MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 6Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 31.17,-92.23 Latitude: 31.17 Longitude: -92.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1009 19 23.6 22.5 94 1.1 22.9 190 8 296.0 299.2 295.7 345.9 17.31 1 1000 95 23.0 22.2 95 0.8 22.5 191 12 296.2 299.3 295.6 345.6 17.12 2 950 543 20.7 20.5 99 0.2 20.6 202 31 298.2 301.1 295.6 345.2 16.18 3 900 1011 18.6 15.6 83 2.9 16.6 223 32 300.7 302.9 293.7 337.4 12.51 4 850 1501 18.2 7.7 50 10.4 11.9 228 29 305.2 306.6 291.3 328.7 7.79 5 800 2018 15.6 4.3 47 11.3 9.1 245 25 307.8 309.0 291.1 327.8 6.53 6 750 2561 11.6 6.1 69 5.5 8.3 256 23 309.2 310.7 292.6 333.3 7.88 7 700 3136 8.3 2.9 69 5.4 5.2 270 26 311.7 313.0 292.4 332.7 6.75 8 650 3743 3.2 -2.6 66 5.8 0.3 265 27 312.6 313.5 291.1 327.9 4.85 9 600 4386 -0.6 -17.2 27 16.6 -6.5 254 30 315.4 315.7 289.0 320.9 1.65 10 550 5077 -4.0 -29.2 12 25.2 -10.5 257 33 319.3 319.5 289.2 321.5 0.62 11 500 5820 -8.9 -41.4 5 32.6 -14.7 260 40 322.2 322.3 289.7 323.0 0.20 12 450 6628 -13.4 -49.7 3 36.3 -18.4 259 50 326.4 326.5 290.8 326.8 0.09 13 400 7514 -19.1 -51.2 4 32.1 -22.9 259 51 330.1 330.2 291.9 330.5 0.09 14 350 8494 -25.5 -56.2 4 30.7 -28.2 252 42 334.3 334.4 292.9 334.6 0.05 15 300 9594 -33.0 -52.5 13 19.4 -34.6 270 38 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.2 0.10 16 250 10852 -41.6 -56.8 18 15.2 -42.4 278 47 344.1 344.2 295.4 344.4 0.07 17 200 12328 -52.7 -68.9 12 16.2 -53.0 261 60 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.4 0.02 18 150 14124 -65.8 -78.6 15 12.7 -65.9 253 52 356.7 356.7 298.0 356.7 0.01 19 100 16545 -71.7 -85.6 11 14.0 -71.7 263 31 389.3 389.3 303.7 389.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.23 m Freezing level: 607.97 mb = 4283.38 m = 14052.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.11 mb = 3766.18 m = 12356.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.94 % Est. max temperature: 31.98 C = 89.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 993.23 mb = 154.28 m = 506.18 ft T: 22.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.40 C/km ThetaE index: 18.10 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 929.69 mb = 729.93 m = 2394.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.76 C = 80.17 F Cap Strength: 1.93 C Lifted Index: -3.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.56 C Showalter Index: 3.01 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.64 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.04 C Cross Totals Index: 16.59 C K Index: 29.37 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 282.46 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.97 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 733.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 69.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 946.57 mb = 574.34 m = 1884.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 741.57 mb = 2655.49 m = 8712.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 261.57 mb = 10539.75 m = 34578.82 ft B at Equ Level: 729.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 141.57 mb = 14469.90 m = 47472.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.8 at 28.8 knts Storm direction: 277.8 at 21.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 237.1 neg: -1.3 tot: 235.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 78.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.05 Bulk Rich Number: 11.49 Bulk Shear: 63.88 m/s