MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 29.52,-92.17 Latitude: 29.52 Longitude: -92.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1011 -0 25.2 23.2 89 1.9 23.8 165 15 297.4 300.6 296.5 349.6 18.02 1 1000 95 24.1 22.5 91 1.6 22.9 165 20 297.2 300.4 296.1 347.6 17.40 2 950 544 20.8 19.2 90 1.6 19.7 178 25 298.3 301.0 294.7 341.6 14.90 3 900 1011 18.8 16.9 89 1.9 17.5 194 24 300.8 303.3 294.5 340.7 13.58 4 850 1501 16.4 14.2 87 2.2 14.9 197 21 303.3 305.6 294.1 339.1 12.04 5 800 2016 14.0 11.4 85 2.5 12.3 201 20 306.1 308.0 293.9 338.1 10.67 6 750 2559 11.3 8.5 83 2.8 9.6 206 18 308.9 310.6 293.6 337.3 9.33 7 700 3133 8.3 5.4 82 3.0 6.6 212 17 311.7 313.3 293.4 336.6 8.05 8 650 3743 4.9 1.9 81 3.0 3.2 217 14 314.5 315.8 293.3 335.8 6.78 9 600 4391 0.8 -1.2 86 2.0 -0.3 232 12 317.0 318.1 293.2 335.6 5.84 10 550 5086 -1.8 -2.6 94 0.8 -2.2 250 11 322.0 323.1 294.5 340.6 5.75 11 500 5840 -6.1 -6.5 97 0.4 -6.2 257 18 325.7 326.6 294.6 341.3 4.72 12 450 6658 -11.1 -13.4 83 2.3 -12.0 256 24 329.3 329.9 294.2 339.6 3.03 13 400 7552 -17.1 -21.9 67 4.7 -18.6 256 25 332.7 333.0 294.0 338.6 1.66 14 350 8539 -24.3 -30.2 58 5.9 -25.5 252 27 336.0 336.1 294.1 339.2 0.89 15 300 9643 -33.1 -38.0 62 4.8 -33.8 240 30 338.7 338.8 294.4 340.6 0.48 16 250 10896 -42.4 -56.5 20 14.1 -43.1 254 38 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.3 0.07 17 200 12372 -52.4 -71.7 8 19.2 -52.8 260 46 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.8 0.01 18 150 14170 -66.0 -77.7 18 11.7 -66.1 261 41 356.4 356.4 298.0 356.4 0.01 19 100 16566 -75.0 -85.9 17 10.9 -75.0 269 17 382.8 382.8 302.7 382.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5745.25 m Freezing level: 584.84 mb = 4601.95 m = 15098.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.89 mb = 4338.93 m = 14235.17 ft Precipitable water: 2.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.28 % Est. max temperature: 30.57 C = 87.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 983.49 mb = 240.84 m = 790.15 ft T: 23.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.32 C/km ThetaE index: 14.01 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 913.28 mb = 884.56 m = 2902.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.93 C = 82.28 F Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lifted Index: -0.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.47 C Showalter Index: 1.13 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.70 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.47 C Cross Totals Index: 20.23 C K Index: 33.68 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 365.09 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.34 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 307.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 937.96 mb = 654.03 m = 2145.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 772.96 mb = 2305.44 m = 7563.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 252.96 mb = 10815.39 m = 35483.13 ft B at Equ Level: 303.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 172.96 mb = 13279.70 m = 43568.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.1 at 17.5 knts Storm direction: 240.1 at 13.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 44.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 82.3 neg: -0.9 tot: 81.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 12.54 Bulk Shear: 24.50 m/s