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: 34.65,-90.36 Latitude: 34.65 Longitude: -90.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1004 59 23.3 18.8 76 4.5 20.2 230 14 296.1 298.6 293.2 335.7 13.72 1 1000 95 23.3 18.5 74 4.8 20.0 232 15 296.5 298.9 293.2 335.5 13.53 2 950 541 20.4 17.9 86 2.5 18.7 231 37 297.9 300.4 293.7 337.7 13.73 3 900 1007 17.7 17.3 98 0.3 17.4 242 51 299.7 302.2 294.4 340.5 13.95 4 850 1495 14.5 14.0 97 0.5 14.2 249 50 301.4 303.6 293.4 336.6 11.94 5 800 2006 11.6 10.7 94 0.9 11.0 257 44 303.5 305.4 292.7 333.8 10.15 6 750 2543 8.1 6.6 90 1.5 7.2 258 39 305.4 306.9 291.7 330.0 8.18 7 700 3110 4.4 2.5 88 1.8 3.4 253 39 307.3 308.5 291.0 327.4 6.57 8 650 3709 0.1 -2.1 85 2.3 -1.0 248 41 309.1 310.0 290.2 324.7 5.03 9 600 4345 -4.2 -7.5 77 3.3 -5.7 248 43 311.3 311.9 289.6 322.7 3.61 10 550 5028 -7.5 -9.5 85 2.0 -8.3 250 45 315.2 315.9 290.6 326.2 3.38 11 500 5764 -11.4 -13.2 87 1.7 -12.1 253 48 319.1 319.7 291.2 328.3 2.78 12 450 6564 -16.1 -18.1 84 2.0 -16.7 256 52 323.1 323.5 291.7 330.0 2.05 13 400 7443 -21.1 -23.4 82 2.3 -21.7 261 56 327.5 327.8 292.4 332.6 1.45 14 350 8415 -27.7 -30.5 77 2.8 -28.3 264 56 331.4 331.5 292.9 334.5 0.86 15 300 9504 -36.5 -39.6 73 3.1 -36.8 264 55 333.9 334.0 293.2 335.5 0.41 16 250 10740 -47.1 -50.6 67 3.5 -47.2 257 60 336.1 336.1 293.5 336.7 0.15 17 200 12181 -53.5 -60.9 40 7.4 -53.7 247 68 348.0 348.1 296.3 348.3 0.05 18 150 14020 -59.0 -81.6 4 22.6 -59.2 264 64 368.5 368.5 300.3 368.5 0.00 19 100 16498 -67.9 -86.7 5 18.8 -67.9 263 40 396.6 396.6 304.8 396.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5669.77 m Freezing level: 648.62 mb = 3726.69 m = 12226.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.26 mb = 3570.25 m = 11713.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.47 % Est. max temperature: 28.44 C = 83.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.50 mb = 636.73 m = 2088.98 ft T: 19.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.94 C/km ThetaE index: 17.75 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 886.72 mb = 1133.95 m = 3720.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.34 C = 81.21 F Cap Strength: 1.19 C Lifted Index: -3.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.57 C Showalter Index: -3.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.42 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.96 C Cross Totals Index: 25.46 C K Index: 38.16 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 397.98 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.77 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 818.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.73 mb = 848.31 m = 2783.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 841.73 mb = 1577.11 m = 5174.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 241.73 mb = 10956.94 m = 35947.52 ft B at Equ Level: 810.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 161.73 mb = 13538.56 m = 44417.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.3 at 42.7 knts Storm direction: 279.3 at 32.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.6 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 306.0 neg: -21.1 tot: 284.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 95.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.56 Bulk Rich Number: 16.03 Bulk Shear: 51.05 m/s