MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 17 OCT 25 Station: 26.46,-91.75 Latitude: 26.46 Longitude: -91.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1011 -0 27.6 23.1 76 4.6 24.3 110 13 299.8 303.1 297.1 352.0 17.82 1 1000 97 26.6 21.5 74 5.1 23.0 110 14 299.8 302.8 296.1 347.7 16.39 2 950 549 22.3 20.2 88 2.1 20.8 108 15 299.8 302.7 295.8 346.2 15.86 3 900 1018 18.9 15.9 83 2.9 16.9 118 15 300.9 303.3 293.9 338.4 12.74 4 850 1507 16.3 12.2 77 4.0 13.7 176 8 303.2 305.1 293.0 334.6 10.59 5 800 2022 15.1 7.6 61 7.5 10.6 225 8 307.3 308.8 292.3 332.3 8.24 6 750 2567 12.6 8.8 77 3.8 10.2 235 6 310.3 312.1 294.1 339.4 9.51 7 700 3144 9.4 8.4 94 1.0 8.8 230 4 312.9 314.8 295.2 343.7 9.95 8 650 3756 6.1 0.7 68 5.4 3.1 203 3 315.8 317.0 293.2 335.4 6.20 9 600 4408 3.2 -12.0 32 15.2 -3.2 135 2 319.8 320.3 291.2 328.2 2.53 10 550 5108 -1.2 -7.6 62 6.4 -4.1 131 3 322.7 323.4 293.2 335.6 3.94 11 500 5861 -6.3 -9.3 79 3.0 -7.6 156 5 325.4 326.1 293.8 338.0 3.79 12 450 6677 -11.4 -15.1 74 3.7 -12.8 199 7 328.9 329.4 293.8 337.9 2.63 13 400 7571 -16.8 -21.7 66 4.9 -18.3 228 14 333.1 333.4 294.1 339.1 1.68 14 350 8560 -23.0 -33.0 39 10.0 -24.9 235 22 337.8 337.9 294.4 340.3 0.68 15 300 9673 -31.0 -44.6 25 13.6 -32.6 243 24 341.6 341.7 295.0 342.6 0.24 16 250 10938 -41.3 -50.5 36 9.2 -41.9 243 28 344.6 344.6 295.6 345.2 0.15 17 200 12412 -52.8 -60.7 38 7.9 -53.1 247 34 349.1 349.1 296.5 349.3 0.05 18 150 14203 -67.5 -73.1 45 5.6 -67.5 250 25 353.9 353.9 297.5 353.9 0.01 19 100 16582 -76.5 -85.8 21 9.3 -76.5 245 12 380.0 380.0 302.2 380.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5763.28 m Freezing level: 563.72 mb = 4915.62 m = 16127.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.31 mb = 4071.51 m = 13357.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.99 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.35 % Est. max temperature: 30.48 C = 86.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.62 mb = 580.13 m = 1903.29 ft T: 22.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.78 C/km ThetaE index: 19.69 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 904.69 mb = 972.56 m = 3190.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.64 C = 83.55 F Cap Strength: 0.68 C Lifted Index: -1.80 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.01 C Showalter Index: 2.77 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.07 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.54 C Cross Totals Index: 18.53 C K Index: 33.79 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 168.07 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.67 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 279.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.61 mb = 859.13 m = 2818.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 891.61 mb = 1097.74 m = 3601.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 821.61 mb = 1795.42 m = 5890.40 ft B at Equ Level: 7.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 781.61 mb = 2218.09 m = 7277.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 152.1 at 6.6 knts Storm direction: 182.1 at 5.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.6 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -143.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 39.1 neg: -0.2 tot: 38.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 18.56 Bulk Shear: 15.06 m/s