MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 18Z FRI 17 OCT 25 Station: 30.32,-88.81 Latitude: 30.32 Longitude: -88.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1015 1 26.0 21.0 74 5.1 22.4 148 7 297.9 300.8 295.1 343.1 15.57 1 1000 127 24.5 20.0 76 4.6 21.3 148 8 297.7 300.4 294.5 340.7 14.85 2 950 576 20.4 18.2 87 2.1 18.9 147 9 297.9 300.4 293.9 338.5 14.00 3 900 1041 17.0 13.4 79 3.6 14.7 152 12 299.0 301.0 291.9 330.6 10.79 4 850 1527 14.8 11.2 79 3.6 12.5 124 9 301.6 303.4 291.9 330.7 9.86 5 800 2039 14.2 2.1 44 12.1 7.6 80 7 306.2 307.3 289.8 323.3 5.57 6 750 2582 12.0 1.4 48 10.6 6.2 69 7 309.6 310.7 290.9 327.2 5.67 7 700 3156 8.9 -1.4 48 10.3 3.5 53 3 312.3 313.2 291.1 327.8 4.92 8 650 3765 5.5 -7.3 39 12.9 -0.4 196 2 315.2 315.9 290.6 326.1 3.39 9 600 4414 1.1 -12.7 35 13.8 -4.5 177 4 317.4 317.8 290.3 325.3 2.40 10 550 5108 -2.5 -31.6 9 29.1 -9.9 212 7 321.1 321.2 289.6 322.9 0.49 11 500 5857 -6.6 -40.1 5 33.5 -13.3 205 12 325.0 325.0 290.5 325.8 0.23 12 450 6670 -12.5 -41.3 7 28.8 -17.6 202 18 327.5 327.6 291.3 328.4 0.23 13 400 7558 -18.2 -44.5 8 26.3 -22.0 218 21 331.3 331.4 292.3 332.0 0.18 14 350 8541 -25.4 -34.7 41 9.3 -27.0 230 29 334.6 334.7 293.5 336.7 0.58 15 300 9645 -32.9 -53.4 11 20.5 -34.5 242 34 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.3 0.09 16 250 10902 -42.2 -65.6 6 23.4 -43.0 253 43 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.4 0.02 17 200 12373 -52.9 -70.0 11 17.1 -53.2 254 46 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.0 0.02 18 150 14169 -65.9 -77.1 20 11.2 -66.0 253 45 356.6 356.6 298.0 356.6 0.01 19 100 16567 -75.1 -85.8 17 10.7 -75.2 251 19 382.6 382.6 302.6 382.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.20 m Freezing level: 584.97 mb = 4622.41 m = 15165.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.05 mb = 3701.74 m = 12144.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.76 % Est. max temperature: 28.93 C = 84.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.62 mb = 642.70 m = 2108.59 ft T: 19.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.74 C/km ThetaE index: 12.56 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 906.45 mb = 979.23 m = 3212.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.96 C = 80.52 F Cap Strength: 2.09 C Lifted Index: 0.79 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.69 C Showalter Index: 4.25 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.19 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.39 C Cross Totals Index: 17.80 C K Index: 22.25 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 163.62 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.80 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2918.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.85 mb = 862.37 m = 2829.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 152.7 at 7.0 knts Storm direction: 182.7 at 5.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 2.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -76.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: -34.4 tot: -29.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -9.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: -2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 12.19 Bulk Shear: 0.28 m/s