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,-90.59 Latitude: 34.85 Longitude: -90.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 60 20.7 20.2 97 0.4 20.4 249 13 293.4 296.1 293.4 336.2 15.04 1 1000 102 20.4 20.1 99 0.2 20.2 244 16 293.5 296.2 293.4 336.2 14.99 2 950 545 18.6 18.4 99 0.2 18.5 250 34 296.1 298.7 293.6 336.9 14.17 3 900 1008 16.2 15.6 96 0.7 15.8 252 41 298.2 300.5 292.9 334.5 12.46 4 850 1493 13.5 12.2 91 1.4 12.7 253 43 300.3 302.2 292.0 331.3 10.53 5 800 2002 10.6 8.7 88 1.9 9.5 254 42 302.5 304.1 291.4 328.8 8.86 6 750 2537 7.6 5.6 87 2.0 6.4 253 42 304.8 306.2 291.0 327.7 7.62 7 700 3103 4.4 2.1 85 2.3 3.1 250 44 307.3 308.5 290.8 326.8 6.36 8 650 3702 0.2 -1.3 89 1.6 -0.6 253 45 309.2 310.2 290.5 325.8 5.35 9 600 4340 -3.9 -5.7 87 1.8 -4.7 259 46 311.6 312.4 290.2 324.8 4.17 10 550 5021 -8.1 -9.9 87 1.8 -8.8 269 49 314.5 315.1 290.3 325.1 3.28 11 500 5756 -12.3 -13.9 87 1.7 -12.9 275 52 318.1 318.6 290.7 326.7 2.60 12 450 6555 -16.6 -18.6 84 2.0 -17.1 275 49 322.4 322.8 291.5 329.1 1.97 13 400 7431 -21.9 -24.2 81 2.3 -22.5 272 44 326.5 326.8 292.0 331.2 1.35 14 350 8400 -28.7 -31.5 76 2.8 -29.2 262 38 330.1 330.2 292.5 332.9 0.78 15 300 9486 -37.1 -40.2 73 3.1 -37.4 247 37 333.1 333.2 293.0 334.6 0.38 16 250 10720 -46.7 -50.3 66 3.7 -46.9 236 51 336.7 336.7 293.6 337.3 0.15 17 200 12167 -52.8 -58.9 48 6.0 -53.0 251 71 349.1 349.1 296.5 349.4 0.07 18 150 14009 -59.2 -81.0 4 21.8 -59.4 262 62 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.2 0.00 19 100 16492 -67.7 -86.1 6 18.4 -67.8 263 39 397.0 397.0 304.8 397.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5654.11 m Freezing level: 647.21 mb = 3737.95 m = 12263.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.67 mb = 3607.51 m = 11835.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.61 % Est. max temperature: 27.37 C = 81.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 999.14 mb = 109.05 m = 357.77 ft T: 20.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.27 C/km ThetaE index: 12.10 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 938.87 mb = 645.59 m = 2118.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.83 C = 74.90 F Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lifted Index: -3.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.10 C Showalter Index: -1.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.22 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.79 C Cross Totals Index: 24.43 C K Index: 35.64 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 307.12 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.00 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 771.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 949.88 mb = 545.61 m = 1790.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 904.88 mb = 961.57 m = 3154.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 274.88 mb = 10077.58 m = 33062.52 ft B at Equ Level: 771.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 174.88 mb = 13026.62 m = 42737.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.5 at 43.3 knts Storm direction: 288.5 at 32.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.5 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 174.2 neg: -5.2 tot: 169.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 56.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.84 Bulk Rich Number: 15.06 Bulk Shear: 51.20 m/s