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: 31.28,-92.89 Latitude: 31.28 Longitude: -92.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 29.2 17.3 49 11.9 21.1 153 5 301.9 304.2 294.0 338.7 12.47 1 1000 116 27.4 16.7 52 10.8 20.1 153 5 300.6 302.8 293.3 335.8 12.01 2 950 566 22.6 15.5 64 7.1 17.9 154 6 300.1 302.3 293.0 334.6 11.77 3 900 1034 18.1 13.9 76 4.3 15.4 160 8 300.2 302.2 292.5 332.9 11.14 4 850 1521 16.0 0.7 36 15.2 7.9 174 20 302.9 303.7 287.8 317.3 4.74 5 800 2034 13.3 5.2 58 8.1 8.6 202 4 305.3 306.6 290.6 326.3 6.93 6 750 2574 10.9 1.9 54 9.0 6.0 250 10 308.5 309.6 290.7 326.6 5.87 7 700 3146 8.5 -5.8 36 14.3 1.7 189 10 311.9 312.6 289.7 323.1 3.53 8 650 3756 6.0 -17.1 17 23.0 -2.6 166 13 315.7 316.0 289.0 320.9 1.54 9 600 4405 1.8 -22.0 15 23.8 -6.0 174 12 318.2 318.4 289.3 322.0 1.09 10 550 5100 -2.6 -20.6 24 18.0 -8.5 222 13 321.0 321.3 290.5 325.6 1.35 11 500 5846 -9.0 -16.3 55 7.3 -11.6 230 21 322.1 322.5 291.5 329.3 2.14 12 450 6655 -13.7 -34.7 15 21.0 -17.9 244 20 326.0 326.1 291.0 327.7 0.45 13 400 7538 -20.4 -33.9 29 13.5 -22.9 259 24 328.5 328.6 291.9 330.5 0.54 14 350 8512 -26.4 -44.7 16 18.3 -28.6 254 35 333.1 333.1 292.7 333.9 0.20 15 300 9609 -33.6 -54.1 11 20.5 -35.1 251 38 338.0 338.1 293.9 338.4 0.08 16 250 10864 -42.4 -62.1 10 19.7 -43.2 256 47 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.1 0.04 17 200 12336 -52.5 -74.2 6 21.7 -52.8 255 53 349.7 349.7 296.5 349.7 0.01 18 150 14141 -64.8 -78.9 13 14.2 -64.9 259 44 358.5 358.5 298.4 358.5 0.01 19 100 16556 -73.1 -86.1 12 12.9 -73.2 285 18 386.4 386.4 303.2 386.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.63 m Freezing level: 579.54 mb = 4689.38 m = 15384.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.18 mb = 3382.49 m = 11097.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.73 % Est. max temperature: 29.89 C = 85.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 845.91 mb = 1562.12 m = 5124.99 ft T: 15.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.48 C/km ThetaE index: 21.42 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 782.81 mb = 2215.60 m = 7268.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.71 C = 92.67 F Cap Strength: 3.13 C Lifted Index: 0.07 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.56 C Showalter Index: 8.95 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.67 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.95 C Cross Totals Index: 9.72 C K Index: 11.35 Risk: None Sweat Index: 199.02 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.54 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4373.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.50 mb = 1486.26 m = 4876.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 196.1 at 11.6 knts Storm direction: 226.1 at 8.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 1.4 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 54.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 40.9 neg: -17.8 tot: 23.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.10 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: -0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.23 Bulk Shear: 9.47 m/s