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: 31.56,-92.2 Latitude: 31.56 Longitude: -92.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1008 30 24.0 22.5 91 1.5 22.9 203 5 296.4 299.6 295.8 346.3 17.26 1 1000 101 23.6 22.2 92 1.4 22.6 204 8 296.7 299.8 295.7 346.1 17.08 2 950 550 20.7 20.5 99 0.1 20.6 211 23 298.2 301.1 295.6 345.2 16.21 3 900 1017 18.5 17.3 93 1.2 17.7 234 24 300.6 303.1 294.7 341.4 13.92 4 850 1506 16.3 14.6 90 1.7 15.2 242 23 303.2 305.5 294.3 340.1 12.42 5 800 2021 13.1 11.7 91 1.4 12.2 254 23 305.2 307.2 293.7 337.7 10.88 6 750 2562 10.1 8.4 89 1.7 9.0 278 24 307.5 309.3 293.2 335.6 9.27 7 700 3133 6.6 4.6 87 2.0 5.4 276 24 309.7 311.2 292.6 333.1 7.60 8 650 3738 2.9 0.8 86 2.1 1.8 274 25 312.3 313.5 292.2 331.8 6.26 9 600 4382 -0.6 -4.7 73 4.2 -2.6 257 31 315.5 316.3 291.6 329.8 4.49 10 550 5071 -5.5 -13.3 54 7.8 -8.5 251 34 317.5 318.0 290.5 325.8 2.50 11 500 5813 -9.1 -31.0 15 21.9 -14.2 253 35 321.9 322.0 290.0 324.0 0.57 12 450 6620 -12.8 -26.5 31 13.7 -16.4 259 40 327.1 327.3 291.9 330.6 0.97 13 400 7508 -19.3 -29.4 41 10.1 -21.5 262 46 329.9 330.1 292.5 333.0 0.84 14 350 8485 -26.7 -36.4 39 9.8 -28.2 265 46 332.8 332.9 293.0 334.6 0.48 15 300 9579 -35.6 -45.6 35 10.1 -36.5 269 44 335.2 335.3 293.3 336.1 0.21 16 250 10820 -44.0 -60.8 14 16.8 -44.7 262 51 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.8 0.04 17 200 12295 -50.5 -77.2 3 26.7 -51.0 261 67 352.8 352.8 297.3 352.9 0.01 18 150 14116 -62.7 -81.2 7 18.5 -62.9 256 53 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.1 0.00 19 100 16545 -73.2 -86.2 12 12.9 -73.3 258 37 386.2 386.2 303.2 386.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.69 m Freezing level: 608.18 mb = 4276.93 m = 14031.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.50 mb = 3995.99 m = 13110.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.57 % Est. max temperature: 30.33 C = 86.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 986.99 mb = 215.72 m = 707.73 ft T: 22.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.84 C/km ThetaE index: 22.26 C Layer 1000.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 940.62 mb = 635.39 m = 2084.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.15 C = 79.07 F Cap Strength: 0.15 C Lifted Index: -4.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.61 C Showalter Index: -2.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.15 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.40 C Cross Totals Index: 23.74 C K Index: 38.05 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 307.11 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.15 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1224.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 947.61 mb = 571.51 m = 1875.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 902.61 mb = 991.65 m = 3253.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 232.61 mb = 11296.42 m = 37061.28 ft B at Equ Level: 1219.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 132.61 mb = 14853.91 m = 48732.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.5 at 26.3 knts Storm direction: 284.5 at 19.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 125.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 161.7 neg: -0.4 tot: 161.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.13 Bulk Rich Number: 24.64 Bulk Shear: 49.71 m/s