31.6 15 21.5 -14.9 250 42 320.7 320.8 289.6 322.7 0.54 12 450 6605 -14.2 -33.3 18 19.1 -18.2 251 48 325.4 325.5 290.9 327.2 0.51 13 400 7488 -20.2 -44.2 10 24.0 -23.5 240 59 328.7 328.7 291.6 329.4 0.19 14 350 8461 -27.2 -61.5 2 34.3 -29.7 240 62 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.1 0.03 15 300 9556 -33.7 -67.6 2 33.9 -35.4 243 68 337.9 337.9 293.8 337.9 0.01 16 250 10814 -40.8 -64.7 6 24.0 -41.7 254 72 345.5 345.5 295.6 345.6 0.03 17 200 12299 -51.2 -73.1 6 21.9 -51.6 258 70 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.7 0.01 18 150 14113 -63.6 -81.6 7 18.0 -63.8 261 57 360.4 360.4 298.8 360.4 0.00 19 100 16535 -71.5 -86.5 9 15.0 -71.5 257 30 389.7 389.7 303.8 389.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5732.95 m Freezing level: 604.94 mb = 4310.45 m = 14141.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.33 mb = 3824.50 m = 12547.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.21 % Est. max temperature: 31.24 C = 88.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 901.78 mb = 977.65 m = 3207.48 ft T: 21.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.31 C/km ThetaE index: 22.82 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 858.59 mb = 1401.15 m = 4596.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.09 C = 87.96 F Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lifted Index: -6.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.55 C Showalter Index: -5.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.01 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.42 C Cross Totals Index: 26.59 C K Index: 30.37 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 487.56 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.61 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1511.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.42 mb = 1233.83 m = 4047.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 840.42 mb = 1584.45 m = 5198.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 240.42 mb = 11074.09 m = 36331.88 ft B at Equ Level: 1511.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 110.42 mb = 15943.26 m = 52306.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.5 at 31.4 knts Storm direction: 274.5 at 23.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 215.2 neg: -1.6 tot: 213.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 71.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.64 Bulk Rich Number: 16.59 Bulk Shear: 91.09 m/s