MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510191200F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510191200F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 6Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 32.5,-93.67 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 16.1 6.2 52 9.9 10.7 116 4 288.2 289.2 283.3 304.8 5.88 1 1000 168 18.2 5.0 42 13.2 11.1 109 15 291.4 292.3 284.2 307.1 5.48 2 950 605 15.4 1.9 40 13.5 8.5 120 10 292.8 293.6 283.9 306.3 4.63 3 900 1063 17.1 -32.7 2 49.9 3.4 166 6 299.2 299.2 281.4 300.1 0.27 4 850 1548 15.6 -1.1 32 16.6 7.1 301 9 302.5 303.2 287.1 315.1 4.16 5 800 2059 12.0 -1.0 40 13.1 5.4 306 14 304.0 304.8 287.9 317.5 4.44 6 750 2597 11.6 -14.8 14 26.5 1.3 297 29 309.2 309.5 286.9 314.5 1.61 7 700 3171 9.5 -33.7 3 43.2 -2.1 298 35 313.0 313.1 286.8 314.1 0.32 8 650 3780 6.3 -17.5 16 23.9 -2.5 305 27 316.1 316.4 289.1 321.1 1.48 9 600 4431 2.0 -18.6 20 20.6 -5.3 306 29 318.5 318.8 289.8 323.4 1.47 10 550 5125 -3.1 -23.4 19 20.4 -9.3 309 32 320.5 320.7 290.0 324.1 1.05 11 500 5871 -8.5 -29.8 16 21.4 -13.7 305 33 322.7 322.9 290.3 325.0 0.64 12 450 6678 -14.6 -33.6 18 19.0 -18.5 303 34 324.8 324.9 290.7 326.7 0.50 13 400 7557 -21.9 -37.4 23 15.4 -24.4 307 35 326.5 326.5 291.1 327.9 0.39 14 350 8522 -29.8 -44.8 22 15.0 -31.3 306 34 328.6 328.6 291.5 329.4 0.20 15 300 9602 -37.9 -54.2 17 16.3 -38.9 298 37 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.2 0.08 16 250 10833 -46.3 -61.7 16 15.3 -46.9 298 41 337.2 337.2 293.6 337.3 0.04 17 200 12287 -54.7 -69.1 15 14.4 -54.9 287 40 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.2 0.02 18 150 14089 -63.3 -79.9 9 16.6 -63.5 301 50 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.0 0.00 19 100 16525 -71.2 -86.2 9 15.0 -71.2 288 33 390.2 390.2 303.8 390.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.37 m Freezing level: 580.04 mb = 4708.06 m = 15446.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 731.61 mb = 2803.68 m = 9198.32 ft Precipitable water: 0.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 21.10 % Est. max temperature: 29.56 C = 85.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 873.61 mb = 1315.63 m = 4316.32 ft T: 16.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.64 C/km ThetaE index: 7.05 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 506.05 mb = 5777.18 m = 18953.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 50.54 C = 122.96 F Cap Strength: 16.83 C Lifted Index: 16.90 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 19.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 16.03 C Showalter Index: 10.75 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 31.42 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.03 C Cross Totals Index: 7.39 C K Index: -20.24 Risk: None Sweat Index: 50.19 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.21 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13429.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 16.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 759.01 mb = 2497.69 m = 8194.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 303.2 at 23.1 knts Storm direction: 333.2 at 17.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 3.5 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 123.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 176.4 neg: -36.2 tot: 140.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.2 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.15 Bulk Shear: 159.75 m/s