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: 32.73,-90.37 Latitude: 32.73 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 1002 70 25.8 19.4 68 6.4 21.3 154 8 298.8 301.4 294.4 340.5 14.31 1 1000 88 26.0 19.3 67 6.7 21.3 153 7 299.2 301.8 294.5 340.7 14.24 2 950 540 23.1 18.3 75 4.8 19.8 164 23 300.6 303.2 294.8 341.9 14.08 3 900 1009 19.0 17.0 89 1.9 17.7 176 23 301.1 303.6 294.6 341.3 13.70 4 850 1498 15.8 14.9 94 0.9 15.2 211 22 302.7 305.1 294.4 340.2 12.64 5 800 2012 12.9 11.3 90 1.6 11.9 236 26 304.9 306.8 293.4 336.5 10.57 6 750 2551 9.4 3.8 68 5.7 6.2 235 26 306.8 308.1 290.9 327.2 6.70 7 700 3122 8.8 -6.2 34 15.0 1.7 234 28 312.3 312.9 289.8 323.2 3.43 8 650 3732 5.2 -4.3 51 9.4 0.5 230 28 314.8 315.6 291.3 328.5 4.29 9 600 4380 1.2 -15.3 28 16.5 -5.1 231 34 317.5 317.9 290.0 324.0 1.93 10 550 5073 -3.4 -20.5 25 17.1 -9.0 230 36 320.0 320.3 290.2 324.7 1.36 11 500 5819 -8.4 -21.2 35 12.8 -12.3 237 37 322.8 323.1 291.0 327.7 1.41 12 450 6628 -12.1 -43.8 5 31.7 -17.4 245 44 328.0 328.0 291.3 328.6 0.17 13 400 7518 -18.4 -47.7 6 29.3 -22.3 242 50 331.1 331.1 292.2 331.6 0.13 14 350 8497 -26.3 -51.0 8 24.6 -28.7 243 53 333.2 333.3 292.7 333.6 0.10 15 300 9591 -35.5 -53.6 14 18.1 -36.7 245 58 335.3 335.3 293.2 335.7 0.09 16 250 10831 -44.7 -58.9 19 14.2 -45.3 249 64 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.8 0.05 17 200 12300 -51.9 -73.7 6 21.7 -52.3 256 67 350.5 350.5 296.7 350.5 0.01 18 150 14113 -63.1 -80.4 8 17.3 -63.3 256 51 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.3 0.00 19 100 16543 -71.9 -86.4 10 14.4 -72.0 251 32 388.7 388.7 303.6 388.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.24 m Freezing level: 586.86 mb = 4561.70 m = 14966.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.14 mb = 3793.11 m = 12444.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.14 % Est. max temperature: 29.69 C = 85.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.75 mb = 886.72 m = 2909.14 ft T: 20.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.39 C/km ThetaE index: 18.70 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 865.23 mb = 1346.14 m = 4416.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.24 C = 84.64 F Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lifted Index: -2.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.72 C Showalter Index: -1.68 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.54 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.23 C Cross Totals Index: 23.31 C K Index: 24.11 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 340.06 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.47 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 448.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.26 mb = 1111.57 m = 3646.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 824.26 mb = 1758.72 m = 5770.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 714.26 mb = 2955.24 m = 9695.56 ft B at Equ Level: 35.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 174.26 mb = 13167.91 m = 43201.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.4 at 28.2 knts Storm direction: 254.4 at 21.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.4 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 190.0 neg: -0.2 tot: 189.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 63.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.53 Bulk Rich Number: 5.35 Bulk Shear: 83.87 m/s