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: 32.18,-88.58 Latitude: 32.18 Longitude: -88.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 99 SFC 998 119 22.4 22.0 97 0.4 22.2 186 7 295.8 298.8 295.4 344.5 16.94 2 950 546 20.6 20.4 99 0.2 20.5 195 27 298.1 301.0 295.4 344.7 16.06 3 900 1013 18.8 18.6 99 0.1 18.7 219 35 300.8 303.6 295.6 345.4 15.17 4 850 1504 16.3 16.1 99 0.2 16.2 232 37 303.2 305.8 295.3 343.9 13.71 5 800 2018 12.3 11.8 97 0.5 12.0 229 36 304.3 306.3 293.6 337.0 10.96 6 750 2556 9.2 4.2 71 5.0 6.3 230 33 306.5 307.8 291.0 327.6 6.92 7 700 3125 6.0 3.9 87 2.0 4.8 235 34 309.1 310.5 292.1 331.4 7.27 8 650 3729 2.5 1.7 94 0.8 2.1 237 38 311.8 313.1 292.4 332.5 6.66 9 600 4372 -1.3 -2.4 92 1.1 -1.9 235 39 314.7 315.7 292.2 331.6 5.35 10 550 5063 -4.5 -6.4 86 1.9 -5.4 233 41 318.8 319.6 292.4 332.7 4.31 11 500 5807 -8.9 -15.1 61 6.2 -11.2 239 45 322.2 322.6 291.7 330.1 2.36 12 450 6617 -12.5 -28.6 25 16.1 -16.5 243 43 327.5 327.7 291.8 330.4 0.80 13 400 7505 -18.9 -36.8 19 17.8 -22.1 244 49 330.4 330.5 292.2 331.9 0.41 14 350 8482 -27.5 -37.0 40 9.5 -28.9 244 48 331.7 331.8 292.6 333.4 0.46 15 300 9576 -34.6 -37.7 74 3.0 -35.0 267 46 336.5 336.6 293.9 338.4 0.50 16 250 10820 -45.7 -49.1 69 3.3 -45.9 265 37 338.1 338.1 294.0 338.8 0.18 17 200 12272 -52.4 -68.6 12 16.2 -52.8 245 60 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.8 0.02 18 150 14088 -62.2 -83.3 4 21.1 -62.4 256 57 362.9 362.9 299.2 362.9 0.00 19 100 16532 -71.2 -86.9 8 15.6 -71.3 262 30 390.1 390.1 303.8 390.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.66 m Freezing level: 616.60 mb = 4158.77 m = 13644.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.63 mb = 4062.03 m = 13326.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.06 % Est. max temperature: 29.94 C = 85.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 992.14 mb = 168.21 m = 551.85 ft T: 22.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.55 C/km ThetaE index: 17.81 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 938.67 mb = 649.59 m = 2131.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.34 C = 77.61 F Cap Strength: 0.22 C Lifted Index: -4.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.20 C Showalter Index: -3.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.30 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.24 C Cross Totals Index: 25.06 C K Index: 39.36 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 377.69 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1321.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 944.06 mb = 600.06 m = 1968.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 869.06 mb = 1313.58 m = 4309.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 219.06 mb = 11679.64 m = 38318.56 ft B at Equ Level: 1315.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 129.06 mb = 14993.85 m = 49191.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.1 at 35.9 knts Storm direction: 261.1 at 27.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.3 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 283.0 neg: -16.3 tot: 266.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 88.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.26 Bulk Rich Number: 17.34 Bulk Shear: 76.23 m/s