MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 6Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 32.3,-90.07 Latitude: 32.30 Longitude: -90.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 88 SFC 998 103 23.8 21.0 84 2.8 21.9 179 10 297.1 300.0 295.1 343.1 15.90 2 950 535 20.3 20.0 98 0.2 20.1 186 28 297.8 300.6 295.1 343.4 15.72 3 900 1001 17.9 17.4 97 0.5 17.6 203 40 300.0 302.5 294.6 341.1 14.06 4 850 1491 16.9 13.6 81 3.4 14.7 212 33 303.9 306.0 293.9 338.4 11.59 5 800 2007 14.4 10.9 79 3.5 12.1 223 32 306.5 308.4 293.7 337.4 10.27 6 750 2549 10.7 5.9 72 4.9 7.9 239 32 308.2 309.7 292.3 332.0 7.78 7 700 3121 6.8 5.5 92 1.3 6.0 246 33 310.0 311.5 293.0 334.9 8.12 8 650 3727 3.4 1.2 86 2.2 2.2 243 34 312.8 314.0 292.5 332.9 6.43 9 600 4372 -0.6 -1.8 92 1.2 -1.2 240 35 315.4 316.5 292.6 333.2 5.60 10 550 5062 -4.6 -5.2 96 0.6 -4.8 241 38 318.7 319.6 292.8 334.0 4.74 11 500 5807 -9.3 -10.1 95 0.7 -9.6 243 39 321.6 322.3 292.6 333.4 3.56 12 450 6615 -14.1 -19.2 65 5.1 -15.7 244 43 325.5 325.9 292.2 331.9 1.86 13 400 7499 -19.4 -45.1 8 25.7 -22.9 244 53 329.7 329.8 291.8 330.4 0.17 14 350 8475 -27.1 -52.5 7 25.4 -29.5 241 56 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.5 0.08 15 300 9566 -35.7 -56.8 10 21.1 -37.0 246 60 335.0 335.0 293.1 335.3 0.06 16 250 10810 -43.8 -63.4 10 19.6 -44.5 252 61 340.9 341.0 294.6 341.1 0.03 17 200 12284 -51.0 -74.5 4 23.5 -51.5 257 68 351.9 351.9 297.1 352.0 0.01 18 150 14096 -63.8 -78.2 12 14.4 -63.9 251 57 360.2 360.2 298.7 360.2 0.01 19 100 16534 -71.0 -86.1 9 15.1 -71.1 264 34 390.5 390.5 303.9 390.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.58 m Freezing level: 607.60 mb = 4273.70 m = 14021.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.81 mb = 4136.04 m = 13569.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.43 % Est. max temperature: 30.68 C = 87.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.51 mb = 457.49 m = 1500.92 ft T: 20.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.00 C/km ThetaE index: 11.40 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 928.52 mb = 732.48 m = 2403.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.40 C = 77.72 F Cap Strength: 1.04 C Lifted Index: -3.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.75 C Showalter Index: -1.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.22 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.29 C Cross Totals Index: 22.94 C K Index: 38.61 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 361.65 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.06 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 897.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 935.24 mb = 670.29 m = 2199.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 910.24 mb = 903.95 m = 2965.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 890.24 mb = 1094.94 m = 3592.29 ft B at Equ Level: 11.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 840.24 mb = 1589.54 m = 5214.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.1 at 34.0 knts Storm direction: 261.1 at 25.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 314.9 neg: -5.5 tot: 309.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 103.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.6 stream: 7.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.60 Bulk Rich Number: 11.09 Bulk Shear: 80.94 m/s