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: 31.51,-91.30 Latitude: 31.51 Longitude: -91.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1004 57 23.3 22.0 93 1.3 22.4 193 9 296.1 299.1 295.4 344.6 16.85 1 1000 96 23.1 22.0 94 1.1 22.3 193 9 296.3 299.3 295.5 345.1 16.92 2 950 543 20.4 20.2 99 0.1 20.3 205 30 297.8 300.7 295.3 344.0 15.90 3 900 1009 18.6 17.8 95 0.8 18.1 225 35 300.7 303.3 295.1 343.1 14.44 4 850 1500 17.0 14.7 86 2.3 15.4 231 31 304.0 306.3 294.6 341.0 12.45 5 800 2016 14.2 12.1 87 2.1 12.9 237 30 306.3 308.4 294.3 339.8 11.15 6 750 2559 11.1 8.5 84 2.5 9.5 244 31 308.6 310.3 293.6 337.0 9.35 7 700 3131 7.4 4.7 83 2.6 5.8 256 29 310.6 312.1 292.9 334.3 7.70 8 650 3738 3.3 -2.6 65 5.9 0.3 258 29 312.7 313.6 291.2 328.0 4.86 9 600 4381 -1.1 -7.5 62 6.4 -4.0 246 34 314.9 315.5 290.7 326.5 3.63 10 550 5070 -4.4 -28.4 13 24.0 -10.7 252 38 318.9 319.0 289.1 321.2 0.67 11 500 5815 -8.2 -35.6 9 27.5 -14.0 256 42 323.1 323.1 290.1 324.4 0.37 12 450 6623 -13.8 -43.5 6 29.8 -18.5 257 49 325.9 326.0 290.7 326.6 0.18 13 400 7509 -18.9 -53.5 3 34.5 -22.8 250 54 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.7 0.07 14 350 8488 -26.1 -53.2 6 27.1 -28.6 247 54 333.5 333.5 292.7 333.8 0.08 15 300 9585 -33.7 -56.6 8 22.9 -35.2 251 54 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.1 0.06 16 250 10841 -42.7 -57.5 18 14.8 -43.3 258 42 342.6 342.7 295.0 342.9 0.06 17 200 12311 -52.5 -70.6 10 18.1 -52.8 254 61 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.7 0.01 18 150 14114 -64.5 -78.8 13 14.2 -64.7 246 58 358.9 358.9 298.5 358.9 0.01 19 100 16552 -71.5 -86.5 9 15.0 -71.5 273 26 389.6 389.6 303.8 389.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5719.35 m Freezing level: 612.49 mb = 4220.60 m = 13846.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.34 mb = 3783.14 m = 12411.73 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.79 % Est. max temperature: 30.91 C = 87.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 986.29 mb = 215.90 m = 708.32 ft T: 22.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.79 C/km ThetaE index: 23.82 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 941.80 mb = 617.38 m = 2025.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.54 C = 77.96 F Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lifted Index: -3.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.57 C Showalter Index: -1.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.05 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.19 C Cross Totals Index: 22.86 C K Index: 37.26 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 358.03 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 861.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 946.37 mb = 575.55 m = 1888.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 781.37 mb = 2213.91 m = 7263.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 241.37 mb = 11072.15 m = 36325.51 ft B at Equ Level: 854.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 141.37 mb = 14470.06 m = 47473.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.4 at 32.4 knts Storm direction: 273.4 at 24.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 260.6 neg: -4.1 tot: 256.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 85.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.29 Bulk Rich Number: 13.33 Bulk Shear: 64.59 m/s