MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 33.04,-90.49 Latitude: 33.04 Longitude: -90.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1008 34 21.2 20.8 98 0.4 20.9 289 5 293.6 296.4 293.8 337.8 15.51 1 1000 104 20.8 20.6 99 0.2 20.6 291 8 294.0 296.7 293.8 338.0 15.44 2 950 549 19.5 19.4 99 0.2 19.5 235 11 297.0 299.7 294.4 340.6 15.06 3 900 1015 17.9 17.8 99 0.1 17.9 215 15 300.0 302.6 294.8 342.2 14.40 4 850 1504 15.9 15.7 99 0.1 15.8 215 17 302.8 305.2 294.8 342.3 13.34 5 800 2018 13.4 13.3 99 0.1 13.3 217 18 305.5 307.7 294.7 341.6 12.08 6 750 2560 10.8 10.6 99 0.1 10.7 223 19 308.3 310.3 294.6 341.0 10.80 7 700 3133 7.7 7.5 99 0.2 7.6 230 19 311.0 312.8 294.3 339.8 9.36 8 650 3742 4.4 4.3 99 0.2 4.4 234 21 314.0 315.5 294.1 339.0 8.04 9 600 4390 0.6 0.3 98 0.3 0.4 235 23 316.8 318.0 293.7 337.5 6.52 10 550 5085 -3.0 -3.3 98 0.3 -3.1 239 25 320.5 321.6 293.9 338.2 5.47 11 500 5835 -7.0 -7.5 96 0.5 -7.2 241 28 324.5 325.3 294.0 338.9 4.35 12 450 6650 -11.5 -12.3 94 0.8 -11.9 241 32 328.7 329.4 294.3 339.9 3.30 13 400 7544 -17.2 -18.5 90 1.2 -17.6 239 35 332.6 333.0 294.4 340.4 2.23 14 350 8531 -24.3 -26.1 85 1.8 -24.7 236 41 336.0 336.3 294.5 340.8 1.30 15 300 9635 -33.3 -35.6 80 2.3 -33.7 232 48 338.4 338.5 294.5 340.7 0.61 16 250 10887 -44.0 -46.9 73 2.9 -44.2 228 56 340.6 340.7 294.7 341.5 0.22 17 200 12342 -56.0 -59.9 62 3.9 -56.1 228 67 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.3 0.06 18 150 14135 -63.0 -78.3 11 15.3 -63.1 259 65 361.6 361.6 299.0 361.6 0.01 19 100 16579 -70.7 -86.4 8 15.8 -70.7 260 34 391.2 391.2 304.0 391.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.45 m Freezing level: 591.98 mb = 4501.67 m = 14769.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 593.99 mb = 4470.68 m = 14667.42 ft Precipitable water: 2.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 98.52 % Est. max temperature: 29.86 C = 85.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1002.72 mb = 80.18 m = 263.05 ft T: 20.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.45 C/km ThetaE index: 4.83 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 939.84 mb = 641.35 m = 2104.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.15 C = 77.26 F Cap Strength: 0.68 C Lifted Index: -0.25 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.01 C Showalter Index: -1.19 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.66 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.90 C Cross Totals Index: 22.76 C K Index: 38.48 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 331.69 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.79 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 69.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 38.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 954.69 mb = 505.98 m = 1660.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 699.69 mb = 3136.91 m = 10291.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 459.69 mb = 6485.49 m = 21277.60 ft B at Equ Level: 68.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 299.69 mb = 9641.81 m = 31632.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.7 at 19.8 knts Storm direction: 261.7 at 14.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 2.5 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.2 neg: -5.8 tot: 31.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 3.22 Bulk Shear: 21.57 m/s