MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 32.32,-90.31 Latitude: 32.32 Longitude: -90.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1001 87 25.6 19.9 71 5.7 21.6 150 8 298.7 301.4 294.7 341.7 14.79 1 1000 92 25.9 20.0 70 5.9 21.7 149 7 299.0 301.7 294.8 342.3 14.85 2 950 543 22.6 19.1 81 3.5 20.1 157 23 300.1 302.8 295.1 343.4 14.78 3 900 1011 18.8 17.4 92 1.3 17.9 170 23 300.9 303.4 294.8 342.2 14.06 4 850 1501 15.8 15.3 96 0.6 15.4 200 21 302.7 305.1 294.6 341.0 12.93 5 800 2015 13.1 11.6 91 1.5 12.1 234 24 305.1 307.1 293.7 337.4 10.78 6 750 2555 9.9 6.1 77 3.8 7.6 234 25 307.3 308.8 292.0 331.3 7.87 7 700 3127 8.0 1.7 64 6.3 4.5 233 27 311.4 312.6 291.9 330.6 6.19 8 650 3737 5.4 -3.9 51 9.3 0.8 229 25 315.1 315.9 291.5 329.2 4.42 9 600 4384 1.1 -11.2 39 12.3 -4.0 230 27 317.4 317.9 290.7 326.3 2.71 10 550 5078 -4.1 -10.1 63 6.0 -6.6 231 31 319.3 319.9 291.7 329.9 3.23 11 500 5823 -7.9 -20.2 37 12.2 -11.9 240 36 323.4 323.7 291.3 328.7 1.54 12 450 6633 -12.3 -27.0 28 14.7 -16.2 244 46 327.7 327.9 292.0 331.1 0.93 13 400 7524 -18.2 -38.6 15 20.5 -21.7 246 50 331.4 331.5 292.4 332.7 0.34 14 350 8505 -25.8 -47.4 11 21.6 -28.2 246 53 333.9 334.0 292.9 334.5 0.15 15 300 9600 -35.1 -53.7 13 18.6 -36.3 247 56 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.3 0.09 16 250 10843 -44.4 -59.8 16 15.4 -45.0 249 59 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.3 0.05 17 200 12313 -52.0 -73.8 6 21.8 -52.4 257 63 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.4 0.01 18 150 14123 -63.5 -80.0 9 16.5 -63.6 260 48 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.7 0.00 19 100 16550 -72.5 -86.4 11 13.9 -72.5 248 30 387.7 387.7 303.5 387.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.42 m Freezing level: 589.13 mb = 4535.17 m = 14878.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.87 mb = 3838.44 m = 12593.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.72 % Est. max temperature: 29.59 C = 85.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.20 mb = 809.53 m = 2655.92 ft T: 20.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.92 C/km ThetaE index: 17.03 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 881.84 mb = 1185.92 m = 3890.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.43 C = 83.17 F Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lifted Index: -2.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.51 C Showalter Index: -1.57 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.94 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.76 C Cross Totals Index: 23.19 C K Index: 32.67 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 368.59 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.45 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 600.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.37 mb = 998.14 m = 3274.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 856.37 mb = 1436.90 m = 4714.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 236.37 mb = 11212.73 m = 36786.72 ft B at Equ Level: 594.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 156.37 mb = 13861.78 m = 45477.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.7 at 26.3 knts Storm direction: 252.7 at 19.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.3 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 191.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 191.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 63.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.70 Bulk Rich Number: 7.31 Bulk Shear: 82.19 m/s