MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 31.93,-91.69 Latitude: 31.93 Longitude: -91.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1008 18 25.5 21.6 79 3.9 22.8 181 14 298.0 301.0 295.6 345.4 16.34 1 1000 86 25.6 21.3 77 4.3 22.5 182 20 298.7 301.7 295.7 345.8 16.16 2 950 537 21.9 19.7 88 2.1 20.4 185 31 299.4 302.2 295.4 344.4 15.43 3 900 1005 19.3 16.3 83 3.0 17.3 200 35 301.4 303.8 294.3 339.9 13.09 4 850 1496 16.6 14.4 87 2.2 15.1 209 31 303.5 305.8 294.3 339.9 12.24 5 800 2011 14.0 11.6 85 2.4 12.5 220 29 306.1 308.1 294.0 338.6 10.82 6 750 2554 11.2 8.9 86 2.3 9.7 224 28 308.7 310.5 293.8 337.9 9.57 7 700 3128 7.9 5.5 85 2.4 6.5 217 29 311.2 312.7 293.4 336.3 8.12 8 650 3736 4.1 2.6 90 1.5 3.2 221 28 313.6 315.0 293.3 335.9 7.13 9 600 4383 0.2 -0.8 93 0.9 -0.3 224 27 316.3 317.5 293.2 335.4 6.03 10 550 5076 -3.9 -5.2 90 1.4 -4.6 234 28 319.5 320.4 293.0 334.8 4.71 11 500 5821 -8.6 -15.5 57 6.9 -11.1 240 37 322.5 323.0 291.7 330.2 2.28 12 450 6633 -12.1 -31.7 18 19.6 -16.6 246 45 328.0 328.1 291.7 330.2 0.60 13 400 7523 -18.3 -46.0 7 27.7 -22.2 243 51 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.8 0.16 14 350 8503 -26.1 -48.1 11 22.0 -28.5 248 56 333.6 333.6 292.8 334.1 0.14 15 300 9598 -35.0 -50.6 19 15.6 -36.2 254 61 336.0 336.1 293.4 336.5 0.12 16 250 10845 -43.3 -59.5 15 16.2 -44.0 260 64 341.7 341.7 294.8 341.9 0.05 17 200 12321 -51.1 -74.2 5 23.2 -51.5 263 62 351.9 351.9 297.1 351.9 0.01 18 150 14133 -63.9 -79.9 9 16.0 -64.0 256 51 360.0 360.0 298.7 360.1 0.00 19 100 16553 -72.1 -86.0 11 13.9 -72.2 249 30 388.4 388.4 303.6 388.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.89 m Freezing level: 598.08 mb = 4409.41 m = 14466.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.64 mb = 4320.52 m = 14174.75 ft Precipitable water: 2.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.27 % Est. max temperature: 30.73 C = 87.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.44 mb = 514.68 m = 1688.58 ft T: 22.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.13 C/km ThetaE index: 15.62 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 883.01 mb = 1168.97 m = 3835.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.63 C = 85.34 F Cap Strength: 1.15 C Lifted Index: -3.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.05 C Showalter Index: -1.80 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.30 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.25 C Cross Totals Index: 23.05 C K Index: 37.29 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 363.28 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.94 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 786.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.05 mb = 842.90 m = 2765.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 792.05 mb = 2095.06 m = 6873.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.05 mb = 11058.46 m = 36280.61 ft B at Equ Level: 783.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 152.05 mb = 14047.32 m = 46086.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.3 at 29.7 knts Storm direction: 248.3 at 22.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.5 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 185.8 neg: -4.3 tot: 181.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 60.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.90 Bulk Rich Number: 20.81 Bulk Shear: 37.78 m/s