MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 30.97,-93.28 Latitude: 30.97 Longitude: -93.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1002 64 29.9 23.0 66 6.9 24.8 169 9 302.9 306.2 297.9 356.1 17.92 1 1000 79 29.4 22.7 67 6.7 24.5 168 8 302.5 305.8 297.7 354.8 17.66 2 950 534 24.7 21.7 83 3.0 22.5 170 15 302.2 305.4 297.4 353.8 17.42 3 900 1006 20.3 20.2 99 0.2 20.2 172 17 302.5 305.5 297.1 352.0 16.75 4 850 1498 16.9 15.5 92 1.4 16.0 192 20 303.9 306.3 295.0 343.0 13.16 5 800 2013 13.8 10.2 79 3.6 11.6 203 18 305.9 307.7 293.2 335.4 9.82 6 750 2556 11.1 9.4 89 1.8 10.0 205 18 308.6 310.5 294.0 338.7 9.90 7 700 3129 8.2 5.4 82 2.8 6.5 221 20 311.6 313.1 293.4 336.4 8.05 8 650 3739 5.1 -1.2 64 6.3 1.8 213 20 314.7 315.8 292.2 331.8 5.39 9 600 4387 1.1 -8.9 47 10.0 -3.3 224 23 317.4 318.0 291.1 327.9 3.24 10 550 5081 -2.9 -17.7 31 14.8 -8.1 229 24 320.7 321.0 290.7 326.5 1.73 11 500 5829 -7.8 -23.9 26 16.1 -12.5 235 32 323.5 323.7 291.0 327.4 1.11 12 450 6642 -11.4 -43.7 5 32.3 -16.9 247 38 328.9 329.0 291.6 329.6 0.18 13 400 7534 -17.8 -46.4 6 28.6 -21.8 246 41 331.8 331.8 292.3 332.4 0.15 14 350 8516 -25.7 -52.9 6 27.2 -28.3 249 46 334.1 334.2 292.9 334.5 0.08 15 300 9612 -34.9 -54.4 12 19.5 -36.2 254 52 336.2 336.3 293.4 336.6 0.08 16 250 10858 -43.8 -62.2 11 18.4 -44.5 257 56 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.0 0.04 17 200 12328 -52.3 -73.0 7 20.6 -52.7 262 56 349.9 349.9 296.6 349.9 0.01 18 150 14134 -64.0 -79.1 11 15.1 -64.1 263 47 359.8 359.8 298.7 359.8 0.01 19 100 16552 -74.5 -85.9 16 11.4 -74.6 264 28 383.7 383.7 302.8 383.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5749.98 m Freezing level: 586.50 mb = 4574.60 m = 15008.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.66 mb = 3957.92 m = 12985.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.36 % Est. max temperature: 30.80 C = 87.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 906.07 mb = 947.23 m = 3107.68 ft T: 20.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.93 C/km ThetaE index: 20.69 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 905.57 mb = 952.13 m = 3123.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.43 C = 84.97 F Cap Strength: 0.05 C Lifted Index: -6.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.37 C Showalter Index: -2.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.06 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.73 C Cross Totals Index: 23.34 C K Index: 37.42 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 368.87 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2314.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 68.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.77 mb = 940.54 m = 3085.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 901.77 mb = 988.84 m = 3244.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 181.77 mb = 12928.23 m = 42414.95 ft B at Equ Level: 2314.12 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.2 at 20.8 knts Storm direction: 243.2 at 15.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 75.4 neg: -0.3 tot: 75.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.94 Bulk Rich Number: 80.38 Bulk Shear: 28.79 m/s