MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 32.86,-90.18 Latitude: 32.86 Longitude: -90.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1001 83 21.9 21.0 95 0.9 21.3 159 10 295.0 297.8 294.4 340.4 15.84 1 1000 93 21.9 21.0 95 0.9 21.3 161 9 295.0 297.9 294.4 340.4 15.83 2 950 538 19.9 19.8 99 0.1 19.8 168 33 297.4 300.2 294.8 342.2 15.46 3 900 1004 17.9 17.8 99 0.1 17.8 185 42 300.0 302.6 294.8 342.0 14.38 4 850 1494 15.9 15.7 99 0.1 15.8 200 42 302.8 305.2 294.9 342.3 13.35 5 800 2007 12.9 12.7 99 0.2 12.8 209 41 304.9 307.1 294.3 339.7 11.65 6 750 2548 10.1 9.2 94 0.9 9.5 214 36 307.5 309.4 293.6 337.2 9.78 7 700 3121 7.6 5.7 88 1.9 6.5 224 34 310.9 312.5 293.4 336.3 8.24 8 650 3729 4.2 2.4 88 1.8 3.2 226 39 313.7 315.0 293.2 335.6 7.00 9 600 4376 0.4 -3.9 73 4.3 -1.7 223 42 316.6 317.5 292.2 331.8 4.77 10 550 5068 -4.7 -10.1 66 5.4 -7.0 222 43 318.6 319.2 291.5 329.1 3.23 11 500 5813 -7.7 -8.1 97 0.4 -7.9 229 47 323.6 324.4 293.6 337.3 4.15 12 450 6624 -13.3 -15.7 82 2.4 -14.2 241 47 326.5 327.0 293.0 335.0 2.51 13 400 7511 -18.9 -21.3 81 2.5 -19.6 248 53 330.5 330.8 293.4 336.6 1.74 14 350 8490 -26.1 -35.9 39 9.8 -27.7 253 58 333.5 333.6 293.2 335.5 0.51 15 300 9584 -35.3 -45.9 33 10.6 -36.2 256 55 335.6 335.7 293.4 336.4 0.21 16 250 10827 -44.7 -54.8 32 10.0 -45.2 259 54 339.5 339.6 294.3 339.9 0.09 17 200 12293 -52.2 -69.3 11 17.1 -52.5 255 69 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.2 0.02 18 150 14106 -63.2 -80.3 8 17.1 -63.3 250 57 361.2 361.2 299.0 361.2 0.00 19 100 16539 -71.1 -86.7 8 15.6 -71.2 258 35 390.4 390.4 303.8 390.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5719.90 m Freezing level: 596.27 mb = 4427.25 m = 14524.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.66 mb = 4141.35 m = 13586.95 ft Precipitable water: 2.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.35 % Est. max temperature: 29.67 C = 85.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 988.03 mb = 197.51 m = 648.00 ft T: 21.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.70 C/km ThetaE index: 13.21 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 937.11 mb = 655.95 m = 2152.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.99 C = 76.97 F Cap Strength: 0.22 C Lifted Index: -1.67 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.63 C Showalter Index: -1.90 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.11 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.63 C Cross Totals Index: 23.49 C K Index: 37.48 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 406.98 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.11 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 594.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 945.86 mb = 575.83 m = 1889.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 830.86 mb = 1686.65 m = 5533.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 240.86 mb = 11072.08 m = 36325.29 ft B at Equ Level: 590.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 160.86 mb = 13665.26 m = 44832.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.6 at 38.9 knts Storm direction: 243.6 at 29.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 422.8 neg: -6.4 tot: 416.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 138.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.3 stream: 8.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.55 Bulk Rich Number: 5.48 Bulk Shear: 108.48 m/s