MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 9Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 32.47,-90.46 Latitude: 32.47 Longitude: -90.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1005 73 20.1 18.1 88 2.0 18.7 172 4 292.8 295.2 291.7 330.0 13.08 1 1000 114 20.6 18.4 87 2.2 19.2 179 7 293.8 296.2 292.3 332.2 13.47 2 950 559 20.3 16.6 80 3.6 17.8 196 25 297.8 300.1 292.9 334.4 12.64 3 900 1025 19.0 7.9 49 11.1 12.4 184 18 301.1 302.4 289.8 323.2 7.45 4 850 1513 16.1 7.4 56 8.7 10.9 176 13 303.0 304.4 290.5 325.8 7.62 5 800 2026 12.9 3.4 53 9.4 7.6 188 12 304.9 306.0 289.8 323.5 6.13 6 750 2565 10.8 -4.1 35 14.9 3.5 214 15 308.3 309.0 288.8 320.0 3.75 7 700 3137 8.6 -22.2 9 30.8 -1.7 232 14 312.0 312.2 287.1 315.2 0.92 8 650 3745 5.1 -11.8 28 16.9 -1.9 247 11 314.7 315.2 289.5 322.5 2.37 9 600 4393 1.8 -20.4 17 22.2 -5.7 242 13 318.2 318.4 289.5 322.5 1.26 10 550 5087 -4.1 -17.7 34 13.6 -8.8 235 16 319.2 319.6 290.3 325.1 1.73 11 500 5830 -8.7 -25.9 23 17.3 -13.3 243 18 322.5 322.7 290.5 325.7 0.92 12 450 6638 -14.0 -28.2 29 14.2 -17.4 245 21 325.6 325.8 291.3 328.6 0.83 13 400 7522 -19.7 -37.2 20 17.5 -22.7 267 25 329.3 329.4 291.9 330.8 0.39 14 350 8496 -27.7 -45.1 17 17.5 -29.6 267 30 331.4 331.5 292.3 332.2 0.19 15 300 9589 -35.0 -58.2 8 23.1 -36.4 273 33 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.2 0.05 16 250 10834 -43.9 -63.0 10 19.1 -44.6 265 41 340.7 340.8 294.6 340.9 0.03 17 200 12303 -51.9 -71.4 8 19.5 -52.3 268 51 350.5 350.5 296.8 350.6 0.01 18 150 14117 -63.7 -81.6 7 18.0 -63.8 268 32 360.4 360.4 298.8 360.4 0.00 19 100 16532 -74.0 -87.1 12 13.1 -74.0 257 27 384.8 384.8 303.0 384.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.74 m Freezing level: 584.86 mb = 4603.05 m = 15101.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 716.10 mb = 2948.34 m = 9672.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.65 % Est. max temperature: 30.10 C = 86.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 975.81 mb = 326.23 m = 1070.30 ft T: 20.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.42 C/km ThetaE index: 11.21 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 800.20 mb = 2023.45 m = 6638.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.14 C = 89.85 F Cap Strength: 3.96 C Lifted Index: 1.92 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.80 C Showalter Index: 4.65 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.83 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.77 C Cross Totals Index: 16.06 C K Index: 1.37 Risk: None Sweat Index: 133.18 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.11 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5461.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.25 mb = 1098.56 m = 3604.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.9 at 15.0 knts Storm direction: 247.9 at 11.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 2.2 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 91.3 neg: -53.8 tot: 37.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 4.53 Bulk Shear: 6.18 m/s