MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 6Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 32.47,-92.02 Latitude: 32.47 Longitude: -92.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1010 21 22.7 21.8 95 0.9 22.1 264 15 295.0 298.0 294.8 342.2 16.47 1 1000 104 22.0 21.2 95 0.8 21.5 267 21 295.1 298.0 294.6 341.2 16.06 2 950 549 18.5 18.1 97 0.4 18.2 275 35 296.0 298.5 293.3 335.9 13.88 3 900 1011 15.1 13.7 91 1.4 14.2 285 42 297.1 299.1 291.5 329.0 11.01 4 850 1494 12.8 11.0 89 1.8 11.7 294 46 299.6 301.3 291.2 328.1 9.74 5 800 2003 11.0 9.2 88 1.9 9.9 295 45 302.9 304.6 291.7 330.1 9.15 6 750 2540 8.3 6.5 88 1.8 7.2 288 40 305.6 307.1 291.7 330.0 8.11 7 700 3108 5.7 4.1 90 1.6 4.8 272 34 308.8 310.2 292.1 331.4 7.38 8 650 3712 2.3 1.5 94 0.8 1.8 250 32 311.6 312.8 292.2 331.9 6.56 9 600 4355 -0.9 -1.5 96 0.6 -1.2 234 30 315.1 316.1 292.6 333.1 5.71 10 550 5046 -4.5 -5.3 94 0.8 -4.9 228 31 318.8 319.7 292.7 333.9 4.68 11 500 5791 -8.6 -9.9 91 1.2 -9.2 228 31 322.5 323.2 292.9 334.5 3.62 12 450 6601 -13.0 -14.6 88 1.6 -13.6 237 41 326.9 327.5 293.4 336.3 2.75 13 400 7490 -18.2 -20.1 85 1.9 -18.7 246 45 331.4 331.8 293.9 338.2 1.94 14 350 8474 -24.8 -27.3 80 2.5 -25.4 252 36 335.4 335.6 294.2 339.6 1.17 15 300 9577 -33.5 -36.4 75 2.9 -33.9 257 35 338.2 338.3 294.4 340.3 0.57 16 250 10830 -43.4 -46.8 69 3.4 -43.6 255 47 341.5 341.6 294.9 342.4 0.23 17 200 12291 -54.9 -58.9 61 4.0 -55.1 255 68 345.8 345.8 295.7 346.0 0.07 18 150 14094 -62.8 -80.8 7 18.0 -62.9 259 64 361.9 361.9 299.1 361.9 0.00 19 100 16538 -69.9 -85.7 8 15.8 -69.9 265 29 392.7 392.7 304.2 392.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.90 m Freezing level: 614.34 mb = 4170.30 m = 13681.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.87 mb = 4093.06 m = 13428.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.14 % Est. max temperature: 26.75 C = 80.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 996.63 mb = 133.35 m = 437.50 ft T: 21.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.34 C/km ThetaE index: 14.10 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 948.05 mb = 566.94 m = 1860.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.67 C = 74.60 F Cap Strength: 0.09 C Lifted Index: -0.39 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.89 C Showalter Index: 3.54 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.06 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.43 C Cross Totals Index: 19.63 C K Index: 30.88 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 253.82 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.21 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 185.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 950.21 mb = 547.44 m = 1796.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 945.21 mb = 592.56 m = 1944.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 465.21 mb = 6345.44 m = 20818.10 ft B at Equ Level: 184.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 305.21 mb = 9453.61 m = 31015.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.4 at 35.1 knts Storm direction: 295.4 at 26.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 2.9 tot: 8.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 143.6 neg: -59.7 tot: 83.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 15.55 Bulk Shear: 11.94 m/s