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: 32.39,-90.31 Latitude: 32.39 Longitude: -90.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1000 85 23.7 21.7 88 2.0 22.3 208 11 296.8 299.8 295.4 344.6 16.52 1 1000 86 23.8 21.7 88 2.1 22.3 209 10 297.0 299.9 295.4 344.8 16.55 2 950 534 20.4 20.4 100 0.0 20.4 215 27 297.9 300.8 295.4 344.5 16.07 3 900 1000 18.2 17.3 94 1.0 17.6 234 40 300.3 302.8 294.6 341.1 13.92 4 850 1490 16.3 14.4 89 1.8 15.0 245 43 303.2 305.4 294.2 339.5 12.24 5 800 2003 12.5 11.3 92 1.3 11.7 254 44 304.5 306.5 293.3 336.0 10.55 6 750 2543 9.5 7.8 89 1.7 8.5 254 39 306.9 308.5 292.7 333.7 8.88 7 700 3112 5.9 4.6 91 1.4 5.1 254 37 309.0 310.5 292.3 332.3 7.60 8 650 3717 2.3 1.1 92 1.2 1.6 252 37 311.5 312.7 292.1 331.4 6.38 9 600 4359 -1.6 -3.3 88 1.7 -2.4 246 39 314.3 315.3 291.7 330.2 5.02 10 550 5047 -5.5 -6.7 91 1.2 -6.1 250 42 317.5 318.4 292.0 331.1 4.21 11 500 5789 -9.8 -11.1 90 1.3 -10.4 249 42 321.1 321.7 292.2 331.9 3.27 12 450 6595 -14.8 -26.9 35 12.1 -17.8 251 44 324.6 324.8 291.1 327.9 0.94 13 400 7476 -19.9 -32.5 32 12.6 -22.4 254 46 329.1 329.2 292.1 331.4 0.62 14 350 8453 -26.5 -40.6 25 14.1 -28.4 257 42 333.0 333.1 292.9 334.2 0.31 15 300 9549 -34.7 -41.8 48 7.1 -35.5 267 38 336.5 336.5 293.7 337.7 0.32 16 250 10792 -45.6 -51.3 53 5.6 -45.9 266 36 338.2 338.2 294.0 338.8 0.14 17 200 12253 -51.5 -67.6 13 16.1 -51.8 251 66 351.3 351.3 296.9 351.4 0.02 18 150 14070 -62.2 -80.5 7 18.3 -62.3 257 62 363.0 363.0 299.3 363.0 0.00 19 100 16518 -71.5 -86.5 9 15.0 -71.6 274 32 389.6 389.6 303.7 389.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.78 m Freezing level: 620.38 mb = 4097.03 m = 13441.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.90 mb = 3968.62 m = 13020.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.26 % Est. max temperature: 30.03 C = 86.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.09 mb = 342.14 m = 1122.49 ft T: 21.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.88 C/km ThetaE index: 14.60 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 933.20 mb = 687.49 m = 2255.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.56 C = 78.01 F Cap Strength: 0.13 C Lifted Index: -4.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.89 C Showalter Index: -2.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.32 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.08 C Cross Totals Index: 24.24 C K Index: 39.14 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 361.79 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.61 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1250.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 939.16 mb = 632.62 m = 2075.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 904.16 mb = 960.20 m = 3150.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 874.16 mb = 1249.63 m = 4099.77 ft B at Equ Level: 13.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 134.16 mb = 14744.20 m = 48372.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.0 at 38.2 knts Storm direction: 277.0 at 28.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 0.7 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 323.4 neg: -18.8 tot: 304.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 101.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.53 Bulk Rich Number: 15.92 Bulk Shear: 78.57 m/s