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: 31.91,-88.73 Latitude: 31.91 Longitude: -88.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1002 88 22.9 22.3 97 0.6 22.5 190 8 295.9 299.0 295.6 345.3 17.16 1 1000 104 22.8 22.2 96 0.6 22.4 190 6 296.0 299.0 295.6 345.2 17.10 2 950 550 20.8 20.6 99 0.2 20.7 203 29 298.3 301.2 295.7 345.6 16.28 3 900 1018 18.4 18.3 99 0.1 18.4 224 38 300.5 303.2 295.3 344.1 14.86 4 850 1507 15.3 15.1 98 0.3 15.1 230 35 302.2 304.5 294.3 339.9 12.76 5 800 2019 12.0 10.9 93 1.1 11.3 231 32 304.0 305.9 293.0 334.7 10.31 6 750 2558 9.6 3.9 68 5.6 6.3 237 30 306.9 308.2 291.0 327.6 6.77 7 700 3127 6.5 4.5 87 2.0 5.4 234 32 309.7 311.1 292.5 333.0 7.58 8 650 3733 2.8 2.1 95 0.7 2.4 234 37 312.1 313.4 292.6 333.5 6.87 9 600 4376 -1.2 -1.7 96 0.6 -1.5 233 39 314.7 315.8 292.4 332.5 5.62 10 550 5066 -4.7 -6.8 85 2.1 -5.7 236 39 318.5 319.3 292.3 332.0 4.18 11 500 5810 -8.9 -14.2 66 5.3 -10.9 241 43 322.2 322.7 291.9 330.7 2.55 12 450 6620 -12.5 -34.4 14 21.9 -17.1 244 45 327.5 327.6 291.5 329.2 0.46 13 400 7508 -18.9 -48.1 6 29.2 -22.7 246 49 330.4 330.5 292.0 330.9 0.12 14 350 8486 -26.9 -42.9 21 16.0 -28.9 243 49 332.5 332.5 292.6 333.4 0.25 15 300 9578 -35.0 -39.0 67 4.0 -35.4 263 42 336.1 336.2 293.7 337.7 0.43 16 250 10824 -45.4 -48.8 69 3.3 -45.6 266 32 338.5 338.5 294.1 339.2 0.18 17 200 12279 -52.5 -66.8 16 14.3 -52.8 247 60 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.7 0.02 18 150 14093 -62.5 -82.3 5 19.7 -62.7 256 56 362.4 362.4 299.1 362.4 0.00 19 100 16535 -71.6 -86.6 9 15.0 -71.7 263 29 389.4 389.4 303.7 389.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.68 m Freezing level: 615.00 mb = 4183.37 m = 13724.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.15 mb = 4123.81 m = 13529.39 ft Precipitable water: 1.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.21 % Est. max temperature: 29.13 C = 84.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 993.68 mb = 158.72 m = 520.73 ft T: 22.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.75 C/km ThetaE index: 18.04 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 940.04 mb = 641.56 m = 2104.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.71 C = 78.28 F Cap Strength: 0.19 C Lifted Index: -4.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.72 C Showalter Index: -2.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.21 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.23 C Cross Totals Index: 23.97 C K Index: 37.31 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 342.40 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.90 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1349.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 947.37 mb = 574.38 m = 1884.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 922.37 mb = 805.59 m = 2642.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 212.37 mb = 11887.22 m = 38999.60 ft B at Equ Level: 1332.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 122.37 mb = 15318.92 m = 50258.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.7 at 34.9 knts Storm direction: 261.7 at 26.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.4 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 250.6 neg: -10.7 tot: 239.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 79.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.08 Bulk Rich Number: 22.36 Bulk Shear: 60.38 m/s