MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510190000F063.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510190000F063.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KBAD ... Searching file for grids... Date: 63 hour NAM valid 15Z TUE 21 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 1013 55 20.6 17.9 84 2.7 18.8 2 5 292.7 295.0 291.5 329.2 12.84 1 1000 163 19.2 17.4 89 1.8 18.0 1 7 292.3 294.6 291.2 328.0 12.56 2 950 603 16.9 10.9 68 6.0 13.3 26 17 294.4 295.9 288.5 319.3 8.66 3 900 1063 16.1 15.6 97 0.5 15.8 309 14 298.1 300.3 292.9 334.3 12.48 4 850 1549 13.3 13.2 99 0.2 13.3 288 18 300.1 302.2 292.6 333.2 11.27 5 800 2059 11.3 8.7 84 2.6 9.7 274 19 303.2 304.8 291.6 329.6 8.86 6 750 2597 9.8 4.2 68 5.6 6.6 282 20 307.3 308.6 291.3 328.4 6.93 7 700 3166 5.4 -4.2 50 9.6 0.8 294 21 308.5 309.2 289.0 321.0 3.99 8 650 3766 1.8 -13.0 32 14.8 -4.0 288 24 311.0 311.4 288.1 318.0 2.16 9 600 4409 0.5 -27.6 10 28.1 -7.4 284 31 316.7 316.8 288.4 319.0 0.66 10 550 5102 -3.2 -39.8 4 36.6 -10.8 287 34 320.3 320.3 289.0 321.1 0.22 11 500 5848 -8.2 -43.4 4 35.2 -14.5 291 42 323.0 323.0 289.9 323.6 0.16 12 450 6654 -15.0 -42.0 8 27.0 -19.3 294 47 324.3 324.4 290.3 325.1 0.21 13 400 7535 -20.8 -50.7 5 29.9 -24.1 294 55 328.0 328.0 291.3 328.4 0.09 14 350 8505 -28.1 -54.7 6 26.7 -30.2 300 59 330.9 330.9 292.0 331.2 0.06 15 300 9591 -37.0 -57.1 11 20.0 -38.1 301 57 333.1 333.2 292.6 333.4 0.06 16 250 10824 -47.3 -62.6 16 15.3 -47.8 296 65 335.7 335.7 293.3 335.8 0.03 17 200 12261 -57.2 -66.9 28 9.7 -57.3 299 76 342.2 342.2 294.9 342.3 0.02 18 150 14038 -66.4 -76.0 25 9.6 -66.5 296 80 355.7 355.7 297.8 355.7 0.01 19 100 16474 -71.5 -87.1 8 15.6 -71.5 284 59 389.7 389.7 303.8 389.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5685.20 m Freezing level: 593.08 mb = 4505.06 m = 14780.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 691.26 mb = 3267.66 m = 10720.55 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.21 % Est. max temperature: 27.52 C = 81.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 973.16 mb = 396.33 m = 1300.27 ft T: 17.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.09 C/km ThetaE index: 16.35 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 804.69 mb = 2009.51 m = 6592.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.82 C = 87.47 F Cap Strength: 5.78 C Lifted Index: 5.70 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.12 C Showalter Index: 1.54 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.98 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.58 C Cross Totals Index: 21.40 C K Index: 25.10 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 235.62 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.81 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6583.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.38 mb = 946.86 m = 3106.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.7 at 24.1 knts Storm direction: 321.7 at 18.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 4.8 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.1 neg: -45.8 tot: -11.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.11 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.22 Bulk Shear: 82.45 m/s