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,-92.47 Latitude: 30.71 Longitude: -92.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1010 22 22.8 21.9 95 0.9 22.2 198 5 295.1 298.1 295.0 342.8 16.60 1 1000 107 23.9 22.3 91 1.6 22.8 199 12 297.1 300.2 295.9 346.8 17.18 2 950 557 21.8 20.0 90 1.8 20.6 210 25 299.3 302.2 295.6 345.2 15.70 3 900 1026 19.4 16.8 85 2.6 17.7 222 25 301.5 304.0 294.7 341.4 13.53 4 850 1517 17.2 12.4 73 4.9 14.1 228 24 304.2 306.2 293.3 336.1 10.69 5 800 2033 14.2 9.0 71 5.2 11.0 236 23 306.3 308.0 292.7 333.5 9.02 6 750 2575 11.2 4.7 64 6.5 7.4 250 25 308.7 310.1 291.9 330.6 7.13 7 700 3147 6.9 5.3 90 1.6 5.9 260 25 310.1 311.6 293.0 334.6 7.99 8 650 3754 3.5 1.1 84 2.4 2.2 264 26 313.0 314.2 292.5 333.0 6.41 9 600 4399 -0.7 -7.0 62 6.3 -3.6 264 29 315.3 316.0 291.0 327.4 3.77 10 550 5088 -5.4 -17.8 37 12.4 -9.6 252 31 317.7 318.0 289.8 323.5 1.72 11 500 5829 -9.4 -36.0 9 26.6 -14.8 250 35 321.6 321.7 289.6 322.9 0.35 12 450 6636 -13.3 -45.8 5 32.5 -18.3 250 42 326.5 326.5 290.9 327.0 0.14 13 400 7522 -18.9 -51.3 4 32.3 -22.8 255 47 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.7 0.09 14 350 8501 -26.3 -60.6 2 34.3 -28.9 258 46 333.3 333.3 292.6 333.4 0.03 15 300 9597 -34.4 -52.6 14 18.2 -35.7 266 45 336.9 337.0 293.7 337.3 0.10 16 250 10846 -43.7 -54.0 31 10.2 -44.2 273 40 341.1 341.1 294.7 341.5 0.10 17 200 12315 -52.4 -71.3 8 18.9 -52.8 262 55 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.8 0.01 18 150 14125 -63.4 -79.8 9 16.4 -63.5 258 49 360.9 360.9 298.9 360.9 0.00 19 100 16556 -72.2 -86.5 10 14.3 -72.2 267 27 388.3 388.3 303.5 388.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5721.45 m Freezing level: 608.72 mb = 4286.42 m = 14062.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.83 mb = 3995.08 m = 13107.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.76 % Est. max temperature: 31.36 C = 88.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 996.64 mb = 136.86 m = 449.00 ft T: 23.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.06 C/km ThetaE index: 16.20 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 894.53 mb = 1078.62 m = 3538.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.50 C = 85.10 F Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lifted Index: -4.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.29 C Showalter Index: -0.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.37 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.61 C Cross Totals Index: 21.75 C K Index: 37.39 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 301.50 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.53 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1103.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 34.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 934.03 mb = 704.40 m = 2311.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 799.03 mb = 2042.77 m = 6701.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.03 mb = 11422.81 m = 37475.94 ft B at Equ Level: 1099.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 129.03 mb = 15027.88 m = 49303.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.2 at 26.2 knts Storm direction: 276.2 at 19.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 167.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 167.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.00 Bulk Rich Number: 26.98 Bulk Shear: 40.91 m/s