MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 6Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 31.46,-92.47 Latitude: 31.46 Longitude: -92.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1007 38 24.2 22.5 90 1.7 23.0 202 5 296.8 299.9 295.9 346.7 17.27 1 1000 101 24.0 22.1 90 1.8 22.6 201 7 297.1 300.2 295.8 346.3 17.02 2 950 550 20.7 20.6 99 0.1 20.7 213 21 298.2 301.2 295.7 345.7 16.33 3 900 1017 18.8 17.3 91 1.5 17.8 236 23 300.9 303.5 294.8 341.9 13.96 4 850 1507 16.5 14.7 89 1.8 15.3 246 22 303.4 305.7 294.4 340.5 12.47 5 800 2022 13.2 11.9 92 1.2 12.4 264 21 305.2 307.3 293.9 338.3 11.05 6 750 2563 10.1 8.5 90 1.6 9.1 276 21 307.6 309.3 293.3 335.8 9.32 7 700 3134 6.6 4.5 86 2.1 5.4 278 22 309.8 311.3 292.6 333.1 7.57 8 650 3740 3.0 0.8 85 2.2 1.8 269 24 312.4 313.6 292.2 331.9 6.25 9 600 4384 -0.5 -5.6 69 5.1 -2.9 255 30 315.5 316.4 291.5 329.0 4.21 10 550 5072 -5.4 -20.1 30 14.7 -10.1 255 34 317.6 317.9 289.5 322.4 1.40 11 500 5814 -9.2 -26.4 23 17.2 -13.7 260 35 321.8 322.0 290.2 324.9 0.88 12 450 6622 -13.2 -19.8 57 6.7 -15.3 267 39 326.7 327.0 292.4 332.8 1.76 13 400 7509 -19.4 -27.1 51 7.7 -21.2 267 42 329.8 330.0 292.7 333.5 1.04 14 350 8486 -26.6 -33.2 54 6.6 -27.8 269 43 332.9 333.0 293.2 335.4 0.67 15 300 9580 -35.4 -42.5 48 7.1 -36.1 271 45 335.5 335.6 293.5 336.7 0.30 16 250 10822 -44.3 -53.7 35 9.3 -44.8 265 53 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.6 0.10 17 200 12295 -49.9 -79.6 2 29.7 -50.4 262 68 353.8 353.8 297.4 353.8 0.00 18 150 14117 -62.8 -81.4 6 18.6 -62.9 257 53 361.9 361.9 299.1 361.9 0.00 19 100 16547 -73.2 -86.2 12 12.9 -73.3 258 36 386.2 386.2 303.2 386.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5712.39 m Freezing level: 607.06 mb = 4293.11 m = 14084.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.54 mb = 3984.40 m = 13072.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.10 % Est. max temperature: 30.53 C = 86.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 982.42 mb = 256.48 m = 841.47 ft T: 22.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.91 C/km ThetaE index: 24.26 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 935.94 mb = 679.03 m = 2227.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.44 C = 79.59 F Cap Strength: 0.17 C Lifted Index: -4.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.65 C Showalter Index: -2.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.64 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.72 C Cross Totals Index: 23.92 C K Index: 38.29 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 324.80 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.08 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1285.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 944.51 mb = 600.27 m = 1969.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 859.51 mb = 1412.03 m = 4632.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.51 mb = 11386.59 m = 37357.12 ft B at Equ Level: 1276.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 129.51 mb = 14997.23 m = 49202.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.7 at 25.4 knts Storm direction: 286.7 at 19.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 149.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 149.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 49.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.17 Bulk Rich Number: 26.23 Bulk Shear: 48.99 m/s