MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 23.7 21.5 88 2.1 22.2 204 10 297.0 299.9 295.4 344.5 16.43 2 950 535 20.3 20.1 99 0.2 20.2 212 25 297.8 300.7 295.2 343.6 15.80 3 900 1001 17.6 17.0 96 0.6 17.2 229 38 299.6 302.1 294.2 339.6 13.68 4 850 1490 16.1 14.4 90 1.7 15.0 243 42 303.0 305.2 294.1 339.3 12.23 5 800 2004 12.8 11.2 90 1.6 11.8 251 43 304.8 306.7 293.4 336.3 10.53 6 750 2544 9.7 8.3 91 1.4 8.9 251 39 307.2 308.9 293.0 335.0 9.20 7 700 3114 6.1 4.7 90 1.5 5.3 252 37 309.3 310.7 292.4 332.8 7.67 8 650 3719 2.6 1.3 91 1.3 1.9 251 35 311.9 313.1 292.3 332.1 6.49 9 600 4362 -1.2 -3.0 88 1.7 -2.1 247 40 314.7 315.7 292.0 330.9 5.12 10 550 5051 -5.5 -7.7 85 2.2 -6.5 246 43 317.6 318.3 291.7 330.2 3.90 11 500 5792 -10.0 -14.2 72 4.2 -11.5 249 40 320.8 321.3 291.5 329.4 2.55 12 450 6597 -14.5 -30.9 24 16.4 -18.1 250 42 325.0 325.1 290.9 327.3 0.65 13 400 7480 -19.7 -48.5 6 28.7 -23.3 253 46 329.3 329.4 291.6 329.8 0.12 14 350 8456 -26.6 -52.7 7 26.1 -29.0 256 43 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.2 0.08 15 300 9551 -34.9 -50.5 19 15.6 -36.1 266 39 336.2 336.2 293.5 336.7 0.12 16 250 10793 -45.4 -56.6 27 11.2 -45.9 262 37 338.6 338.6 294.0 338.9 0.07 17 200 12257 -51.0 -69.7 9 18.7 -51.4 250 67 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.1 0.02 18 150 14074 -62.4 -79.2 9 16.8 -62.6 255 60 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.6 0.01 19 100 16520 -71.6 -86.1 10 14.5 -71.7 275 32 389.4 389.4 303.7 389.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5703.67 m Freezing level: 616.34 mb = 4151.60 m = 13620.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.22 mb = 4018.10 m = 13182.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.12 % Est. max temperature: 29.74 C = 85.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 968.00 mb = 371.89 m = 1220.10 ft T: 21.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.03 C/km ThetaE index: 17.17 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 933.20 mb = 689.15 m = 2260.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.11 C = 77.21 F Cap Strength: 0.17 C Lifted Index: -4.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.38 C Showalter Index: -2.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.48 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.07 C Cross Totals Index: 24.41 C K Index: 39.02 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 364.06 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.03 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1050.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 937.60 mb = 648.65 m = 2128.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 922.60 mb = 787.57 m = 2583.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 862.60 mb = 1364.42 m = 4476.40 ft B at Equ Level: 15.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 142.60 mb = 14379.01 m = 47174.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.0 at 37.7 knts Storm direction: 275.0 at 28.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 321.1 neg: -16.0 tot: 305.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 101.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.11 Bulk Rich Number: 13.13 Bulk Shear: 80.01 m/s