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: 34.85,-90.19 Latitude: 34.85 Longitude: -90.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1003 69 22.7 18.8 78 4.0 20.0 228 17 295.6 298.1 293.1 335.0 13.72 1 1000 94 22.5 18.7 79 3.8 19.9 228 16 295.6 298.1 293.0 334.9 13.66 2 950 539 20.0 18.1 89 1.9 18.7 227 41 297.4 300.0 293.7 337.6 13.86 3 900 1005 17.8 17.5 98 0.3 17.6 238 57 299.8 302.4 294.6 341.1 14.11 4 850 1493 14.8 14.2 96 0.6 14.4 243 56 301.6 303.8 293.6 337.1 12.05 5 800 2004 11.6 9.9 89 1.7 10.5 250 48 303.5 305.3 292.3 332.1 9.59 6 750 2540 7.6 4.6 81 3.0 5.9 253 42 304.8 306.2 290.7 326.3 7.13 7 700 3104 2.8 0.1 82 2.8 1.4 251 41 305.6 306.7 289.5 322.4 5.50 8 650 3701 -0.5 -1.8 91 1.3 -1.2 251 40 308.4 309.4 290.1 324.4 5.16 9 600 4338 -3.1 -4.2 92 1.1 -3.7 252 39 312.5 313.4 290.9 327.2 4.66 10 550 5023 -6.9 -7.9 92 1.0 -7.3 256 41 315.9 316.7 291.2 328.3 3.84 11 500 5761 -11.1 -12.6 88 1.5 -11.7 259 44 319.5 320.1 291.5 329.1 2.90 12 450 6563 -15.5 -17.4 85 1.9 -16.2 262 47 323.7 324.2 292.0 331.1 2.17 13 400 7443 -20.9 -23.1 82 2.2 -21.5 265 52 327.8 328.1 292.5 333.0 1.48 14 350 8415 -28.0 -30.8 77 2.8 -28.5 266 53 331.0 331.2 292.8 334.0 0.84 15 300 9503 -36.6 -39.6 74 3.0 -37.0 263 52 333.8 333.9 293.2 335.3 0.41 16 250 10738 -47.3 -50.7 68 3.4 -47.4 252 59 335.8 335.8 293.4 336.4 0.15 17 200 12179 -53.3 -61.5 36 8.2 -53.5 246 69 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.6 0.05 18 150 14018 -59.2 -81.2 4 22.0 -59.5 263 64 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.0 0.00 19 100 16499 -67.5 -86.8 5 19.2 -67.6 263 40 397.3 397.3 304.8 397.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5667.18 m Freezing level: 657.44 mb = 3611.87 m = 11849.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.34 mb = 3428.60 m = 11248.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.48 % Est. max temperature: 28.62 C = 83.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.47 mb = 570.77 m = 1872.57 ft T: 19.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.24 C/km ThetaE index: 18.67 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 886.72 mb = 1131.63 m = 3712.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.40 C = 81.31 F Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lifted Index: -3.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.09 C Showalter Index: -3.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.13 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.86 C Cross Totals Index: 25.26 C K Index: 37.27 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 426.43 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.74 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 822.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 923.65 mb = 781.12 m = 2562.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 828.65 mb = 1706.92 m = 5600.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.65 mb = 11037.84 m = 36212.94 ft B at Equ Level: 811.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 168.65 mb = 13268.60 m = 43531.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.8 at 43.1 knts Storm direction: 278.8 at 32.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.3 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 362.6 neg: -19.5 tot: 343.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 114.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.2 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.86 Bulk Rich Number: 16.43 Bulk Shear: 50.05 m/s