MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 30.73,-93.13 Latitude: 30.73 Longitude: -93.13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 39 28.4 23.7 76 4.7 24.9 155 7 301.1 304.5 297.9 355.9 18.64 1 1000 93 27.4 23.4 79 4.0 24.5 154 8 300.6 304.0 297.6 354.7 18.42 2 950 546 23.0 22.0 94 1.0 22.2 168 14 300.5 303.7 297.2 352.6 17.74 3 900 1016 19.4 17.8 90 1.6 18.3 188 19 301.5 304.2 295.3 343.9 14.39 4 850 1506 16.5 11.9 74 4.6 13.6 192 16 303.5 305.4 292.9 334.3 10.36 5 800 2020 14.3 7.4 63 6.9 10.2 187 15 306.4 308.0 292.0 331.0 8.12 6 750 2563 11.1 9.0 87 2.1 9.8 207 17 308.6 310.5 293.9 338.1 9.69 7 700 3137 8.2 4.4 76 3.9 6.0 227 18 311.6 313.0 293.0 334.8 7.49 8 650 3747 5.2 -4.5 49 9.7 0.4 222 15 314.8 315.7 291.2 328.3 4.21 9 600 4395 1.1 -11.3 39 12.3 -4.1 237 20 317.3 317.9 290.6 326.2 2.69 10 550 5089 -2.6 -19.9 25 17.3 -8.4 237 25 320.9 321.2 290.5 325.8 1.43 11 500 5837 -7.7 -26.8 20 19.1 -12.9 240 27 323.7 323.8 290.7 326.7 0.85 12 450 6648 -10.8 -47.9 3 37.1 -16.7 242 28 329.6 329.6 291.7 330.0 0.11 13 400 7542 -17.6 -50.3 4 32.7 -21.8 247 34 332.0 332.1 292.4 332.4 0.10 14 350 8525 -25.4 -51.6 7 26.2 -28.0 249 36 334.6 334.6 293.0 335.0 0.09 15 300 9623 -34.6 -54.1 12 19.5 -36.0 253 40 336.5 336.6 293.6 336.9 0.08 16 250 10868 -44.4 -60.6 15 16.2 -45.0 258 46 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.3 0.04 17 200 12333 -53.0 -71.8 9 18.8 -53.4 262 50 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.8 0.01 18 150 14135 -64.3 -78.5 13 14.2 -64.4 258 47 359.3 359.3 298.5 359.3 0.01 19 100 16554 -73.9 -86.0 14 12.1 -74.0 264 24 384.9 384.9 303.0 384.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5744.21 m Freezing level: 585.76 mb = 4592.24 m = 15066.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.24 mb = 3806.42 m = 12488.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.64 % Est. max temperature: 30.60 C = 87.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.47 mb = 642.56 m = 2108.11 ft T: 22.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.90 C/km ThetaE index: 24.93 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 923.44 mb = 792.16 m = 2598.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.41 C = 83.14 F Cap Strength: 0.20 C Lifted Index: -5.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.79 C Showalter Index: 1.56 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.79 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.20 C Cross Totals Index: 19.59 C K Index: 32.23 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 318.60 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.41 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1929.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 927.84 mb = 750.79 m = 2463.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 912.84 mb = 892.49 m = 2928.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 182.84 mb = 12894.97 m = 42305.83 ft B at Equ Level: 1920.04 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.6 at 18.5 knts Storm direction: 247.6 at 13.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.2 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 92.9 neg: -12.3 tot: 80.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.82 Bulk Rich Number: 62.64 Bulk Shear: 30.80 m/s