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: 32.39,-89.99 Latitude: 32.39 Longitude: -89.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 91 SFC 999 104 23.2 20.9 87 2.3 21.6 191 10 296.4 299.3 294.8 342.0 15.78 2 950 537 20.3 20.0 98 0.3 20.1 199 30 297.8 300.6 295.1 343.1 15.65 3 900 1004 18.0 17.7 98 0.3 17.8 215 43 300.0 302.6 294.8 341.9 14.31 4 850 1493 15.9 14.8 94 1.0 15.2 226 37 302.8 305.1 294.3 340.0 12.59 5 800 2007 13.5 11.7 89 1.8 12.3 235 35 305.5 307.5 293.9 338.1 10.88 6 750 2548 10.1 9.3 95 0.8 9.6 243 35 307.5 309.4 293.7 337.4 9.85 7 700 3119 6.8 5.9 94 1.0 6.2 242 34 310.0 311.6 293.2 335.6 8.32 8 650 3725 2.9 2.0 94 0.8 2.4 239 34 312.2 313.5 292.6 333.4 6.83 9 600 4370 -0.4 -2.5 86 2.1 -1.4 239 34 315.6 316.7 292.4 332.5 5.31 10 550 5061 -5.0 -6.0 92 1.1 -5.5 237 35 318.2 319.0 292.4 332.5 4.43 11 500 5804 -8.7 -11.4 81 2.7 -9.8 241 37 322.4 323.0 292.5 333.0 3.19 12 450 6612 -14.4 -29.3 27 15.0 -17.9 243 44 325.1 325.3 291.1 327.8 0.75 13 400 7496 -19.3 -45.0 8 25.7 -22.8 237 59 330.0 330.0 291.9 330.6 0.17 14 350 8473 -27.1 -34.1 51 7.0 -28.2 238 64 332.2 332.4 292.9 334.5 0.61 15 300 9572 -32.7 -35.8 74 3.1 -33.1 256 54 339.3 339.4 294.7 341.6 0.60 16 250 10829 -43.4 -46.7 70 3.3 -43.7 256 50 341.5 341.5 294.9 342.4 0.23 17 200 12292 -51.6 -66.1 16 14.4 -52.0 248 67 351.0 351.0 296.9 351.1 0.03 18 150 14107 -63.5 -79.2 10 15.7 -63.6 253 57 360.8 360.8 298.8 360.8 0.01 19 100 16537 -71.8 -86.8 9 15.0 -71.9 254 32 388.9 388.9 303.6 388.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.82 m Freezing level: 606.41 mb = 4287.22 m = 14065.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.83 mb = 4121.07 m = 13520.40 ft Precipitable water: 2.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.87 % Est. max temperature: 29.55 C = 85.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.30 mb = 389.11 m = 1276.59 ft T: 21.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.79 C/km ThetaE index: 10.63 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 928.12 mb = 738.15 m = 2421.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.45 C = 77.82 F Cap Strength: 0.24 C Lifted Index: -3.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.64 C Showalter Index: -1.96 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.18 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.59 C Cross Totals Index: 23.58 C K Index: 38.47 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 347.56 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.48 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 737.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 937.51 mb = 651.32 m = 2136.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 902.51 mb = 979.51 m = 3213.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 262.51 mb = 10492.32 m = 34423.19 ft B at Equ Level: 737.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 152.51 mb = 14001.70 m = 45936.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.2 at 34.6 knts Storm direction: 263.2 at 25.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.2 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 314.2 neg: -2.7 tot: 311.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 103.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 7.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.39 Bulk Rich Number: 12.33 Bulk Shear: 59.82 m/s