MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 31.23,-92.62 Latitude: 31.23 Longitude: -92.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 41 25.3 21.6 80 3.8 22.6 180 7 298.0 300.9 295.6 345.4 16.34 1 1000 96 25.6 21.4 77 4.2 22.6 181 12 298.8 301.7 295.7 346.0 16.22 2 950 547 22.1 20.2 89 1.9 20.8 189 25 299.6 302.5 295.7 346.0 15.87 3 900 1016 19.7 16.1 80 3.6 17.2 191 25 301.8 304.1 294.3 339.7 12.86 4 850 1507 17.2 13.4 78 3.9 14.7 201 23 304.2 306.3 293.9 338.3 11.43 5 800 2023 14.5 11.6 83 2.9 12.6 218 23 306.6 308.7 294.1 339.2 10.80 6 750 2567 11.5 8.5 82 3.0 9.7 227 26 309.1 310.9 293.7 337.6 9.36 7 700 3141 8.1 5.4 83 2.6 6.5 235 27 311.4 312.9 293.4 336.3 8.08 8 650 3750 4.4 2.4 87 1.9 3.2 241 27 313.9 315.2 293.3 335.9 7.04 9 600 4396 -0.0 -1.7 89 1.6 -0.9 243 29 316.1 317.1 292.8 334.0 5.65 10 550 5089 -4.2 -10.3 62 6.2 -6.8 239 32 319.2 319.8 291.6 329.6 3.17 11 500 5835 -8.0 -10.0 85 2.0 -8.8 247 35 323.3 324.0 293.1 335.2 3.58 12 450 6644 -13.0 -33.7 16 20.8 -17.4 252 41 326.9 327.0 291.3 328.7 0.49 13 400 7533 -18.6 -48.9 5 30.3 -22.5 250 50 330.8 330.8 292.0 331.2 0.11 14 350 8511 -26.5 -42.6 21 16.1 -28.6 248 55 333.0 333.0 292.8 334.0 0.26 15 300 9606 -35.1 -51.1 18 16.0 -36.3 252 62 335.9 335.9 293.4 336.3 0.12 16 250 10851 -43.8 -62.2 11 18.4 -44.5 260 63 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.1 0.04 17 200 12320 -52.3 -70.3 10 18.1 -52.7 264 57 350.0 350.0 296.6 350.0 0.01 18 150 14131 -63.4 -80.0 9 16.5 -63.6 262 49 360.8 360.8 298.8 360.8 0.00 19 100 16561 -71.9 -86.4 10 14.4 -72.0 253 28 388.8 388.8 303.6 388.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5738.93 m Freezing level: 600.56 mb = 4389.26 m = 14400.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.03 mb = 4249.27 m = 13940.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.02 % Est. max temperature: 31.29 C = 88.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.93 mb = 519.95 m = 1705.85 ft T: 22.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.95 C/km ThetaE index: 9.62 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 873.05 mb = 1277.02 m = 4189.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.47 C = 86.84 F Cap Strength: 1.29 C Lifted Index: -3.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.05 C Showalter Index: -0.49 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.57 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.21 C Cross Totals Index: 21.36 C K Index: 35.97 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 356.11 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.66 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 959.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 39.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.87 mb = 864.20 m = 2835.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 770.87 mb = 2335.47 m = 7662.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.87 mb = 11374.92 m = 37318.85 ft B at Equ Level: 957.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 130.87 mb = 14948.94 m = 49044.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.8 at 27.0 knts Storm direction: 257.8 at 20.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 153.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 153.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.77 Bulk Rich Number: 22.03 Bulk Shear: 43.57 m/s