MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 32.18,-90.76 Latitude: 32.18 Longitude: -90.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 56 27.8 20.4 64 7.4 22.6 163 6 300.6 303.4 295.6 345.2 15.19 1 1000 95 27.7 20.2 64 7.5 22.4 164 7 300.9 303.6 295.6 345.1 15.08 2 950 548 23.7 19.6 77 4.2 20.8 176 18 301.3 304.1 295.7 346.1 15.24 3 900 1018 19.5 18.5 94 0.9 18.8 189 18 301.6 304.3 295.7 346.0 15.10 4 850 1509 16.1 15.7 97 0.4 15.8 208 18 303.0 305.4 294.9 342.3 13.28 5 800 2023 12.9 10.6 86 2.3 11.4 237 20 304.9 306.8 293.1 335.1 10.08 6 750 2563 9.9 4.4 69 5.4 6.8 255 18 307.3 308.6 291.3 328.7 7.02 7 700 3134 9.1 -7.1 31 16.2 1.6 237 18 312.6 313.2 289.6 322.9 3.21 8 650 3745 5.8 -13.9 23 19.7 -2.1 233 23 315.5 315.9 289.4 322.1 2.01 9 600 4392 0.8 -15.4 29 16.2 -5.3 243 29 317.1 317.5 289.8 323.5 1.92 10 550 5085 -4.1 -16.3 38 12.2 -8.5 241 34 319.2 319.6 290.5 325.7 1.94 11 500 5829 -8.2 -30.2 15 22.0 -13.6 239 33 323.1 323.2 290.3 325.3 0.62 12 450 6639 -12.6 -38.0 10 25.4 -17.4 241 37 327.5 327.5 291.3 328.7 0.32 13 400 7528 -18.6 -43.7 9 25.1 -22.2 244 40 330.9 330.9 292.2 331.6 0.20 14 350 8507 -26.4 -45.0 16 18.6 -28.6 238 42 333.2 333.3 292.8 334.0 0.20 15 300 9599 -35.7 -42.1 52 6.4 -36.3 249 46 335.1 335.2 293.4 336.3 0.32 16 250 10844 -44.6 -48.6 64 4.1 -44.8 253 62 339.8 339.8 294.4 340.5 0.18 17 200 12306 -52.3 -73.1 6 20.8 -52.7 266 64 349.9 349.9 296.6 349.9 0.01 18 150 14124 -62.8 -80.1 8 17.3 -62.9 258 49 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.0 0.00 19 100 16550 -72.9 -86.3 11 13.4 -73.0 260 28 386.8 386.8 303.3 386.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.11 m Freezing level: 591.63 mb = 4508.24 m = 14790.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 678.30 mb = 3393.76 m = 11134.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.77 % Est. max temperature: 30.09 C = 86.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 901.61 mb = 1002.88 m = 3290.26 ft T: 19.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.43 C/km ThetaE index: 23.95 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 883.01 mb = 1182.08 m = 3878.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.27 C = 84.69 F Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lifted Index: -3.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.32 C Showalter Index: -2.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.11 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.26 C Cross Totals Index: 23.85 C K Index: 23.70 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 345.43 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1160.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.94 mb = 1076.41 m = 3531.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 868.94 mb = 1319.94 m = 4330.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 218.94 mb = 11713.18 m = 38428.60 ft B at Equ Level: 1153.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 128.94 mb = 15028.77 m = 49306.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.4 at 22.9 knts Storm direction: 261.4 at 17.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.8 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 113.0 neg: -1.3 tot: 111.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.81 Bulk Rich Number: 22.66 Bulk Shear: 51.19 m/s