MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0600Z 18 OCT 25 Station: 32.23,-90.23 Latitude: 32.23 Longitude: -90.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1003 96 20.6 18.2 86 2.4 19.0 173 5 293.5 295.9 292.0 331.2 13.22 1 1000 117 20.6 18.2 86 2.4 19.0 174 4 293.8 296.1 292.2 331.6 13.26 2 950 563 21.3 17.4 79 3.8 18.7 186 20 298.8 301.2 293.7 337.4 13.29 3 900 1031 18.9 14.7 77 4.2 16.1 182 15 301.0 303.2 293.2 335.7 11.79 4 850 1520 15.7 10.7 72 5.0 12.6 182 15 302.6 304.4 292.0 331.1 9.57 5 800 2032 13.5 1.0 42 12.5 6.8 197 16 305.5 306.5 289.1 321.2 5.14 6 750 2573 11.3 -2.7 37 14.0 4.3 197 16 308.8 309.6 289.3 321.9 4.19 7 700 3146 8.8 -9.7 26 18.5 0.7 214 18 312.3 312.8 288.9 320.7 2.62 8 650 3755 5.5 -14.8 22 20.3 -2.4 239 13 315.2 315.6 289.2 321.4 1.87 9 600 4404 2.3 -23.3 13 25.6 -5.9 246 13 318.8 319.0 289.4 322.2 0.98 10 550 5100 -3.0 -17.8 31 14.8 -8.2 240 15 320.5 320.9 290.7 326.4 1.72 11 500 5845 -8.8 -17.9 48 9.1 -11.9 242 20 322.3 322.6 291.3 328.6 1.87 12 450 6652 -14.3 -30.3 24 16.0 -17.9 249 17 325.3 325.4 291.0 327.7 0.68 13 400 7534 -20.0 -36.3 22 16.3 -22.8 263 23 329.0 329.1 291.9 330.6 0.43 14 350 8509 -28.0 -33.6 59 5.6 -28.9 266 26 331.0 331.1 292.6 333.3 0.64 15 300 9602 -34.8 -60.0 6 25.2 -36.2 262 42 336.4 336.4 293.4 336.5 0.04 16 250 10849 -44.0 -62.1 12 18.0 -44.7 258 49 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.7 0.04 17 200 12316 -51.9 -71.2 8 19.3 -52.2 267 53 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.7 0.01 18 150 14127 -63.4 -80.6 8 17.2 -63.5 265 35 360.9 360.9 298.9 361.0 0.00 19 100 16546 -74.3 -86.3 14 12.0 -74.3 252 24 384.2 384.2 302.9 384.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5727.79 m Freezing level: 578.06 mb = 4709.09 m = 15449.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 688.47 mb = 3282.27 m = 10768.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.03 % Est. max temperature: 29.62 C = 85.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 967.87 mb = 401.28 m = 1316.51 ft T: 21.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.54 C/km ThetaE index: 16.24 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 832.03 mb = 1700.43 m = 5578.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.71 C = 87.28 F Cap Strength: 2.85 C Lifted Index: -0.11 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.60 C Showalter Index: 1.88 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.12 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.56 C Cross Totals Index: 19.56 C K Index: 16.78 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 313.27 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.43 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 48.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 360.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.24 mb = 999.89 m = 3280.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 498.24 mb = 5872.10 m = 19265.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 408.24 mb = 7381.64 m = 24217.67 ft B at Equ Level: 41.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 298.24 mb = 9642.43 m = 31634.90 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.3 at 15.6 knts Storm direction: 245.3 at 11.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.8 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 74.0 neg: -15.4 tot: 58.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 5.41 Bulk Shear: 8.92 m/s