MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 9Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 30.87,-88.24 Latitude: 30.87 Longitude: -88.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 48 23.4 21.6 90 1.8 22.2 166 7 296.0 298.9 295.1 343.1 16.38 1 1000 106 23.0 21.4 91 1.6 21.9 167 10 296.2 299.1 295.0 343.0 16.26 2 950 552 19.6 19.4 99 0.2 19.5 171 22 297.1 299.8 294.4 340.6 15.06 3 900 1019 18.0 17.8 98 0.3 17.8 196 30 300.1 302.7 294.8 342.1 14.36 4 850 1508 15.6 15.4 98 0.3 15.5 219 31 302.5 304.9 294.6 341.1 13.04 5 800 2021 12.9 12.7 99 0.2 12.7 226 24 304.9 307.0 294.2 339.5 11.60 6 750 2562 10.3 9.5 95 0.8 9.9 231 24 307.8 309.7 293.9 338.2 10.02 7 700 3135 7.5 5.8 89 1.7 6.5 242 22 310.8 312.4 293.4 336.4 8.32 8 650 3742 4.1 0.7 78 3.4 2.2 244 24 313.6 314.7 292.5 333.0 6.19 9 600 4388 -0.5 -1.1 96 0.5 -0.8 253 29 315.5 316.7 292.9 334.2 5.91 10 550 5081 -3.7 -6.0 84 2.3 -4.8 254 26 319.7 320.6 292.8 334.1 4.44 11 500 5828 -7.7 -20.7 34 13.1 -11.8 242 32 323.7 324.0 291.4 328.8 1.47 12 450 6641 -12.0 -48.0 3 36.0 -17.4 243 36 328.2 328.2 291.3 328.6 0.11 13 400 7530 -18.5 -46.1 7 27.5 -22.4 245 42 330.9 330.9 292.1 331.5 0.15 14 350 8509 -26.3 -48.1 11 21.8 -28.6 243 48 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.8 0.14 15 300 9603 -35.3 -53.3 14 17.9 -36.5 238 50 335.6 335.6 293.3 335.9 0.09 16 250 10848 -43.9 -63.6 9 19.7 -44.6 247 54 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.0 0.03 17 200 12317 -52.2 -72.8 7 20.6 -52.6 257 56 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.1 0.01 18 150 14121 -64.7 -78.0 14 13.3 -64.8 252 49 358.7 358.7 298.4 358.7 0.01 19 100 16544 -72.8 -86.7 11 13.9 -72.9 249 28 387.0 387.0 303.3 387.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5721.31 m Freezing level: 605.65 mb = 4315.27 m = 14157.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.14 mb = 4213.54 m = 13823.79 ft Precipitable water: 2.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.06 % Est. max temperature: 29.62 C = 85.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 981.64 mb = 267.62 m = 878.00 ft T: 21.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.64 C/km ThetaE index: 9.13 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 950.98 mb = 543.55 m = 1783.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.47 C = 76.04 F Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lifted Index: -1.58 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.68 C Showalter Index: -1.29 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.33 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.29 C Cross Totals Index: 23.03 C K Index: 36.97 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 354.12 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.45 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 509.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 946.94 mb = 580.26 m = 1903.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 941.94 mb = 625.90 m = 2053.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 921.94 mb = 810.90 m = 2660.42 ft B at Equ Level: 13.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 171.94 mb = 13264.91 m = 43519.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.7 at 25.8 knts Storm direction: 261.7 at 19.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 258.4 neg: -10.1 tot: 248.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 82.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.81 Bulk Rich Number: 7.20 Bulk Shear: 70.79 m/s