MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 9Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 32.39,-90.26 Latitude: 32.39 Longitude: -90.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 88 21.7 20.5 93 1.2 20.9 215 6 294.6 297.3 293.9 338.5 15.35 1 1000 117 22.0 20.4 91 1.6 20.9 216 7 295.1 297.9 294.1 339.0 15.28 2 950 563 20.3 20.0 98 0.4 20.1 235 29 297.8 300.7 295.1 343.1 15.63 3 900 1030 18.0 16.3 90 1.7 16.9 250 32 300.1 302.5 293.9 338.4 13.09 4 850 1518 15.7 13.3 86 2.3 14.1 270 30 302.6 304.7 293.4 336.3 11.40 5 800 2031 12.8 8.4 74 4.4 10.2 282 29 304.8 306.5 292.0 330.9 8.68 6 750 2571 9.7 7.1 84 2.6 8.1 283 29 307.1 308.7 292.4 332.7 8.46 7 700 3140 5.7 1.8 76 3.9 3.6 276 24 308.8 310.0 291.2 328.1 6.25 8 650 3744 2.8 -2.8 67 5.6 0.0 268 32 312.1 313.1 290.9 327.3 4.81 9 600 4387 -1.0 -12.4 41 11.5 -5.5 275 37 315.0 315.5 289.7 323.0 2.45 10 550 5075 -5.2 -33.1 9 27.9 -11.6 293 33 318.0 318.0 288.6 319.5 0.43 11 500 5815 -10.7 -42.3 5 31.7 -16.0 308 33 320.0 320.1 288.9 320.7 0.18 12 450 6616 -16.5 -44.2 7 27.7 -20.5 310 32 322.5 322.5 289.7 323.1 0.17 13 400 7487 -23.6 -43.1 15 19.4 -26.1 300 28 324.3 324.3 290.3 325.1 0.21 14 350 8452 -28.5 -59.0 4 30.5 -30.7 262 45 330.3 330.3 291.8 330.4 0.04 15 300 9538 -36.6 -58.0 9 21.4 -37.8 260 56 333.8 333.8 292.8 334.0 0.05 16 250 10776 -45.8 -62.6 13 16.7 -46.4 256 56 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.0 0.03 17 200 12236 -51.9 -73.4 6 21.5 -52.3 258 52 350.5 350.5 296.8 350.6 0.01 18 150 14056 -61.6 -80.8 6 19.1 -61.8 259 63 363.9 363.9 299.4 363.9 0.00 19 100 16507 -70.6 -86.9 7 16.3 -70.6 273 38 391.4 391.4 304.0 391.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.26 m Freezing level: 612.85 mb = 4221.72 m = 13850.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.82 mb = 3746.21 m = 12290.55 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.06 % Est. max temperature: 29.53 C = 85.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 986.73 mb = 232.97 m = 764.32 ft T: 21.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.14 C/km ThetaE index: 13.25 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 913.48 mb = 901.38 m = 2957.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.60 C = 79.88 F Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lifted Index: -4.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.25 C Showalter Index: -2.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.37 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.35 C Cross Totals Index: 24.02 C K Index: 35.79 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 280.24 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.03 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1156.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 939.16 mb = 662.28 m = 2172.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 824.16 mb = 1779.41 m = 5837.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.16 mb = 11204.24 m = 36758.88 ft B at Equ Level: 1145.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 144.16 mb = 14296.61 m = 46904.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.6 at 30.1 knts Storm direction: 306.6 at 22.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.9 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 266.6 neg: -16.4 tot: 250.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 83.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.92 Bulk Rich Number: 18.93 Bulk Shear: 61.13 m/s