MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 6Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 30.71,-91.99 Latitude: 30.71 Longitude: -91.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 10 23.3 22.8 97 0.5 22.9 190 6 295.5 298.7 295.7 345.9 17.53 1 1000 107 23.9 22.6 93 1.3 23.0 194 14 297.0 300.2 296.1 347.7 17.52 2 950 557 21.9 20.0 89 1.9 20.5 210 26 299.4 302.3 295.6 345.1 15.65 3 900 1026 19.4 17.4 88 2.1 18.0 224 23 301.5 304.1 295.0 342.7 13.99 4 850 1517 16.8 14.0 84 2.8 15.0 230 23 303.8 306.0 294.1 339.2 11.92 5 800 2032 13.9 11.0 83 2.9 12.0 237 24 305.9 307.9 293.6 337.0 10.34 6 750 2575 11.0 7.1 77 4.0 8.6 243 25 308.6 310.1 292.9 334.3 8.45 7 700 3147 7.4 3.7 77 3.7 5.2 254 26 310.7 312.0 292.4 332.7 7.13 8 650 3754 3.6 1.4 85 2.2 2.4 259 26 313.0 314.3 292.6 333.4 6.52 9 600 4399 -0.7 -2.1 90 1.4 -1.4 264 28 315.3 316.3 292.4 332.6 5.47 10 550 5088 -5.8 -10.3 70 4.5 -7.7 250 30 317.2 317.8 291.0 327.6 3.17 11 500 5830 -8.7 -29.1 17 20.4 -13.7 243 33 322.5 322.6 290.2 324.9 0.69 12 450 6638 -13.2 -43.2 6 30.0 -18.1 247 41 326.6 326.6 290.9 327.3 0.19 13 400 7525 -18.8 -47.6 6 28.8 -22.6 249 49 330.5 330.5 292.0 331.0 0.13 14 350 8504 -26.1 -54.8 5 28.7 -28.6 252 51 333.5 333.6 292.7 333.8 0.06 15 300 9600 -34.5 -55.2 10 20.7 -35.8 260 53 336.8 336.8 293.6 337.1 0.07 16 250 10848 -43.6 -57.0 21 13.3 -44.2 269 46 341.2 341.2 294.7 341.5 0.07 17 200 12318 -52.5 -71.5 8 19.0 -52.9 261 55 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.6 0.01 18 150 14127 -63.5 -79.4 10 15.9 -63.6 257 48 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.8 0.00 19 100 16556 -72.2 -86.1 11 13.9 -72.2 264 27 388.3 388.3 303.5 388.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5722.90 m Freezing level: 608.40 mb = 4290.59 m = 14076.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.97 mb = 4147.98 m = 13608.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.20 % Est. max temperature: 31.07 C = 87.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1003.99 mb = 72.60 m = 238.20 ft T: 23.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.99 C/km ThetaE index: 15.04 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 902.54 mb = 1001.90 m = 3287.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.24 C = 84.63 F Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lifted Index: -4.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.95 C Showalter Index: -1.56 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.20 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.50 C Cross Totals Index: 22.71 C K Index: 35.78 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 302.01 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1187.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 937.57 mb = 671.69 m = 2203.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 832.57 mb = 1693.35 m = 5555.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 222.57 mb = 11613.61 m = 38101.92 ft B at Equ Level: 1180.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 122.57 mb = 15337.08 m = 50317.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.2 at 26.1 knts Storm direction: 273.2 at 19.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 165.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 165.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.08 Bulk Rich Number: 29.82 Bulk Shear: 39.83 m/s