MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 9Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 30.42,-88.92 Latitude: 30.42 Longitude: -88.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1012 7 25.3 22.7 85 2.6 23.4 176 12 297.5 300.6 296.1 347.9 17.40 1 1000 107 24.6 22.0 85 2.6 22.7 177 18 297.7 300.8 295.8 346.5 16.83 2 950 557 20.5 20.3 99 0.2 20.4 178 24 298.0 300.9 295.4 344.5 16.01 3 900 1023 17.9 17.0 94 0.9 17.3 193 34 299.9 302.4 294.3 339.9 13.65 4 850 1511 15.3 14.4 94 0.9 14.7 208 36 302.2 304.5 293.9 338.4 12.25 5 800 2024 12.5 11.6 94 1.0 11.9 217 34 304.5 306.5 293.5 336.7 10.77 6 750 2564 10.0 8.6 91 1.4 9.1 224 31 307.4 309.2 293.3 335.8 9.37 7 700 3136 7.4 5.4 88 1.9 6.2 235 26 310.6 312.2 293.2 335.5 8.08 8 650 3744 3.9 1.6 85 2.2 2.7 246 27 313.3 314.6 292.8 334.1 6.65 9 600 4390 -0.1 -1.7 89 1.5 -0.9 253 26 315.9 317.0 292.7 333.9 5.65 10 550 5083 -2.8 -6.6 75 3.8 -4.6 251 26 320.8 321.6 293.0 334.6 4.24 11 500 5832 -7.9 -14.2 61 6.2 -10.3 242 29 323.4 323.9 292.3 332.0 2.55 12 450 6645 -12.0 -34.5 14 22.5 -16.8 245 32 328.1 328.2 291.6 329.8 0.45 13 400 7534 -18.3 -48.7 5 30.4 -22.2 247 38 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.7 0.11 14 350 8515 -26.0 -49.5 9 23.4 -28.5 246 43 333.6 333.7 292.8 334.1 0.12 15 300 9610 -35.1 -55.4 11 20.3 -36.4 243 46 335.9 335.9 293.3 336.2 0.07 16 250 10855 -43.8 -62.5 11 18.7 -44.5 251 50 341.0 341.0 294.6 341.1 0.03 17 200 12325 -52.4 -72.4 7 20.0 -52.8 257 51 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.8 0.01 18 150 14128 -64.2 -78.2 13 14.0 -64.3 252 47 359.5 359.5 298.6 359.5 0.01 19 100 16552 -73.2 -85.0 15 11.8 -73.2 268 26 386.4 386.4 303.2 386.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.26 m Freezing level: 601.83 mb = 4366.22 m = 14324.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.84 mb = 4218.95 m = 13841.53 ft Precipitable water: 2.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.81 % Est. max temperature: 29.51 C = 85.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 974.22 mb = 336.04 m = 1102.46 ft T: 22.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.67 C/km ThetaE index: 14.01 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 944.34 mb = 608.13 m = 1995.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.04 C = 78.87 F Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lifted Index: -2.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.69 C Showalter Index: -0.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.25 C Cross Totals Index: 22.35 C K Index: 35.76 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 369.69 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.32 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 944.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 945.14 mb = 600.80 m = 1971.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 940.14 mb = 646.56 m = 2121.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.14 mb = 11400.18 m = 37401.72 ft B at Equ Level: 939.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 130.14 mb = 14977.02 m = 49136.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.0 at 28.3 knts Storm direction: 256.0 at 21.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 257.2 neg: -0.0 tot: 257.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 85.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.47 Bulk Rich Number: 15.96 Bulk Shear: 59.19 m/s