MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 29.78,-89.89 Latitude: 29.78 Longitude: -89.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1012 1 25.7 22.6 83 3.1 23.5 148 8 297.8 300.9 296.2 347.9 17.26 1 1000 108 25.1 22.1 84 3.0 22.9 149 13 298.2 301.3 296.1 347.6 16.99 2 950 559 21.2 20.1 93 1.1 20.5 155 20 298.7 301.6 295.4 344.7 15.79 3 900 1026 18.6 16.8 90 1.8 17.4 167 22 300.7 303.1 294.4 340.3 13.51 4 850 1516 16.4 12.8 79 3.6 14.1 187 20 303.3 305.4 293.3 336.1 11.01 5 800 2031 14.2 9.8 75 4.3 11.4 189 23 306.2 308.0 293.1 335.1 9.58 6 750 2573 11.4 7.3 76 4.1 8.9 191 23 309.0 310.6 293.1 335.2 8.60 7 700 3147 8.5 4.4 75 4.1 6.1 196 22 311.9 313.3 293.1 335.1 7.49 8 650 3757 5.0 1.9 80 3.1 3.2 209 17 314.6 315.9 293.3 335.8 6.76 9 600 4406 1.0 -1.2 85 2.2 -0.2 222 15 317.2 318.4 293.3 335.8 5.83 10 550 5101 -2.1 -3.3 92 1.2 -2.7 233 19 321.6 322.7 294.1 339.4 5.48 11 500 5853 -6.8 -7.4 95 0.6 -7.1 244 23 324.8 325.7 294.1 339.3 4.39 12 450 6669 -10.8 -17.8 56 7.0 -13.2 255 22 329.7 330.1 293.6 337.0 2.10 13 400 7564 -17.2 -41.6 10 24.4 -21.2 257 24 332.6 332.6 292.7 333.6 0.25 14 350 8550 -24.4 -53.9 5 29.5 -27.3 257 26 335.8 335.8 293.3 336.1 0.07 15 300 9652 -33.8 -55.6 9 21.8 -35.3 254 31 337.8 337.8 293.9 338.0 0.07 16 250 10903 -43.1 -65.4 7 22.3 -43.8 257 36 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.2 0.02 17 200 12374 -52.7 -72.4 8 19.6 -53.1 268 42 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.3 0.01 18 150 14174 -65.1 -79.0 13 13.9 -65.2 265 36 357.9 357.9 298.3 358.0 0.01 19 100 16577 -76.2 -85.1 23 8.9 -76.2 266 20 380.5 380.5 302.3 380.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5744.99 m Freezing level: 584.17 mb = 4626.10 m = 15177.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.10 mb = 4364.33 m = 14318.48 ft Precipitable water: 2.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.77 % Est. max temperature: 30.58 C = 87.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 967.54 mb = 398.11 m = 1306.12 ft T: 22.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 12.81 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 922.27 mb = 814.91 m = 2673.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.69 C = 81.84 F Cap Strength: 0.46 C Lifted Index: -2.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.74 C Showalter Index: 1.72 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.74 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.17 C Cross Totals Index: 19.57 C K Index: 31.85 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 345.27 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.59 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 589.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 935.82 mb = 688.79 m = 2259.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 900.82 mb = 1018.35 m = 3341.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.82 mb = 11428.83 m = 37495.70 ft B at Equ Level: 585.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.82 mb = 14548.75 m = 47731.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 200.0 at 19.6 knts Storm direction: 230.0 at 14.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 108.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 108.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.38 Bulk Rich Number: 20.11 Bulk Shear: 29.30 m/s