MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 31.41,-88.66 Latitude: 31.41 Longitude: -88.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1006 66 23.1 21.0 88 2.1 21.6 157 8 295.7 298.6 294.6 340.9 15.71 1 1000 117 22.8 20.9 89 1.9 21.4 158 10 295.9 298.7 294.6 341.1 15.70 2 950 563 19.8 19.4 98 0.4 19.6 166 29 297.3 300.0 294.6 341.1 15.12 3 900 1028 17.4 12.6 74 4.8 14.4 179 26 299.4 301.3 291.6 329.5 10.27 4 850 1516 16.0 9.1 63 6.9 11.8 219 14 302.9 304.5 291.3 328.4 8.55 5 800 2029 13.1 9.4 78 3.7 10.8 230 18 305.1 306.8 292.5 332.9 9.27 6 750 2570 10.9 4.8 66 6.1 7.4 236 26 308.4 309.8 291.9 330.5 7.21 7 700 3143 8.2 4.2 76 4.0 5.9 232 28 311.6 313.0 292.9 334.6 7.41 8 650 3752 5.3 -0.7 65 6.1 2.1 227 26 315.0 316.1 292.4 332.7 5.59 9 600 4402 1.8 -8.9 45 10.7 -3.0 226 25 318.2 318.8 291.4 328.9 3.25 10 550 5098 -2.4 -19.5 25 17.1 -8.2 223 27 321.2 321.5 290.6 326.3 1.48 11 500 5846 -7.7 -13.7 62 6.1 -10.0 226 29 323.7 324.2 292.4 332.6 2.65 12 450 6658 -12.4 -19.7 54 7.3 -14.7 235 29 327.7 328.0 292.7 333.9 1.79 13 400 7549 -17.8 -47.6 5 29.9 -21.8 250 37 331.9 331.9 292.4 332.4 0.13 14 350 8531 -25.3 -50.0 8 24.6 -27.9 255 42 334.6 334.6 293.1 335.0 0.11 15 300 9629 -34.7 -55.4 10 20.7 -36.0 252 44 336.5 336.5 293.5 336.8 0.07 16 250 10874 -44.2 -60.1 16 15.8 -44.9 253 47 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.5 0.05 17 200 12342 -52.7 -73.0 7 20.3 -53.0 260 51 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.4 0.01 18 150 14145 -64.2 -78.9 12 14.7 -64.3 258 43 359.6 359.6 298.6 359.6 0.01 19 100 16567 -72.4 -85.9 11 13.5 -72.5 242 26 387.8 387.8 303.5 387.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5729.35 m Freezing level: 578.44 mb = 4702.12 m = 15426.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.12 mb = 4017.45 m = 13180.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.68 % Est. max temperature: 29.85 C = 85.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 975.50 mb = 332.78 m = 1091.78 ft T: 21.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.88 C/km ThetaE index: 12.71 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 910.55 mb = 927.93 m = 3044.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.33 C = 79.40 F Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lifted Index: -0.36 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.96 C Showalter Index: 4.33 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.41 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.67 C Cross Totals Index: 16.74 C K Index: 28.71 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 165.09 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.88 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 132.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 933.27 mb = 715.88 m = 2348.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 518.27 mb = 5564.64 m = 18256.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 448.27 mb = 6687.50 m = 21940.34 ft B at Equ Level: 20.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 378.27 mb = 7959.97 m = 26115.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.0 at 24.3 knts Storm direction: 248.0 at 18.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.4 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 165.6 neg: -16.6 tot: 149.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 49.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.7 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.38 Bulk Shear: 54.03 m/s