MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 30.79,-90.88 Latitude: 30.79 Longitude: -90.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1007 52 29.5 20.8 60 8.6 23.3 151 8 302.0 304.8 296.1 347.9 15.56 1 1000 115 27.4 20.1 64 7.3 22.2 150 9 300.5 303.3 295.4 344.4 14.94 2 950 567 22.6 19.1 81 3.5 20.2 152 12 300.2 302.9 295.2 343.6 14.84 3 900 1035 18.6 14.7 78 3.9 16.0 157 12 300.7 302.9 293.1 335.3 11.76 4 850 1524 15.8 12.8 82 3.0 13.8 211 7 302.7 304.7 293.1 335.2 10.98 5 800 2037 12.8 9.6 81 3.2 10.8 234 17 304.8 306.5 292.5 333.0 9.41 6 750 2577 10.2 6.7 79 3.5 8.1 239 18 307.7 309.2 292.4 332.8 8.24 7 700 3149 8.8 -7.8 30 16.6 1.3 218 14 312.3 312.9 289.3 322.0 3.04 8 650 3758 5.2 -12.8 26 18.1 -2.1 201 14 314.9 315.3 289.4 322.1 2.19 9 600 4406 1.7 -14.6 29 16.2 -4.7 215 15 318.0 318.4 290.2 324.9 2.06 10 550 5101 -3.5 -15.3 40 11.8 -7.9 221 18 319.9 320.3 290.9 327.0 2.12 11 500 5847 -7.8 -30.1 15 22.3 -13.3 227 18 323.5 323.6 290.5 325.8 0.62 12 450 6657 -12.6 -39.2 9 26.6 -17.5 244 19 327.4 327.5 291.3 328.5 0.28 13 400 7548 -17.6 -47.3 6 29.7 -21.7 262 20 332.1 332.1 292.4 332.6 0.13 14 350 8530 -25.8 -45.4 14 19.6 -28.1 268 25 334.0 334.0 293.0 334.7 0.19 15 300 9627 -35.0 -53.4 14 18.4 -36.3 267 32 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.3 0.09 16 250 10870 -44.5 -61.1 14 16.6 -45.1 270 43 339.9 339.9 294.3 340.1 0.04 17 200 12333 -53.3 -70.7 10 17.4 -53.6 267 53 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.01 18 150 14136 -64.5 -78.5 13 14.0 -64.6 264 42 359.0 359.0 298.5 359.0 0.01 19 100 16553 -73.9 -85.6 15 11.6 -74.0 273 22 384.8 384.8 303.0 384.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.32 m Freezing level: 584.01 mb = 4628.30 m = 15184.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 681.61 mb = 3367.96 m = 11049.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.40 % Est. max temperature: 29.84 C = 85.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 888.93 mb = 1140.99 m = 3743.38 ft T: 18.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.17 C/km ThetaE index: 25.87 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 876.37 mb = 1262.74 m = 4142.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.08 C = 84.35 F Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lifted Index: -2.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.44 C Showalter Index: 1.02 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.16 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.57 C Cross Totals Index: 20.59 C K Index: 19.74 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 184.94 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.79 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 477.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 891.66 mb = 1114.74 m = 3657.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 846.66 mb = 1557.33 m = 5109.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 706.66 mb = 3070.74 m = 10074.49 ft B at Equ Level: 28.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 166.66 mb = 13476.02 m = 44212.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.1 at 14.6 knts Storm direction: 243.1 at 10.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 1.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.4 neg: -14.4 tot: 18.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 20.57 Bulk Shear: 23.23 m/s