MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 31.07,-91.78 Latitude: 31.07 Longitude: -91.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 12 28.7 22.2 68 6.5 24.0 167 11 301.1 304.2 296.8 350.9 16.94 1 1000 92 27.3 21.3 70 6.0 23.0 168 14 300.5 303.4 296.1 347.8 16.15 2 950 545 22.7 20.2 86 2.5 21.0 171 20 300.2 303.1 296.0 346.9 15.91 3 900 1014 18.7 17.8 95 0.9 18.1 175 24 300.8 303.4 295.0 343.0 14.39 4 850 1503 16.1 14.6 91 1.5 15.1 184 25 303.0 305.3 294.3 339.8 12.41 5 800 2017 13.5 11.8 90 1.7 12.4 202 19 305.6 307.6 293.9 338.4 10.97 6 750 2560 11.0 8.4 84 2.5 9.4 205 17 308.5 310.2 293.5 336.7 9.29 7 700 3133 8.0 4.7 80 3.3 6.1 229 15 311.3 312.8 293.0 334.9 7.65 8 650 3742 5.1 -0.9 65 6.0 2.0 223 19 314.7 315.8 292.3 332.2 5.53 9 600 4391 1.6 -8.6 47 10.2 -3.0 224 21 317.9 318.6 291.3 328.8 3.33 10 550 5086 -3.1 -15.4 38 12.3 -7.7 231 24 320.4 320.8 291.0 327.5 2.10 11 500 5835 -6.2 -23.8 23 17.6 -11.5 224 32 325.4 325.6 291.5 329.4 1.12 12 450 6650 -12.0 -27.9 25 15.8 -16.1 232 34 328.1 328.3 292.0 331.2 0.86 13 400 7540 -17.8 -40.6 12 22.7 -21.6 241 36 331.8 331.8 292.5 332.9 0.28 14 350 8522 -25.7 -53.8 5 28.0 -28.3 245 39 334.0 334.1 292.9 334.3 0.07 15 300 9619 -34.6 -54.3 12 19.7 -36.0 250 44 336.5 336.6 293.6 336.9 0.08 16 250 10864 -43.9 -61.2 13 17.3 -44.6 262 50 340.7 340.7 294.6 340.9 0.04 17 200 12337 -51.4 -73.3 6 21.9 -51.8 267 50 351.3 351.3 296.9 351.3 0.01 18 150 14148 -63.8 -79.4 10 15.6 -63.9 258 45 360.2 360.2 298.7 360.2 0.00 19 100 16570 -74.0 -85.2 16 11.2 -74.0 258 27 384.7 384.7 303.0 384.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5743.45 m Freezing level: 583.23 mb = 4624.26 m = 15171.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.16 mb = 3993.59 m = 13102.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.36 % Est. max temperature: 30.22 C = 86.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 918.61 mb = 836.03 m = 2742.86 ft T: 20.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.26 C/km ThetaE index: 23.40 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 908.50 mb = 932.07 m = 3057.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.30 C = 82.94 F Cap Strength: 0.20 C Lifted Index: -2.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.72 C Showalter Index: 0.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.21 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.34 C Cross Totals Index: 20.87 C K Index: 33.65 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 363.00 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.03 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1053.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.08 mb = 897.92 m = 2945.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 907.08 mb = 945.59 m = 3102.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 217.08 mb = 11796.31 m = 38701.35 ft B at Equ Level: 1041.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.08 mb = 15138.29 m = 49665.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 209.1 at 21.2 knts Storm direction: 239.1 at 15.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 34.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 84.8 neg: -5.7 tot: 79.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.56 Bulk Rich Number: 43.20 Bulk Shear: 24.40 m/s