MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 28.4,-88.42 Latitude: 28.40 Longitude: -88.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1014 -0 26.9 23.4 81 3.5 24.3 152 16 298.8 302.1 297.0 351.7 18.13 1 1000 120 25.6 22.2 82 3.4 23.2 152 18 298.7 301.8 296.3 348.6 17.10 2 950 572 21.8 20.3 91 1.5 20.8 153 19 299.3 302.2 295.7 346.0 15.99 3 900 1040 18.7 15.4 81 3.3 16.5 176 14 300.8 303.1 293.6 337.0 12.34 4 850 1529 17.4 7.5 52 9.9 11.4 188 14 304.3 305.8 290.9 327.3 7.65 5 800 2044 14.0 10.0 77 4.0 11.5 186 10 306.0 307.9 293.1 335.2 9.69 6 750 2586 10.9 8.2 83 2.7 9.2 196 9 308.4 310.1 293.4 336.2 9.15 7 700 3159 8.2 4.7 78 3.5 6.1 199 10 311.5 313.0 293.1 335.2 7.65 8 650 3769 5.1 -1.2 64 6.2 1.8 204 14 314.7 315.7 292.2 331.8 5.41 9 600 4417 1.1 -1.5 83 2.6 -0.3 213 15 317.4 318.5 293.2 335.6 5.72 10 550 5113 -2.3 -5.6 78 3.3 -3.9 231 16 321.4 322.2 293.4 336.3 4.57 11 500 5864 -6.6 -14.2 55 7.6 -9.5 239 16 325.0 325.5 292.7 333.6 2.55 12 450 6681 -10.1 -30.9 17 20.7 -15.2 247 14 330.5 330.6 292.5 332.9 0.65 13 400 7578 -16.6 -37.3 15 20.6 -20.5 267 16 333.4 333.5 293.0 334.9 0.39 14 350 8562 -25.9 -41.4 22 15.5 -28.0 267 25 333.8 333.9 293.0 335.0 0.29 15 300 9664 -32.9 -63.5 3 30.6 -34.6 269 31 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.1 0.02 16 250 10921 -41.8 -64.6 7 22.8 -42.7 272 37 343.8 343.9 295.3 344.0 0.03 17 200 12394 -53.1 -70.8 10 17.6 -53.5 271 41 348.6 348.6 296.3 348.7 0.01 18 150 14190 -65.8 -75.6 24 9.8 -65.9 257 29 356.7 356.7 298.0 356.7 0.01 19 100 16588 -75.0 -85.7 17 10.7 -75.0 250 7 382.9 382.9 302.7 382.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5743.68 m Freezing level: 584.18 mb = 4637.59 m = 15214.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.66 mb = 4327.99 m = 14199.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.23 % Est. max temperature: 31.38 C = 88.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.18 mb = 441.25 m = 1447.64 ft T: 22.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.46 C/km ThetaE index: 24.40 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 915.82 mb = 888.77 m = 2915.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.37 C = 83.07 F Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lifted Index: -2.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.28 C Showalter Index: 5.92 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.02 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.97 C Cross Totals Index: 14.06 C K Index: 27.90 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 132.30 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.31 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 650.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 929.90 mb = 756.73 m = 2482.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 894.90 mb = 1088.28 m = 3570.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 884.90 mb = 1184.43 m = 3885.87 ft B at Equ Level: 5.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 834.90 mb = 1681.00 m = 5515.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 199.0 at 14.1 knts Storm direction: 229.0 at 10.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 4.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.8 neg: -7.3 tot: 17.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 28.62 Bulk Shear: 22.73 m/s