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: 33.51,-90.43 Latitude: 33.51 Longitude: -90.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 33 21.6 21.3 98 0.3 21.4 198 9 294.2 297.1 294.3 340.0 16.03 1 1000 87 21.2 21.2 100 0.0 21.2 198 11 294.4 297.3 294.4 340.3 16.05 2 950 532 19.9 19.8 99 0.1 19.8 207 33 297.4 300.2 294.8 342.1 15.45 3 900 998 17.5 17.3 99 0.1 17.4 213 40 299.5 302.0 294.4 340.2 13.95 4 850 1486 14.9 14.8 99 0.1 14.8 219 42 301.8 304.1 294.0 338.7 12.52 5 800 1998 12.2 12.1 99 0.1 12.1 220 40 304.2 306.3 293.7 337.5 11.15 6 750 2538 9.4 9.3 99 0.1 9.3 221 38 306.8 308.6 293.4 336.5 9.83 7 700 3108 6.1 6.0 99 0.2 6.1 224 38 309.3 310.9 293.0 335.0 8.41 8 650 3714 3.2 2.8 97 0.4 3.0 228 39 312.6 314.0 293.1 335.1 7.22 9 600 4359 -0.9 -1.2 98 0.3 -1.1 233 41 315.1 316.2 292.7 333.5 5.85 10 550 5050 -4.2 -4.5 98 0.3 -4.3 238 42 319.1 320.1 293.1 335.2 4.99 11 500 5797 -8.0 -8.9 93 0.9 -8.4 242 41 323.3 324.0 293.3 336.1 3.89 12 450 6608 -13.2 -14.6 89 1.4 -13.7 245 41 326.6 327.2 293.3 335.9 2.73 13 400 7496 -18.9 -20.9 84 2.0 -19.5 250 45 330.4 330.8 293.5 336.8 1.81 14 350 8474 -26.6 -29.3 78 2.7 -27.1 245 51 332.9 333.1 293.4 336.5 0.97 15 300 9567 -35.8 -38.9 73 3.1 -36.2 232 54 334.9 335.0 293.4 336.6 0.44 16 250 10807 -46.4 -49.8 68 3.4 -46.6 239 53 337.1 337.1 293.7 337.7 0.16 17 200 12252 -52.4 -66.2 17 13.9 -52.7 252 61 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.9 0.03 18 150 14072 -61.3 -80.5 6 19.3 -61.4 255 55 364.5 364.5 299.6 364.5 0.00 19 100 16533 -70.3 -86.6 7 16.4 -70.4 262 37 392.0 392.0 304.1 392.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.08 m Freezing level: 611.04 mb = 4216.42 m = 13833.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.43 mb = 4180.55 m = 13715.56 ft Precipitable water: 2.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 98.12 % Est. max temperature: 28.86 C = 83.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1002.27 mb = 66.93 m = 219.57 ft T: 21.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.27 C/km ThetaE index: 7.10 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 942.97 mb = 596.43 m = 1956.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.04 C = 77.07 F Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lifted Index: -1.70 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.90 C Showalter Index: -0.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.69 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.92 C Cross Totals Index: 22.77 C K Index: 37.53 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 375.96 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.62 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 729.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 954.14 mb = 494.63 m = 1622.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 909.14 mb = 911.03 m = 2988.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.14 mb = 11371.18 m = 37306.56 ft B at Equ Level: 717.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 159.14 mb = 13697.62 m = 44939.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.0 at 38.4 knts Storm direction: 256.0 at 28.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 241.1 neg: -7.7 tot: 233.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 77.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.08 Bulk Rich Number: 13.10 Bulk Shear: 55.71 m/s