MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 9Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 31.43,-92.83 Latitude: 31.43 Longitude: -92.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1007 47 22.4 22.2 99 0.2 22.3 141 2 294.9 298.0 295.1 343.5 16.94 1 1000 109 22.3 22.0 98 0.3 22.1 148 3 295.4 298.5 295.3 343.9 16.88 2 950 557 22.0 19.7 87 2.3 20.4 244 20 299.5 302.3 295.4 344.5 15.38 3 900 1026 19.6 16.9 85 2.7 17.8 280 23 301.7 304.2 294.8 341.8 13.62 4 850 1517 16.7 12.3 75 4.4 13.9 317 26 303.6 305.6 293.2 335.4 10.67 5 800 2030 12.6 6.3 65 6.4 8.9 318 30 304.6 306.0 290.9 327.2 7.50 6 750 2568 8.3 2.5 67 5.8 5.1 303 26 305.6 306.8 290.0 324.2 6.11 7 700 3135 5.2 -1.7 61 6.9 1.8 285 20 308.3 309.2 289.8 323.2 4.83 8 650 3738 3.8 -10.3 35 14.1 -2.2 270 27 313.2 313.8 289.3 321.9 2.68 9 600 4384 0.4 -21.4 18 21.8 -6.7 277 33 316.5 316.8 288.9 320.5 1.15 10 550 5076 -3.2 -38.5 5 35.4 -10.7 324 31 320.3 320.4 289.1 321.3 0.25 11 500 5820 -9.6 -37.5 8 27.9 -15.0 339 40 321.3 321.4 289.5 322.5 0.30 12 450 6625 -14.4 -45.6 5 31.1 -19.0 302 38 325.1 325.1 290.5 325.6 0.14 13 400 7506 -21.0 -49.4 6 28.4 -24.3 293 36 327.7 327.7 291.2 328.1 0.11 14 350 8477 -27.3 -54.1 6 26.8 -29.6 275 37 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.3 0.07 15 300 9567 -36.0 -59.0 8 23.0 -37.3 256 37 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.8 0.04 16 250 10808 -44.5 -63.2 11 18.7 -45.2 262 40 339.9 339.9 294.3 340.0 0.03 17 200 12279 -51.6 -73.5 6 21.9 -52.0 266 51 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.1 0.01 18 150 14096 -62.3 -81.7 6 19.3 -62.4 265 56 362.7 362.7 299.2 362.7 0.00 19 100 16539 -72.6 -86.7 10 14.0 -72.7 265 30 387.4 387.4 303.4 387.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.34 m Freezing level: 594.95 mb = 4453.66 m = 14611.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.69 mb = 3398.35 m = 11149.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.70 % Est. max temperature: 30.84 C = 87.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1004.35 mb = 71.52 m = 234.64 ft T: 22.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.52 C/km ThetaE index: 24.00 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 884.38 mb = 1176.73 m = 3860.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.77 C = 85.59 F Cap Strength: 1.59 C Lifted Index: -4.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.63 C Showalter Index: -0.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.26 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.31 C Cross Totals Index: 21.95 C K Index: 31.73 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 239.84 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1228.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 37.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 932.74 mb = 716.35 m = 2350.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 827.74 mb = 1741.86 m = 5714.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.74 mb = 11422.83 m = 37476.01 ft B at Equ Level: 1216.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.74 mb = 15064.44 m = 49423.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 300.9 at 27.1 knts Storm direction: 330.9 at 20.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 2.7 tot: 8.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 287.4 neg: -50.9 tot: 236.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 78.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.2 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.21 Bulk Rich Number: 14.33 Bulk Shear: 85.77 m/s