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: 31.98,-91.00 Latitude: 31.98 Longitude: -91.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1005 46 23.7 21.7 88 2.0 22.3 203 8 296.4 299.4 295.2 343.8 16.43 1 1000 93 23.4 21.5 89 1.9 22.1 203 9 296.6 299.5 295.2 343.8 16.36 2 950 540 20.2 20.0 99 0.1 20.1 205 26 297.7 300.5 295.1 343.2 15.72 3 900 1006 18.2 17.6 96 0.6 17.8 224 36 300.3 302.9 294.8 341.9 14.23 4 850 1496 16.5 14.7 89 1.8 15.4 231 33 303.5 305.8 294.5 340.6 12.51 5 800 2011 13.6 12.3 92 1.3 12.8 239 31 305.7 307.8 294.3 339.7 11.35 6 750 2553 10.2 9.7 97 0.5 9.9 241 32 307.7 309.6 293.9 338.4 10.14 7 700 3124 6.4 5.7 95 0.7 6.1 243 32 309.6 311.2 293.0 334.9 8.26 8 650 3729 2.9 0.8 86 2.1 1.8 247 33 312.3 313.5 292.2 331.8 6.25 9 600 4373 -1.1 -5.5 72 4.4 -3.2 242 36 314.8 315.7 291.2 328.3 4.22 10 550 5062 -4.9 -22.1 25 17.1 -10.2 243 39 318.2 318.4 289.5 322.3 1.19 11 500 5804 -8.9 -31.6 14 22.7 -14.2 246 44 322.2 322.3 290.0 324.1 0.54 12 450 6612 -13.8 -36.8 12 23.0 -18.2 250 55 325.9 326.0 290.9 327.2 0.36 13 400 7497 -18.9 -43.7 9 24.7 -22.5 249 59 330.4 330.4 292.0 331.1 0.20 14 350 8477 -25.7 -44.9 15 19.3 -28.0 247 56 334.1 334.2 293.0 334.9 0.20 15 300 9577 -33.2 -37.9 63 4.7 -33.8 258 48 338.6 338.7 294.4 340.5 0.49 16 250 10833 -43.5 -46.8 70 3.3 -43.7 256 41 341.4 341.5 294.9 342.3 0.23 17 200 12297 -52.6 -69.8 11 17.1 -52.9 249 65 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.5 0.02 18 150 14106 -63.5 -79.1 10 15.7 -63.6 249 59 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.8 0.01 19 100 16545 -72.7 -86.9 10 14.2 -72.8 264 32 387.2 387.2 303.4 387.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.40 m Freezing level: 613.61 mb = 4197.88 m = 13772.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.05 mb = 3954.59 m = 12974.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.10 % Est. max temperature: 30.42 C = 86.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 976.24 mb = 302.50 m = 992.43 ft T: 21.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.74 C/km ThetaE index: 21.51 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 939.45 mb = 636.19 m = 2087.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.51 C = 77.92 F Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lifted Index: -3.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.18 C Showalter Index: -2.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.13 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.46 C Cross Totals Index: 23.68 C K Index: 39.51 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 346.73 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 780.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 944.40 mb = 590.88 m = 1938.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 809.40 mb = 1911.85 m = 6272.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.40 mb = 11116.94 m = 36472.46 ft B at Equ Level: 773.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.40 mb = 14129.73 m = 46356.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.3 at 33.7 knts Storm direction: 268.3 at 25.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 226.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 226.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 75.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.07 Bulk Rich Number: 12.38 Bulk Shear: 63.06 m/s