MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 6Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 31.28,-90.44 Latitude: 31.28 Longitude: -90.44 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 99 SFC 998 121 23.1 21.9 93 1.3 22.3 187 8 296.5 299.5 295.5 344.9 16.79 2 950 546 20.6 20.4 99 0.1 20.5 197 28 298.1 301.0 295.5 344.9 16.11 3 900 1013 18.3 17.3 94 0.9 17.7 215 34 300.3 302.9 294.6 341.3 13.98 4 850 1502 15.7 15.1 96 0.7 15.3 223 32 302.6 305.0 294.4 340.5 12.78 5 800 2017 13.9 11.8 87 2.1 12.6 232 31 305.9 308.0 294.0 338.8 10.96 6 750 2560 11.4 8.7 83 2.7 9.7 243 30 309.0 310.8 293.8 337.9 9.47 7 700 3134 7.9 5.9 87 2.0 6.7 247 31 311.3 312.8 293.6 337.0 8.34 8 650 3742 3.7 2.2 90 1.5 2.8 251 29 313.1 314.4 293.0 334.7 6.91 9 600 4387 -0.0 -5.6 66 5.5 -2.6 249 28 316.1 316.9 291.6 329.6 4.21 10 550 5077 -4.6 -16.1 40 11.5 -8.7 244 29 318.6 319.0 290.3 325.2 1.98 11 500 5822 -7.8 -38.7 6 30.9 -13.9 248 34 323.6 323.6 290.2 324.6 0.27 12 450 6634 -12.2 -47.8 3 35.7 -17.6 248 45 327.9 327.9 291.2 328.4 0.11 13 400 7523 -18.3 -44.9 8 26.7 -22.1 243 52 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.9 0.17 14 350 8504 -25.8 -46.4 13 20.6 -28.2 245 57 334.0 334.0 293.0 334.7 0.17 15 300 9601 -34.3 -54.9 11 20.6 -35.7 249 55 337.0 337.0 293.6 337.3 0.07 16 250 10854 -42.8 -61.5 11 18.7 -43.6 262 47 342.4 342.4 294.9 342.6 0.04 17 200 12324 -52.4 -71.2 9 18.9 -52.7 255 58 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.9 0.01 18 150 14126 -64.9 -78.1 14 13.3 -65.0 247 54 358.3 358.3 298.4 358.3 0.01 19 100 16556 -71.8 -86.3 10 14.4 -71.9 261 24 389.0 389.0 303.6 389.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5722.72 m Freezing level: 600.28 mb = 4383.36 m = 14380.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.01 mb = 4070.76 m = 13355.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.22 % Est. max temperature: 29.44 C = 84.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 979.80 mb = 277.13 m = 909.22 ft T: 22.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.83 C/km ThetaE index: 20.36 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 930.08 mb = 729.34 m = 2392.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.60 C = 78.07 F Cap Strength: 0.22 C Lifted Index: -2.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.95 C Showalter Index: -1.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.36 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.51 C Cross Totals Index: 22.84 C K Index: 36.56 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 357.05 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 725.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 938.79 mb = 648.85 m = 2128.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 903.79 mb = 977.03 m = 3205.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 243.79 mb = 11019.49 m = 36152.76 ft B at Equ Level: 721.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 143.79 mb = 14379.64 m = 47176.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.5 at 29.9 knts Storm direction: 267.5 at 22.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 252.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 252.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 84.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.06 Bulk Rich Number: 13.62 Bulk Shear: 53.28 m/s