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: 31.12,-93.19 Latitude: 31.12 Longitude: -93.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 85 27.6 17.4 54 10.2 20.6 153 6 300.4 302.7 293.6 337.3 12.57 1 1000 116 26.7 16.9 55 9.8 20.1 153 5 299.8 302.1 293.2 335.5 12.18 2 950 565 22.0 15.5 66 6.6 17.7 152 8 299.6 301.7 292.7 333.9 11.73 3 900 1032 18.9 7.1 46 11.9 12.0 157 9 301.0 302.3 289.3 321.9 7.02 4 850 1520 16.9 -2.5 26 19.4 7.2 176 17 303.9 304.6 287.2 315.4 3.75 5 800 2033 13.1 6.4 64 6.7 9.2 178 4 305.1 306.5 291.2 328.0 7.57 6 750 2573 10.3 9.1 92 1.2 9.6 246 13 307.8 309.6 293.6 337.2 9.72 7 700 3146 8.1 -2.9 46 11.0 2.5 203 8 311.5 312.3 290.3 325.3 4.40 8 650 3755 6.2 -20.1 13 26.3 -3.0 175 9 315.9 316.2 288.7 320.0 1.19 9 600 4405 2.3 -25.2 11 27.5 -6.1 191 11 318.8 318.9 289.2 321.6 0.82 10 550 5101 -2.7 -17.8 30 15.1 -8.1 226 15 320.9 321.2 290.7 326.7 1.71 11 500 5847 -8.7 -22.1 33 13.4 -12.7 229 21 322.5 322.7 290.9 327.0 1.30 12 450 6655 -13.5 -39.0 10 25.4 -18.1 240 19 326.2 326.3 290.9 327.3 0.29 13 400 7539 -20.3 -34.1 28 13.8 -22.9 257 24 328.6 328.7 291.9 330.5 0.53 14 350 8514 -26.2 -43.5 18 17.2 -28.4 253 33 333.4 333.4 292.9 334.3 0.23 15 300 9610 -33.4 -52.8 13 19.4 -34.9 253 37 338.2 338.3 294.0 338.6 0.09 16 250 10867 -42.3 -63.7 8 21.4 -43.2 258 49 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.2 0.03 17 200 12339 -52.5 -74.2 6 21.7 -52.8 255 51 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.7 0.01 18 150 14143 -64.9 -79.0 13 14.1 -65.0 260 44 358.3 358.3 298.4 358.3 0.01 19 100 16557 -73.2 -85.8 13 12.6 -73.2 285 18 386.3 386.3 303.2 386.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.31 m Freezing level: 577.02 mb = 4724.75 m = 15500.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.19 mb = 3418.09 m = 11214.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.42 % Est. max temperature: 30.82 C = 87.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 865.40 mb = 1366.95 m = 4484.69 ft T: 17.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.20 C/km ThetaE index: 21.89 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 758.98 mb = 2473.62 m = 8115.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.42 C = 93.96 F Cap Strength: 4.44 C Lifted Index: 1.81 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.22 C Showalter Index: 10.37 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 31.75 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.58 C Cross Totals Index: 6.18 C K Index: 12.06 Risk: None Sweat Index: 178.65 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.49 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5522.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 841.79 mb = 1602.44 m = 5257.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 202.6 at 11.4 knts Storm direction: 232.6 at 8.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 1.6 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 36.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 43.5 neg: -24.8 tot: 18.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.37 Bulk Shear: 10.44 m/s