MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 12Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 31.16,-88.05 Latitude: 31.16 Longitude: -88.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1009 31 22.6 21.8 95 0.8 22.0 184 2 294.9 297.9 294.8 342.2 16.48 1 1000 110 22.1 21.5 97 0.6 21.7 184 5 295.3 298.2 294.9 342.3 16.40 2 950 557 20.3 20.0 98 0.3 20.1 193 21 297.8 300.7 295.1 343.4 15.73 3 900 1023 17.8 17.4 98 0.3 17.5 207 27 299.8 302.4 294.6 340.9 14.05 4 850 1511 15.2 14.9 98 0.3 15.0 221 26 302.0 304.3 294.1 339.2 12.60 5 800 2024 12.7 11.8 94 0.9 12.1 262 22 304.6 306.7 293.6 337.3 10.93 6 750 2564 9.9 8.8 93 1.1 9.2 272 24 307.3 309.1 293.3 336.1 9.52 7 700 3135 6.7 5.6 93 1.1 6.1 274 25 309.9 311.5 293.0 335.0 8.18 8 650 3742 3.5 2.0 90 1.5 2.7 270 26 313.0 314.3 292.9 334.3 6.83 9 600 4388 -0.0 -2.5 83 2.5 -1.3 263 29 316.1 317.1 292.5 333.0 5.32 10 550 5080 -3.8 -12.4 51 8.6 -7.2 255 30 319.6 320.1 291.3 328.5 2.68 11 500 5827 -7.4 -42.5 4 35.0 -13.9 249 32 324.0 324.0 290.2 324.7 0.18 12 450 6637 -13.3 -45.1 5 31.9 -18.2 242 34 326.6 326.6 290.9 327.2 0.15 13 400 7522 -19.5 -52.4 4 32.8 -23.2 242 39 329.6 329.6 291.7 329.9 0.07 14 350 8498 -27.2 -52.9 7 25.7 -29.5 236 47 332.1 332.1 292.4 332.5 0.08 15 300 9588 -36.1 -55.1 12 19.0 -37.3 241 46 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.8 0.07 16 250 10829 -44.2 -59.9 16 15.8 -44.7 241 54 340.4 340.4 294.5 340.6 0.05 17 200 12301 -51.2 -66.5 14 15.3 -51.5 254 65 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.8 0.02 18 150 14108 -64.8 -78.1 15 13.2 -64.9 254 53 358.4 358.4 298.4 358.4 0.01 19 100 16536 -71.9 -87.4 8 15.5 -72.0 255 30 388.7 388.7 303.6 388.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.74 m Freezing level: 600.00 mb = 4387.59 m = 14394.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.93 mb = 4176.17 m = 13701.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.56 % Est. max temperature: 29.25 C = 84.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 998.17 mb = 126.18 m = 413.98 ft T: 22.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.26 C/km ThetaE index: 18.74 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 941.02 mb = 639.09 m = 2096.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.78 C = 78.41 F Cap Strength: 0.37 C Lifted Index: -1.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.80 C Showalter Index: -0.31 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.90 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.60 C Cross Totals Index: 22.30 C K Index: 36.35 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 347.12 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.81 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 858.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 953.37 mb = 526.25 m = 1726.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 918.37 mb = 849.11 m = 2785.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.37 mb = 11143.15 m = 36558.43 ft B at Equ Level: 849.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 148.37 mb = 14173.50 m = 46500.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.6 at 25.6 knts Storm direction: 280.6 at 19.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 144.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 234.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 234.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 78.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.22 Bulk Rich Number: 13.07 Bulk Shear: 65.68 m/s