MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510191200F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510191200F021.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KBAD ... Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 9Z MON 20 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 15.0 6.5 57 8.6 10.4 127 4 287.1 288.2 283.0 304.0 5.98 1 1000 162 16.6 5.7 49 10.9 10.7 131 15 289.8 290.8 283.9 306.2 5.76 2 950 598 15.7 1.7 39 14.0 8.6 152 15 293.1 293.9 284.0 306.4 4.55 3 900 1059 18.9 -12.4 11 31.3 6.0 220 9 301.0 301.3 283.8 306.1 1.63 4 850 1546 16.2 -1.0 31 17.1 7.4 264 17 303.1 303.9 287.4 315.9 4.19 5 800 2058 12.5 -2.1 36 14.6 5.2 278 18 304.4 305.2 287.8 317.0 4.08 6 750 2595 10.2 -14.9 16 25.0 0.5 291 27 307.6 307.9 286.4 312.8 1.61 7 700 3166 8.6 -29.0 5 37.6 -2.3 297 28 312.1 312.2 286.6 313.8 0.50 8 650 3775 6.4 -14.4 21 20.8 -1.9 299 23 316.2 316.5 289.5 322.6 1.93 9 600 4426 2.4 -23.1 13 25.5 -5.8 304 27 318.9 319.1 289.5 322.4 1.00 10 550 5122 -2.6 -31.2 9 28.6 -9.9 310 30 321.0 321.1 289.6 322.9 0.51 11 500 5868 -8.3 -36.8 8 28.5 -14.2 307 31 322.9 323.0 290.0 324.1 0.33 12 450 6675 -14.6 -40.3 9 25.6 -19.0 300 32 324.8 324.9 290.5 325.8 0.25 13 400 7554 -21.7 -47.2 8 25.5 -24.8 304 34 326.8 326.8 290.9 327.3 0.14 14 350 8521 -29.3 -52.3 9 23.0 -31.2 313 42 329.3 329.3 291.6 329.6 0.09 15 300 9605 -37.5 -47.2 36 9.6 -38.3 324 58 332.4 332.5 292.6 333.2 0.18 16 250 10836 -46.4 -58.9 23 12.5 -46.9 321 59 337.0 337.0 293.6 337.2 0.05 17 200 12288 -54.6 -71.1 11 16.5 -54.9 305 54 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.3 0.01 18 150 14092 -63.2 -81.1 7 17.9 -63.4 305 54 361.1 361.1 298.9 361.1 0.00 19 100 16523 -71.9 -85.3 12 13.5 -71.9 287 33 388.9 388.9 303.6 388.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.59 m Freezing level: 575.77 mb = 4763.34 m = 15627.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 740.47 mb = 2700.71 m = 8860.48 ft Precipitable water: 0.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 19.78 % Est. max temperature: 30.49 C = 86.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 890.35 mb = 1150.82 m = 3775.62 ft T: 18.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.28 C/km ThetaE index: 4.13 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 514.65 mb = 5642.22 m = 18510.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 50.36 C = 122.65 F Cap Strength: 16.71 C Lifted Index: 16.50 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 18.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 14.72 C Showalter Index: 10.41 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 31.86 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.50 C Cross Totals Index: 7.36 C K Index: -14.08 Risk: None Sweat Index: 64.71 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.89 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 36.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13979.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 16.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 772.20 mb = 2351.97 m = 7716.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 293.3 at 22.8 knts Storm direction: 323.3 at 17.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 123.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 242.0 neg: -8.6 tot: 233.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 77.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.4 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.22 Bulk Shear: 170.39 m/s