MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 33.27,-91.9 Latitude: 33.27 Longitude: -91.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 45 28.8 18.5 54 10.3 21.6 182 11 301.7 304.2 294.7 341.6 13.51 1 1000 70 28.4 18.1 54 10.3 21.2 182 9 301.6 304.0 294.4 340.3 13.16 2 950 523 23.8 17.0 66 6.8 19.2 185 20 301.4 303.7 294.2 339.5 12.97 3 900 993 19.4 15.8 80 3.6 17.0 189 22 301.5 303.8 294.0 338.8 12.67 4 850 1483 17.0 6.7 51 10.3 10.9 204 31 303.9 305.3 290.5 325.7 7.26 5 800 1997 14.2 1.8 43 12.3 7.5 202 30 306.2 307.3 289.6 322.9 5.46 6 750 2536 9.6 0.7 54 8.9 4.9 206 34 307.0 308.0 289.8 323.5 5.38 7 700 3109 8.4 1.3 61 7.1 4.5 218 33 311.7 312.9 291.8 330.4 6.00 8 650 3718 4.9 -7.5 40 12.5 -0.8 217 32 314.5 315.2 290.3 325.3 3.33 9 600 4365 0.4 -10.0 46 10.3 -4.1 221 29 316.5 317.1 290.6 326.3 2.98 10 550 5057 -4.0 -13.7 47 9.7 -7.7 228 35 319.3 319.8 291.0 327.4 2.41 11 500 5800 -9.5 -21.7 36 12.2 -13.2 236 45 321.4 321.7 290.6 326.1 1.35 12 450 6610 -12.6 -38.0 10 25.4 -17.4 238 48 327.4 327.5 291.3 328.7 0.32 13 400 7498 -18.9 -44.2 9 25.2 -22.5 238 55 330.4 330.4 292.0 331.1 0.19 14 350 8475 -26.9 -51.4 8 24.5 -29.2 243 60 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.8 0.10 15 300 9566 -36.1 -51.4 19 15.4 -37.1 246 65 334.6 334.6 293.0 335.0 0.11 16 250 10805 -44.6 -56.0 27 11.4 -45.1 250 67 339.8 339.8 294.4 340.1 0.08 17 200 12276 -51.4 -68.8 11 17.4 -51.8 255 68 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.5 0.02 18 150 14094 -63.1 -80.4 8 17.3 -63.3 252 58 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.3 0.00 19 100 16528 -71.5 -86.0 10 14.5 -71.5 252 38 389.6 389.6 303.8 389.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5729.77 m Freezing level: 595.86 mb = 4422.08 m = 14507.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.35 mb = 3626.01 m = 11896.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.70 % Est. max temperature: 30.88 C = 87.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 863.76 mb = 1344.92 m = 4412.43 ft T: 17.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.65 C/km ThetaE index: 18.61 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 805.08 mb = 1943.10 m = 6374.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.10 C = 91.58 F Cap Strength: 1.94 C Lifted Index: -2.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.78 C Showalter Index: 3.81 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.72 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.49 C Cross Totals Index: 16.22 C K Index: 26.10 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 277.68 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.17 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 328.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 56.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.03 mb = 1392.01 m = 4566.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 764.03 mb = 2381.32 m = 7812.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 724.03 mb = 2829.02 m = 9281.44 ft B at Equ Level: 5.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 694.03 mb = 3179.80 m = 10432.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.2 at 31.1 knts Storm direction: 245.2 at 23.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.2 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 169.8 neg: -5.9 tot: 163.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 54.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.26 Bulk Rich Number: 6.15 Bulk Shear: 53.49 m/s