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: 31.98,-90.76 Latitude: 31.98 Longitude: -90.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1004 69 24.4 21.6 85 2.7 22.5 194 6 297.2 300.2 295.4 344.8 16.43 1 1000 102 24.2 21.6 85 2.7 22.3 195 6 297.4 300.4 295.5 345.1 16.45 2 950 550 21.7 20.4 92 1.3 20.8 208 26 299.2 302.2 295.8 346.3 16.12 3 900 1019 18.6 17.9 96 0.6 18.1 216 30 300.6 303.3 295.1 343.2 14.51 4 850 1508 15.6 14.1 91 1.5 14.6 222 28 302.4 304.7 293.8 337.9 11.97 5 800 2020 12.5 9.2 80 3.3 10.4 224 28 304.5 306.2 292.2 331.9 9.17 6 750 2560 9.9 6.0 76 4.0 7.6 228 30 307.4 308.8 292.0 331.2 7.83 7 700 3130 6.6 5.4 92 1.2 5.9 235 33 309.8 311.3 292.9 334.5 8.07 8 650 3737 3.2 2.9 98 0.3 3.1 238 35 312.6 314.0 293.1 335.3 7.29 9 600 4381 -1.0 -1.3 98 0.3 -1.2 234 35 315.0 316.1 292.6 333.3 5.82 10 550 5071 -4.9 -6.0 93 1.0 -5.4 235 37 318.2 319.1 292.4 332.6 4.46 11 500 5815 -9.0 -11.7 81 2.7 -10.1 238 40 322.1 322.7 292.4 332.5 3.13 12 450 6623 -13.4 -27.0 31 13.5 -16.9 244 42 326.3 326.5 291.6 329.7 0.93 13 400 7509 -19.4 -39.8 15 20.4 -22.7 245 52 329.8 329.8 292.0 330.9 0.30 14 350 8486 -26.7 -45.0 16 18.4 -28.8 246 54 332.8 332.8 292.7 333.6 0.20 15 300 9580 -34.4 -40.1 56 5.7 -35.1 257 50 336.8 336.9 293.9 338.3 0.39 16 250 10830 -44.5 -47.9 69 3.4 -44.7 271 44 339.9 340.0 294.5 340.7 0.20 17 200 12285 -53.6 -60.4 43 6.8 -53.8 253 53 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.1 0.06 18 150 14099 -62.5 -83.7 4 21.2 -62.6 253 54 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.4 0.00 19 100 16544 -71.0 -86.7 8 15.6 -71.1 264 33 390.5 390.5 303.9 390.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.29 m Freezing level: 611.82 mb = 4228.85 m = 13874.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.65 mb = 4199.99 m = 13779.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.11 % Est. max temperature: 29.48 C = 85.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.95 mb = 413.81 m = 1357.64 ft T: 22.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.80 C/km ThetaE index: 15.12 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 916.41 mb = 862.18 m = 2828.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.35 C = 81.23 F Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lifted Index: -4.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.70 C Showalter Index: -1.33 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.61 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.54 C Cross Totals Index: 23.07 C K Index: 37.45 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 323.82 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.15 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1312.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 932.09 mb = 715.21 m = 2346.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 897.09 mb = 1046.38 m = 3432.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 217.09 mb = 11750.42 m = 38550.78 ft B at Equ Level: 1309.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.09 mb = 15098.07 m = 49533.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.0 at 31.8 knts Storm direction: 260.0 at 23.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 177.1 neg: -1.0 tot: 176.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 58.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.20 Bulk Rich Number: 29.28 Bulk Shear: 44.82 m/s