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: 31.80,-90.91 Latitude: 31.80 Longitude: -90.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1001 82 23.4 21.6 90 1.8 22.2 196 9 296.5 299.5 295.3 344.0 16.47 1 1000 93 23.4 21.6 90 1.8 22.1 196 8 296.5 299.5 295.3 344.0 16.45 2 950 540 20.2 20.1 99 0.1 20.2 201 29 297.7 300.6 295.1 343.4 15.77 3 900 1006 18.6 17.5 94 1.1 17.8 221 36 300.6 303.2 294.8 342.1 14.12 4 850 1497 16.8 14.4 86 2.4 15.2 229 32 303.7 306.0 294.4 340.2 12.25 5 800 2012 14.0 12.0 88 2.0 12.7 240 31 306.1 308.2 294.2 339.5 11.11 6 750 2555 10.7 9.6 93 1.0 10.0 243 32 308.1 310.0 294.0 338.8 10.09 7 700 3127 6.9 6.2 96 0.7 6.5 245 31 310.1 311.7 293.4 336.4 8.56 8 650 3733 3.2 0.6 83 2.6 1.8 249 32 312.6 313.7 292.2 331.8 6.14 9 600 4377 -0.9 -7.0 63 6.2 -3.7 243 35 315.1 315.8 290.9 327.2 3.76 10 550 5066 -4.7 -25.2 18 20.5 -10.5 245 37 318.5 318.7 289.2 321.6 0.90 11 500 5810 -8.3 -32.1 13 23.8 -13.8 249 42 323.0 323.1 290.2 324.9 0.52 12 450 6618 -13.7 -41.5 8 27.8 -18.3 252 51 326.1 326.1 290.8 326.9 0.22 13 400 7504 -18.9 -50.9 4 32.0 -22.8 247 58 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.7 0.09 14 350 8483 -26.1 -52.7 6 26.6 -28.6 245 58 333.6 333.6 292.8 333.9 0.08 15 300 9581 -33.4 -44.2 33 10.8 -34.5 253 51 338.3 338.4 294.1 339.3 0.25 16 250 10838 -43.0 -46.4 69 3.4 -43.3 257 37 342.1 342.2 295.1 343.1 0.24 17 200 12304 -52.7 -68.3 13 15.6 -52.9 250 63 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.5 0.02 18 150 14110 -63.8 -79.9 9 16.1 -64.0 247 59 360.1 360.1 298.7 360.1 0.00 19 100 16548 -72.3 -86.7 10 14.4 -72.4 266 29 388.0 388.0 303.5 388.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.50 m Freezing level: 610.67 mb = 4239.85 m = 13910.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.69 mb = 3937.69 m = 12918.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.58 % Est. max temperature: 30.62 C = 87.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 975.45 mb = 309.79 m = 1016.37 ft T: 21.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.65 C/km ThetaE index: 22.39 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 928.12 mb = 740.94 m = 2430.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.93 C = 78.67 F Cap Strength: 0.72 C Lifted Index: -2.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.79 C Showalter Index: -1.53 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.73 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.05 C Cross Totals Index: 22.68 C K Index: 38.81 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 347.40 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.98 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 754.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 939.94 mb = 631.82 m = 2072.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 784.94 mb = 2171.92 m = 7125.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 244.94 mb = 10972.43 m = 35998.35 ft B at Equ Level: 749.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 144.94 mb = 14316.00 m = 46967.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.0 at 33.1 knts Storm direction: 269.0 at 24.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 244.4 neg: -0.1 tot: 244.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 81.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.12 Bulk Rich Number: 11.87 Bulk Shear: 63.59 m/s