MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 6Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 33.84,-90.59 Latitude: 33.84 Longitude: -90.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1006 41 23.3 22.3 94 1.0 22.6 197 10 295.9 299.0 295.5 344.9 17.04 1 1000 94 22.8 22.2 96 0.7 22.3 200 13 296.0 299.1 295.5 345.0 17.03 2 950 542 22.7 19.0 80 3.6 20.1 230 32 300.2 302.9 295.1 343.4 14.75 3 900 1011 18.8 17.0 89 1.8 17.5 237 31 300.9 303.4 294.6 341.0 13.65 4 850 1500 15.9 13.0 83 2.9 14.0 258 31 302.8 304.8 293.3 335.7 11.11 5 800 2014 13.3 9.5 78 3.8 10.9 277 34 305.3 307.0 292.6 333.3 9.33 6 750 2553 9.1 2.5 63 6.6 5.5 286 35 306.5 307.6 290.3 325.1 6.13 7 700 3121 4.5 2.1 84 2.5 3.2 277 32 307.5 308.7 290.9 327.0 6.37 8 650 3722 1.7 -2.4 74 4.1 -0.3 259 41 310.9 311.8 290.7 326.3 4.94 9 600 4363 -1.1 -11.5 45 10.3 -5.3 257 51 314.8 315.3 289.8 323.5 2.65 10 550 5051 -5.9 -17.3 40 11.4 -9.8 256 53 317.1 317.4 289.7 323.0 1.79 11 500 5790 -10.9 -23.2 36 12.3 -14.3 257 52 319.8 320.0 289.9 323.9 1.18 12 450 6590 -16.5 -26.0 44 9.5 -18.8 253 51 322.5 322.7 290.6 326.1 1.02 13 400 7464 -22.8 -37.2 26 14.4 -25.0 254 46 325.4 325.5 290.8 326.8 0.39 14 350 8430 -28.8 -53.5 7 24.7 -30.8 254 41 330.0 330.0 291.8 330.3 0.07 15 300 9516 -36.7 -60.4 7 23.7 -37.9 249 47 333.6 333.6 292.7 333.7 0.04 16 250 10754 -44.8 -60.9 15 16.0 -45.4 246 56 339.4 339.4 294.2 339.6 0.04 17 200 12220 -51.4 -73.0 6 21.6 -51.8 252 47 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.4 0.01 18 150 14041 -62.2 -80.4 7 18.2 -62.4 251 54 362.9 362.9 299.2 362.9 0.00 19 100 16498 -69.2 -86.5 6 17.3 -69.3 267 39 394.0 394.0 304.4 394.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.98 m Freezing level: 619.89 mb = 4108.09 m = 13477.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.64 mb = 3663.95 m = 12020.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.30 % Est. max temperature: 29.92 C = 85.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 992.10 mb = 163.14 m = 535.22 ft T: 22.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.78 C/km ThetaE index: 19.89 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 897.46 mb = 1035.45 m = 3397.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.35 C = 83.02 F Cap Strength: 1.48 C Lifted Index: -5.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.20 C Showalter Index: -2.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.59 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.75 C Cross Totals Index: 23.84 C K Index: 37.26 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 302.22 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.37 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1585.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 22.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 922.98 mb = 792.57 m = 2600.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 857.98 mb = 1420.39 m = 4660.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.98 mb = 11359.93 m = 37269.65 ft B at Equ Level: 1572.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.98 mb = 15002.44 m = 49219.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.0 at 39.3 knts Storm direction: 289.0 at 29.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.9 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 283.0 neg: -8.0 tot: 275.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 91.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.8 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.72 Bulk Rich Number: 17.10 Bulk Shear: 92.72 m/s