MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 30.81,-93.85 Latitude: 30.81 Longitude: -93.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 58 26.6 22.0 76 4.6 23.3 168 8 299.5 302.6 296.4 348.8 16.86 1 1000 81 26.6 21.8 75 4.9 23.1 169 8 299.8 302.8 296.3 348.4 16.63 2 950 533 22.9 20.7 87 2.2 21.3 179 21 300.4 303.4 296.3 348.5 16.37 3 900 1002 18.9 18.2 96 0.7 18.4 195 23 301.0 303.7 295.3 344.3 14.74 4 850 1494 17.7 11.9 69 5.7 14.0 212 26 304.7 306.6 293.2 335.7 10.38 5 800 2010 15.0 10.0 72 5.0 11.9 213 24 307.2 309.0 293.4 336.5 9.68 6 750 2555 12.3 7.5 72 4.8 9.4 227 22 309.9 311.6 293.4 336.6 8.71 7 700 3131 9.9 0.7 53 9.2 4.9 241 21 313.4 314.5 292.2 331.6 5.77 8 650 3743 6.2 -7.2 37 13.5 -0.0 254 22 316.0 316.7 290.9 327.1 3.41 9 600 4393 1.9 -15.7 26 17.6 -4.8 251 24 318.3 318.7 290.2 324.6 1.88 10 550 5089 -3.2 -15.8 37 12.6 -7.8 248 30 320.3 320.7 290.9 327.2 2.03 11 500 5835 -7.2 -33.6 10 26.4 -13.3 257 36 324.2 324.3 290.5 325.9 0.45 12 450 6648 -11.9 -43.0 6 31.1 -17.2 250 41 328.3 328.3 291.5 329.0 0.19 13 400 7539 -17.7 -46.4 6 28.7 -21.7 248 47 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.6 0.15 14 350 8521 -25.8 -48.4 10 22.6 -28.3 253 52 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.5 0.14 15 300 9618 -34.8 -54.9 11 20.2 -36.1 257 58 336.4 336.4 293.5 336.7 0.07 16 250 10865 -43.2 -61.7 11 18.4 -44.0 263 61 341.8 341.8 294.8 341.9 0.04 17 200 12340 -51.6 -73.5 6 21.9 -52.0 265 57 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.0 0.01 18 150 14146 -64.2 -78.8 12 14.6 -64.4 260 47 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.4 0.01 19 100 16566 -72.9 -86.3 11 13.5 -72.9 248 28 386.9 386.9 303.3 386.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5753.97 m Freezing level: 581.04 mb = 4656.59 m = 15277.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.39 mb = 3738.33 m = 12264.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.74 % Est. max temperature: 31.55 C = 88.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.43 mb = 639.44 m = 2097.87 ft T: 22.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.33 C/km ThetaE index: 12.75 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 909.96 mb = 906.83 m = 2975.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.95 C = 82.31 F Cap Strength: 0.55 C Lifted Index: -3.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.02 C Showalter Index: 1.37 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.06 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.90 C Cross Totals Index: 19.16 C K Index: 27.68 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 344.41 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.80 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1046.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.80 mb = 841.87 m = 2762.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 901.80 mb = 985.07 m = 3231.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 881.80 mb = 1177.96 m = 3864.66 ft B at Equ Level: 5.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 831.80 mb = 1678.02 m = 5505.25 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.4 at 24.6 knts Storm direction: 263.4 at 18.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 165.5 neg: -3.8 tot: 161.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.01 Bulk Rich Number: 18.56 Bulk Shear: 56.40 m/s