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: 31.54,-89.95 Latitude: 31.54 Longitude: -89.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1000 101 23.0 22.1 95 0.9 22.4 243 7 296.1 299.2 295.5 345.0 16.98 1 1000 104 23.1 22.1 94 0.9 22.4 242 6 296.2 299.3 295.6 345.2 17.01 2 950 551 20.2 20.0 99 0.2 20.1 239 24 297.6 300.5 295.0 343.0 15.64 3 900 1017 17.8 17.5 98 0.3 17.7 246 34 299.9 302.5 294.6 341.3 14.16 4 850 1505 15.1 14.9 99 0.1 15.0 260 36 302.0 304.3 294.1 339.4 12.67 5 800 2017 12.3 12.1 99 0.1 12.2 265 36 304.2 306.3 293.7 337.6 11.18 6 750 2557 9.4 9.3 99 0.1 9.3 265 34 306.8 308.7 293.4 336.5 9.85 7 700 3127 6.2 6.1 99 0.2 6.2 263 31 309.4 311.0 293.2 335.3 8.46 8 650 3733 3.3 2.2 93 1.1 2.7 260 27 312.7 314.0 292.9 334.2 6.91 9 600 4378 -0.8 -4.2 78 3.4 -2.4 246 31 315.2 316.1 291.7 330.1 4.68 10 550 5069 -4.4 -19.8 29 15.4 -9.4 252 32 318.9 319.2 289.9 323.8 1.44 11 500 5812 -8.7 -33.3 12 24.7 -14.2 250 35 322.5 322.6 290.0 324.1 0.46 12 450 6620 -14.0 -43.0 7 29.0 -18.7 253 42 325.6 325.6 290.6 326.3 0.19 13 400 7503 -19.7 -56.4 2 36.7 -23.4 248 45 329.4 329.4 291.6 329.5 0.05 14 350 8479 -26.8 -57.2 4 30.3 -29.3 240 50 332.6 332.6 292.4 332.8 0.05 15 300 9570 -35.4 -58.1 8 22.8 -36.7 242 54 335.5 335.5 293.3 335.7 0.05 16 250 10822 -42.2 -62.0 10 19.8 -43.0 248 53 343.4 343.4 295.1 343.5 0.04 17 200 12299 -51.7 -71.8 7 20.1 -52.1 249 62 350.8 350.9 296.8 350.9 0.01 18 150 14107 -64.1 -79.1 11 15.0 -64.2 254 56 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.7 0.01 19 100 16538 -73.0 -86.4 11 13.4 -73.1 253 29 386.6 386.6 303.3 386.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.96 m Freezing level: 609.74 mb = 4252.10 m = 13950.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.94 mb = 4062.53 m = 13328.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.24 % Est. max temperature: 28.82 C = 83.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 987.81 mb = 210.88 m = 691.85 ft T: 22.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.56 C/km ThetaE index: 21.44 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 942.19 mb = 621.86 m = 2040.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.87 C = 76.77 F Cap Strength: 0.03 C Lifted Index: -3.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.39 C Showalter Index: -1.60 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.38 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.76 C Cross Totals Index: 23.62 C K Index: 38.55 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 287.01 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.98 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 969.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 944.30 mb = 602.53 m = 1976.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 929.30 mb = 740.61 m = 2429.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 259.30 mb = 10571.00 m = 34681.33 ft B at Equ Level: 967.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.30 mb = 14550.55 m = 47737.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.1 at 31.1 knts Storm direction: 285.1 at 23.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 2.5 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 177.1 neg: -12.0 tot: 165.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.07 Bulk Rich Number: 27.24 Bulk Shear: 35.59 m/s