MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F051.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F051.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 51 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 33.22,-90.31 Latitude: 33.22 Longitude: -90.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 42 22.2 21.9 98 0.3 22.1 197 6 294.8 297.8 294.9 342.6 16.68 1 1000 100 21.9 21.7 99 0.2 21.8 195 7 295.0 298.0 295.0 342.6 16.59 2 950 546 20.3 20.1 99 0.1 20.2 195 25 297.7 300.6 295.2 343.6 15.80 3 900 1013 18.0 17.7 98 0.2 17.8 201 34 300.0 302.7 294.8 342.0 14.34 4 850 1502 15.7 15.5 99 0.2 15.5 205 36 302.6 305.0 294.6 341.3 13.11 5 800 2016 13.2 12.9 98 0.3 13.0 208 35 305.2 307.4 294.4 340.5 11.78 6 750 2557 10.5 10.2 98 0.3 10.3 211 33 308.0 310.0 294.3 339.8 10.51 7 700 3131 7.7 7.4 98 0.2 7.5 214 31 311.0 312.7 294.2 339.6 9.30 8 650 3739 4.6 4.3 98 0.2 4.4 217 30 314.1 315.7 294.1 339.3 8.07 9 600 4388 0.9 0.6 98 0.3 0.7 221 28 317.1 318.4 293.9 338.3 6.68 10 550 5083 -2.8 -3.1 98 0.3 -3.0 229 27 320.7 321.8 294.0 338.7 5.54 11 500 5834 -6.9 -7.2 97 0.4 -7.0 237 28 324.7 325.6 294.1 339.4 4.45 12 450 6649 -11.8 -12.4 95 0.7 -12.1 242 31 328.4 329.1 294.2 339.5 3.27 13 400 7542 -17.4 -18.7 90 1.2 -17.9 246 34 332.3 332.8 294.3 340.0 2.19 14 350 8528 -24.6 -26.3 85 1.7 -25.0 249 40 335.6 335.8 294.4 340.2 1.27 15 300 9631 -33.5 -35.7 80 2.2 -33.8 249 46 338.2 338.3 294.4 340.5 0.61 16 250 10881 -44.6 -47.5 73 2.8 -44.8 245 54 339.7 339.8 294.4 340.6 0.21 17 200 12328 -57.7 -61.8 59 4.2 -57.8 248 63 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.6 0.05 18 150 14123 -63.0 -80.2 8 17.2 -63.1 260 52 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.6 0.00 19 100 16572 -71.1 -87.0 8 15.9 -71.1 261 38 390.4 390.4 303.9 390.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.08 m Freezing level: 588.05 mb = 4554.24 m = 14941.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 590.21 mb = 4519.54 m = 14827.70 ft Precipitable water: 2.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 98.25 % Est. max temperature: 29.65 C = 85.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1002.97 mb = 74.26 m = 243.62 ft T: 22.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.37 C/km ThetaE index: 5.26 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 944.53 mb = 596.01 m = 1955.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.41 C = 77.74 F Cap Strength: 0.20 C Lifted Index: -1.31 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.90 C Showalter Index: -0.60 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.85 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.54 C Cross Totals Index: 22.31 C K Index: 37.77 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 378.06 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.49 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 496.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 953.88 mb = 510.77 m = 1675.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 918.88 mb = 833.60 m = 2734.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 188.88 mb = 12685.30 m = 41617.93 ft B at Equ Level: 472.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 148.88 mb = 14168.38 m = 46483.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.7 at 29.6 knts Storm direction: 244.7 at 22.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 3.3 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 162.5 neg: -0.4 tot: 162.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 54.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.50 Bulk Rich Number: 14.49 Bulk Shear: 34.30 m/s