MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F063.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F063.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 63 hour NAM valid 9Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 34.15,-90.18 Latitude: 34.15 Longitude: -90.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1005 54 23.4 18.4 74 5.0 20.0 207 15 296.1 298.5 293.0 334.6 13.37 1 1000 96 23.2 18.3 74 4.9 19.8 207 17 296.3 298.7 293.0 334.7 13.33 2 950 542 20.7 17.9 84 2.8 18.8 217 41 298.2 300.7 293.9 338.1 13.72 3 900 1009 18.6 16.0 85 2.5 16.9 233 50 300.7 303.0 293.9 338.4 12.84 4 850 1498 15.1 14.4 96 0.7 14.7 243 49 301.9 304.2 293.9 338.0 12.23 5 800 2010 12.2 11.3 94 0.9 11.7 255 43 304.2 306.2 293.3 335.8 10.60 6 750 2549 8.9 6.9 87 2.1 7.7 263 37 306.3 307.8 292.1 331.5 8.35 7 700 3117 5.0 3.6 91 1.4 4.2 262 37 308.0 309.3 291.6 329.7 7.10 8 650 3719 1.5 -2.1 77 3.6 -0.3 253 40 310.7 311.6 290.7 326.4 5.04 9 600 4359 -2.4 -14.6 39 12.2 -6.9 251 45 313.4 313.7 288.8 320.1 2.05 10 550 5043 -6.9 -29.8 14 22.9 -12.4 254 44 315.9 316.0 288.1 317.9 0.59 11 500 5778 -12.0 -36.6 11 24.6 -16.6 253 43 318.4 318.5 288.6 319.6 0.33 12 450 6576 -16.7 -39.7 12 22.9 -20.4 253 46 322.2 322.2 289.8 323.2 0.27 13 400 7450 -22.5 -43.5 13 21.0 -25.2 253 59 325.7 325.8 290.7 326.5 0.20 14 350 8416 -29.5 -41.8 29 12.3 -30.9 249 70 329.0 329.1 291.7 330.1 0.28 15 300 9497 -37.8 -43.4 55 5.7 -38.3 257 64 332.1 332.2 292.6 333.2 0.27 16 250 10730 -46.8 -50.7 64 3.9 -47.0 267 59 336.6 336.6 293.6 337.1 0.15 17 200 12178 -53.8 -64.7 25 11.0 -54.0 250 67 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.7 0.03 18 150 14003 -59.1 -82.3 3 23.2 -59.3 256 58 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.2 0.00 19 100 16484 -68.0 -87.2 5 19.2 -68.1 272 41 396.3 396.3 304.7 396.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5681.89 m Freezing level: 630.55 mb = 3967.64 m = 13017.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.07 mb = 3680.44 m = 12074.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.19 % Est. max temperature: 29.07 C = 84.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.25 mb = 686.77 m = 2253.16 ft T: 20.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.39 C/km ThetaE index: 20.42 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 864.26 mb = 1355.92 m = 4448.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.84 C = 83.90 F Cap Strength: 2.05 C Lifted Index: -4.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.78 C Showalter Index: -4.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.52 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.09 C Cross Totals Index: 26.43 C K Index: 40.13 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 450.60 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.65 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 829.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 48.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 907.72 mb = 935.72 m = 3069.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 782.72 mb = 2192.81 m = 7194.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 252.72 mb = 10657.09 m = 34963.79 ft B at Equ Level: 828.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 162.72 mb = 13486.99 m = 44248.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.7 at 41.6 knts Storm direction: 278.7 at 31.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.2 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 451.1 neg: -2.8 tot: 448.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 149.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.3 stream: 8.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.34 Bulk Rich Number: 10.30 Bulk Shear: 80.50 m/s