MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 12Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 32.60,-90.37 Latitude: 32.60 Longitude: -90.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 20.3 19.7 96 0.6 19.9 167 7 293.0 295.6 292.9 334.3 14.53 1 1000 120 20.1 19.7 98 0.4 19.8 169 8 293.3 295.9 293.0 334.8 14.61 2 950 563 19.9 17.0 84 2.9 18.0 196 23 297.4 299.7 293.0 335.0 12.98 3 900 1028 18.0 9.0 56 9.0 12.6 191 18 300.0 301.5 289.9 323.7 8.02 4 850 1516 16.6 4.4 44 12.2 9.7 176 17 303.5 304.7 289.4 322.1 6.16 5 800 2029 13.5 0.3 40 13.2 6.5 190 14 305.5 306.4 288.9 320.5 4.87 6 750 2569 10.8 -7.0 28 17.8 2.7 220 14 308.3 308.9 288.1 317.8 3.01 7 700 3140 8.2 -9.5 27 17.7 0.5 230 11 311.6 312.1 288.8 320.2 2.66 8 650 3748 5.4 -15.1 21 20.5 -2.6 231 9 315.1 315.4 289.0 321.1 1.82 9 600 4396 1.3 -15.3 28 16.6 -5.0 232 14 317.6 318.0 290.0 324.1 1.94 10 550 5090 -3.9 -18.9 30 14.9 -9.0 234 20 319.4 319.7 290.2 324.7 1.57 11 500 5834 -8.4 -29.2 17 20.7 -13.6 247 18 322.7 322.9 290.3 325.2 0.69 12 450 6642 -14.2 -26.9 33 12.6 -17.4 253 23 325.3 325.5 291.3 328.7 0.94 13 400 7525 -20.0 -34.0 28 14.0 -22.6 261 23 329.0 329.1 292.0 331.0 0.54 14 350 8500 -26.6 -54.7 5 28.0 -29.0 278 28 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.1 0.07 15 300 9593 -35.5 -54.6 12 19.1 -36.7 281 30 335.4 335.4 293.2 335.7 0.08 16 250 10836 -44.2 -61.7 12 17.6 -44.8 268 37 340.4 340.4 294.4 340.5 0.04 17 200 12304 -51.8 -73.2 6 21.4 -52.1 272 51 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.9 0.01 18 150 14119 -64.2 -80.0 10 15.8 -64.3 259 33 359.5 359.5 298.6 359.6 0.00 19 100 16540 -72.8 -85.7 12 13.0 -72.8 267 28 387.1 387.1 303.3 387.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.44 m Freezing level: 587.65 mb = 4567.62 m = 14985.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 691.98 mb = 3234.53 m = 10611.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.64 % Est. max temperature: 30.47 C = 86.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 996.66 mb = 148.64 m = 487.65 ft T: 20.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.19 C/km ThetaE index: 17.13 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 805.08 mb = 1975.06 m = 6479.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.65 C = 90.77 F Cap Strength: 3.52 C Lifted Index: 1.55 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.00 C Showalter Index: 6.77 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.87 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.06 C Cross Totals Index: 12.81 C K Index: 11.71 Risk: None Sweat Index: 246.85 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.78 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5163.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.18 mb = 921.68 m = 3023.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.2 at 15.3 knts Storm direction: 246.2 at 11.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 1.6 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 43.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 78.0 neg: -38.7 tot: 39.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 3.68 Bulk Shear: 7.05 m/s