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: 32.27,-88.63 Latitude: 32.27 Longitude: -88.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 100 SFC 997 124 22.6 21.9 96 0.7 22.1 193 7 296.0 299.0 295.4 344.4 16.81 2 950 546 20.7 20.5 99 0.2 20.6 200 26 298.2 301.1 295.6 345.2 16.18 3 900 1014 18.9 18.8 99 0.1 18.8 223 35 301.0 303.8 295.7 346.0 15.30 4 850 1504 15.6 15.2 97 0.4 15.3 232 36 302.5 304.9 294.4 340.6 12.88 5 800 2016 11.8 10.1 89 1.7 10.7 228 36 303.7 305.5 292.4 332.7 9.73 6 750 2554 9.2 2.8 64 6.4 5.6 229 33 306.5 307.7 290.5 325.5 6.24 7 700 3123 6.1 4.3 88 1.8 5.1 235 34 309.2 310.6 292.3 332.0 7.44 8 650 3727 2.4 0.7 89 1.7 1.5 236 37 311.7 312.9 292.0 331.1 6.22 9 600 4370 -0.9 -2.1 92 1.2 -1.5 234 40 315.1 316.1 292.3 332.4 5.47 10 550 5061 -4.8 -6.0 92 1.1 -5.4 233 42 318.4 319.2 292.4 332.8 4.46 11 500 5804 -8.9 -15.7 58 6.7 -11.3 239 45 322.2 322.6 291.6 329.8 2.26 12 450 6614 -12.5 -25.5 33 13.0 -16.0 243 43 327.5 327.7 292.1 331.3 1.07 13 400 7503 -19.0 -31.0 34 12.0 -21.6 244 48 330.2 330.4 292.5 332.9 0.72 14 350 8479 -27.7 -32.9 61 5.2 -28.6 246 47 331.4 331.5 292.7 333.9 0.68 15 300 9574 -34.6 -37.6 74 3.0 -35.0 268 48 336.6 336.7 294.0 338.6 0.50 16 250 10817 -46.0 -49.5 67 3.5 -46.2 262 38 337.7 337.8 293.9 338.4 0.17 17 200 12268 -52.1 -69.1 11 17.0 -52.5 245 61 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.3 0.02 18 150 14085 -62.1 -82.2 5 20.1 -62.2 256 57 363.2 363.2 299.3 363.2 0.00 19 100 16530 -71.1 -86.7 8 15.6 -71.1 262 30 390.4 390.4 303.9 390.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.86 m Freezing level: 613.79 mb = 4192.76 m = 13755.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.92 mb = 4043.31 m = 13265.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.55 % Est. max temperature: 29.19 C = 84.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 987.61 mb = 208.12 m = 682.81 ft T: 22.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.60 C/km ThetaE index: 20.41 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 935.16 mb = 682.32 m = 2238.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.61 C = 78.09 F Cap Strength: 0.24 C Lifted Index: -4.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.19 C Showalter Index: -2.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.66 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.55 C Cross Totals Index: 24.12 C K Index: 37.91 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 338.17 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1429.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 942.61 mb = 613.60 m = 2013.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 887.61 mb = 1132.82 m = 3716.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 217.61 mb = 11719.37 m = 38448.90 ft B at Equ Level: 1421.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 117.61 mb = 15551.81 m = 51022.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.2 at 36.1 knts Storm direction: 261.2 at 27.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.3 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 251.4 neg: -17.4 tot: 234.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 78.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.14 Bulk Rich Number: 20.49 Bulk Shear: 69.76 m/s