MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 9Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 31.02,-91.21 Latitude: 31.02 Longitude: -91.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1003 81 22.9 22.6 98 0.3 22.7 289 4 295.8 298.9 295.7 346.0 17.44 1 1000 111 22.7 22.5 99 0.2 22.6 286 4 295.9 299.0 295.8 346.1 17.45 2 950 558 21.5 21.3 99 0.2 21.4 255 20 299.0 302.1 296.4 348.8 17.05 3 900 1027 18.6 18.5 99 0.1 18.5 263 29 300.7 303.4 295.4 344.8 15.03 4 850 1515 14.9 13.8 93 1.2 14.1 257 29 301.8 303.9 293.4 336.4 11.72 5 800 2026 12.0 8.2 78 3.8 9.7 258 26 303.9 305.5 291.6 329.5 8.55 6 750 2565 9.7 3.3 65 6.3 6.1 266 26 307.1 308.3 290.8 326.9 6.49 7 700 3134 5.9 3.7 85 2.2 4.7 265 24 309.1 310.4 292.0 331.0 7.15 8 650 3738 1.9 -1.9 76 3.7 -0.0 252 28 311.1 312.0 290.9 327.1 5.13 9 600 4379 -0.9 -22.3 18 21.4 -7.5 254 32 315.1 315.3 288.3 318.7 1.07 10 550 5069 -4.3 -30.5 11 26.2 -10.8 257 34 319.0 319.1 289.0 320.9 0.55 11 500 5812 -8.8 -37.5 8 28.7 -14.5 253 38 322.3 322.4 289.8 323.5 0.30 12 450 6620 -13.6 -37.1 12 23.4 -18.1 260 40 326.1 326.1 291.0 327.4 0.35 13 400 7506 -18.8 -35.4 22 16.6 -21.9 267 41 330.6 330.7 292.3 332.3 0.47 14 350 8486 -26.0 -48.5 10 22.5 -28.4 267 42 333.7 333.7 292.9 334.2 0.13 15 300 9581 -35.0 -56.6 9 21.6 -36.4 266 43 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.2 0.06 16 250 10830 -42.6 -49.7 46 7.1 -43.0 266 53 342.7 342.8 295.1 343.4 0.16 17 200 12307 -51.7 -72.8 6 21.1 -52.0 254 62 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.0 0.01 18 150 14114 -64.8 -78.6 13 13.8 -64.9 254 54 358.5 358.5 298.4 358.5 0.01 19 100 16541 -72.1 -86.7 9 14.6 -72.1 272 27 388.5 388.5 303.6 388.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.66 m Freezing level: 616.10 mb = 4172.52 m = 13689.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.41 mb = 3732.63 m = 12246.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.85 % Est. max temperature: 28.84 C = 83.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 998.86 mb = 120.66 m = 395.85 ft T: 22.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.50 C/km ThetaE index: 21.88 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 937.50 mb = 672.85 m = 2207.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.58 C = 79.85 F Cap Strength: 0.48 C Lifted Index: -4.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.86 C Showalter Index: -0.45 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.24 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.69 C Cross Totals Index: 22.54 C K Index: 35.21 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 260.07 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.51 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1561.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 950.35 mb = 554.83 m = 1820.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 925.35 mb = 785.91 m = 2578.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.35 mb = 11517.34 m = 37786.10 ft B at Equ Level: 1558.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 105.35 mb = 16229.35 m = 53245.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.5 at 28.1 knts Storm direction: 287.5 at 21.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 2.7 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 71.9 neg: -18.7 tot: 53.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.64 Bulk Rich Number: 46.10 Bulk Shear: 33.87 m/s