MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 32.47,-90.76 Latitude: 32.47 Longitude: -90.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1009 50 21.6 20.8 95 0.8 21.1 157 6 294.0 296.8 293.9 338.3 15.51 1 1000 127 20.6 20.5 99 0.2 20.5 159 7 293.8 296.5 293.7 337.5 15.33 2 950 571 20.1 18.0 88 2.1 18.7 189 25 297.6 300.1 293.7 337.5 13.79 3 900 1035 16.6 13.6 82 3.1 14.7 198 24 298.6 300.6 291.9 330.5 10.92 4 850 1522 16.9 -3.4 25 20.3 6.9 186 17 303.8 304.5 286.9 314.6 3.49 5 800 2035 13.9 -2.4 32 16.2 5.7 195 15 305.9 306.7 288.2 318.4 4.02 6 750 2575 10.8 -7.3 27 18.1 2.6 210 13 308.3 308.9 288.0 317.6 2.95 7 700 3146 8.2 -6.2 35 14.4 1.4 207 12 311.6 312.2 289.5 322.5 3.42 8 650 3755 5.6 -16.5 19 22.1 -2.7 212 10 315.3 315.7 289.0 320.7 1.62 9 600 4402 0.6 -11.8 39 12.3 -4.5 224 17 316.8 317.3 290.3 325.3 2.59 10 550 5096 -3.8 -20.4 26 16.6 -9.2 228 22 319.6 319.8 290.0 324.3 1.37 11 500 5840 -8.3 -28.0 19 19.7 -13.3 233 17 323.0 323.1 290.5 325.7 0.76 12 450 6648 -13.9 -28.3 29 14.4 -17.4 236 21 325.8 325.9 291.3 328.7 0.83 13 400 7533 -18.9 -47.7 6 28.8 -22.7 249 24 330.4 330.4 292.0 330.9 0.13 14 350 8513 -26.3 -49.0 10 22.6 -28.7 266 28 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.8 0.13 15 300 9608 -35.5 -53.6 14 18.1 -36.7 271 33 335.4 335.4 293.3 335.7 0.09 16 250 10850 -45.2 -61.4 14 16.3 -45.7 263 39 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.1 0.04 17 200 12313 -51.6 -74.7 5 23.1 -52.0 269 54 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.1 0.01 18 150 14131 -63.6 -81.5 7 17.9 -63.7 251 41 360.6 360.6 298.8 360.6 0.00 19 100 16556 -73.0 -86.0 12 13.0 -73.1 266 34 386.6 386.6 303.3 386.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.00 m Freezing level: 593.51 mb = 4492.21 m = 14738.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 682.62 mb = 3352.41 m = 10998.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.46 % Est. max temperature: 30.49 C = 86.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 997.12 mb = 152.20 m = 499.34 ft T: 20.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.11 C/km ThetaE index: 22.97 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 910.16 mb = 939.04 m = 3080.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.04 C = 78.87 F Cap Strength: 2.67 C Lifted Index: 0.05 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.68 C Showalter Index: 11.24 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 29.95 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.12 C Cross Totals Index: 4.83 C K Index: 7.26 Risk: None Sweat Index: 166.82 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.41 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 226.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 936.10 mb = 697.49 m = 2288.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 491.10 mb = 5977.91 m = 19612.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 421.10 mb = 7146.54 m = 23446.36 ft B at Equ Level: 24.81 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 371.10 mb = 8083.37 m = 26519.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 209.3 at 16.7 knts Storm direction: 239.3 at 12.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 1.6 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 45.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 98.0 neg: -31.8 tot: 66.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 2.96 Bulk Shear: 8.89 m/s