MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 12Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 25.01,-91.75 Latitude: 25.01 Longitude: -91.75 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1016 -1 27.3 25.8 91 1.5 26.2 109 6 299.0 302.8 298.8 360.3 20.94 1 1000 142 25.7 25.0 96 0.7 25.2 111 7 298.8 302.5 298.4 358.2 20.31 2 950 595 22.6 20.5 88 2.1 21.1 146 8 300.1 303.1 296.1 347.5 16.16 3 900 1064 19.3 16.3 83 3.0 17.2 149 8 301.4 303.8 294.3 339.8 13.05 4 850 1553 16.0 10.8 71 5.1 12.7 163 5 302.9 304.6 292.1 331.5 9.62 5 800 2068 15.2 3.6 46 11.6 8.6 100 4 307.4 308.5 290.7 326.4 6.20 6 750 2612 12.8 -7.2 24 20.0 3.5 35 11 310.5 311.0 288.7 319.9 2.97 7 700 3187 10.0 -19.3 11 29.3 -0.6 22 16 313.6 313.8 287.9 317.6 1.19 8 650 3799 7.0 -33.2 4 40.2 -3.8 38 16 316.9 317.0 288.2 318.2 0.36 9 600 4451 3.1 -31.1 6 34.2 -6.2 36 20 319.8 319.9 289.2 321.5 0.48 10 550 5148 -1.5 -33.0 7 31.4 -9.4 31 17 322.3 322.3 289.9 323.8 0.43 11 500 5899 -6.5 -40.0 5 33.5 -13.2 24 17 325.1 325.2 290.6 326.0 0.23 12 450 6712 -11.9 -44.2 5 32.3 -17.3 18 16 328.3 328.3 291.4 328.9 0.17 13 400 7601 -18.3 -49.4 5 31.1 -22.3 9 18 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.6 0.11 14 350 8583 -25.7 -53.9 5 28.2 -28.3 353 22 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.4 0.07 15 300 9682 -33.8 -58.0 7 24.2 -35.4 348 26 337.7 337.7 293.8 337.9 0.05 16 250 10933 -44.5 -55.3 29 10.8 -45.0 345 33 339.9 339.9 294.4 340.2 0.08 17 200 12387 -54.4 -71.4 10 17.1 -54.6 341 24 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.8 0.01 18 150 14182 -65.7 -78.3 16 12.6 -65.8 301 20 356.8 356.8 298.1 356.8 0.01 19 100 16571 -76.6 -84.7 26 8.1 -76.6 284 12 379.7 379.7 302.2 379.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5756.87 m Freezing level: 566.44 mb = 4918.63 m = 16137.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 707.51 mb = 3098.22 m = 10164.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.30 % Est. max temperature: 30.63 C = 87.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 994.68 mb = 188.88 m = 619.66 ft T: 25.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.09 C/km ThetaE index: 42.73 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 932.62 mb = 755.08 m = 2477.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.81 C = 83.86 F Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lifted Index: -3.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.88 C Showalter Index: 4.03 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.75 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.45 C Cross Totals Index: 17.30 C K Index: 3.99 Risk: None Sweat Index: 155.29 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.88 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1728.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 943.81 mb = 651.49 m = 2137.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 918.81 mb = 884.51 m = 2901.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 168.81 mb = 13444.59 m = 44109.00 ft B at Equ Level: 1709.49 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 43.4 at 12.4 knts Storm direction: 73.4 at 9.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 3.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 133.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.7 neg: -1.4 tot: 19.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 78.16 Bulk Shear: 22.12 m/s