MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F066.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F066.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 66 hour NAM valid 12Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 33.50,-90.59 Latitude: 33.50 Longitude: -90.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1017 36 9.5 3.2 65 6.3 6.5 122 3 281.3 282.1 278.8 294.4 4.72 1 1000 179 15.5 -0.7 33 16.2 7.8 109 7 288.6 289.3 280.9 299.1 3.62 2 950 611 12.8 -1.7 37 14.5 6.1 101 5 290.2 290.8 281.5 300.5 3.55 3 900 1062 10.9 -17.4 12 28.3 1.4 167 4 292.8 292.9 279.6 296.1 1.08 4 850 1538 11.8 -36.3 2 48.0 0.1 257 8 298.5 298.5 281.0 299.2 0.20 5 800 2043 11.3 -27.0 5 38.4 0.0 290 12 303.2 303.3 283.4 305.0 0.52 6 750 2580 9.9 -14.5 16 24.4 0.5 300 16 307.3 307.6 286.3 312.7 1.66 7 700 3149 7.1 -6.7 37 13.9 0.8 300 19 310.4 311.0 289.0 320.9 3.30 8 650 3755 3.7 -11.8 31 15.6 -2.6 297 19 313.2 313.7 289.0 320.9 2.37 9 600 4399 -0.1 -18.6 23 18.5 -6.4 292 23 316.0 316.3 289.0 321.0 1.47 10 550 5090 -4.1 -26.9 15 22.8 -10.4 295 27 319.3 319.4 289.3 322.0 0.77 11 500 5834 -9.3 -26.7 23 17.3 -13.9 297 30 321.6 321.8 290.2 324.7 0.86 12 450 6637 -15.5 -32.3 22 16.7 -19.0 300 35 323.7 323.8 290.5 325.7 0.57 13 400 7513 -22.6 -37.7 24 15.1 -24.9 305 40 325.6 325.7 290.9 327.0 0.37 14 350 8476 -30.6 -43.1 28 12.5 -31.9 303 40 327.6 327.6 291.3 328.5 0.24 15 300 9552 -38.8 -52.1 23 13.3 -39.6 297 36 330.7 330.7 292.0 331.1 0.10 16 250 10778 -47.9 -60.3 22 12.5 -48.3 290 38 334.9 334.9 293.1 335.1 0.05 17 200 12226 -54.2 -72.7 8 18.6 -54.5 294 46 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.0 0.01 18 150 14032 -62.4 -79.9 8 17.5 -62.5 291 44 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.6 0.00 19 100 16493 -69.9 -86.4 7 16.4 -70.0 284 27 392.6 392.6 304.2 392.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5654.14 m Freezing level: 600.94 mb = 4387.24 m = 14393.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 688.50 mb = 3284.64 m = 10776.23 ft Precipitable water: 0.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 21.42 % Est. max temperature: 24.77 C = 76.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.56 mb = 846.28 m = 2776.46 ft T: 11.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.14 C/km ThetaE index: 4.36 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 484.08 mb = 6080.41 m = 19948.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 50.72 C = 123.30 F Cap Strength: 19.82 C Lifted Index: 20.34 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 22.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 17.20 C Showalter Index: 18.98 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: -5.77 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.14 C Cross Totals Index: -26.91 C K Index: -28.97 Risk: None Sweat Index: 46.63 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.35 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16135.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 20.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 763.67 mb = 2429.55 m = 7970.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 294.2 at 16.9 knts Storm direction: 324.2 at 12.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.5 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 83.2 neg: -12.1 tot: 71.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.30 Bulk Shear: 70.43 m/s