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: 31.28,-92.68 Latitude: 31.28 Longitude: -92.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1006 43 24.0 22.6 92 1.4 23.0 191 6 296.7 299.8 296.0 346.9 17.40 1 1000 93 23.7 22.4 92 1.4 22.8 192 8 296.9 300.0 296.0 346.9 17.29 2 950 541 20.7 20.5 99 0.2 20.6 208 26 298.2 301.1 295.6 345.2 16.19 3 900 1008 18.0 14.6 80 3.5 15.7 223 33 300.1 302.2 292.9 334.2 11.65 4 850 1499 19.5 1.4 30 18.1 9.6 237 27 306.5 307.5 289.3 321.8 4.97 5 800 2016 15.5 7.6 59 8.0 10.7 252 24 307.7 309.2 292.4 332.6 8.20 6 750 2560 11.6 7.3 75 4.3 9.0 260 22 309.2 310.8 293.2 335.4 8.58 7 700 3134 8.1 1.5 63 6.6 4.5 267 26 311.5 312.6 291.8 330.4 6.10 8 650 3741 3.0 0.1 81 2.9 1.5 264 27 312.4 313.5 292.0 331.0 5.95 9 600 4384 -1.1 -10.4 49 9.3 -5.0 259 32 314.9 315.4 290.0 324.2 2.89 10 550 5074 -4.6 -21.1 26 16.5 -9.8 260 36 318.6 318.9 289.7 323.0 1.29 11 500 5815 -9.9 -32.5 14 22.6 -14.9 259 41 321.0 321.1 289.6 322.8 0.50 12 450 6622 -13.3 -46.7 4 33.4 -18.3 258 51 326.6 326.6 290.9 327.1 0.13 13 400 7509 -18.5 -42.4 10 23.9 -22.2 264 52 330.9 331.0 292.2 331.8 0.23 14 350 8490 -25.2 -49.7 8 24.5 -27.8 260 43 334.7 334.8 293.1 335.2 0.12 15 300 9592 -32.7 -41.1 43 8.5 -33.7 274 40 339.4 339.4 294.5 340.7 0.35 16 250 10849 -42.2 -48.6 50 6.4 -42.7 279 47 343.3 343.3 295.3 344.0 0.18 17 200 12323 -52.8 -67.9 14 15.1 -53.1 261 61 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.2 0.02 18 150 14121 -65.3 -79.2 13 14.0 -65.4 253 53 357.7 357.7 298.2 357.7 0.01 19 100 16546 -71.8 -85.3 12 13.5 -71.9 269 32 388.9 388.9 303.6 388.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5722.39 m Freezing level: 613.18 mb = 4214.55 m = 13827.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.48 mb = 3884.73 m = 12745.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.57 % Est. max temperature: 33.11 C = 91.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 985.51 mb = 220.33 m = 722.86 ft T: 22.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.70 C/km ThetaE index: 25.12 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 928.91 mb = 734.78 m = 2410.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.31 C = 79.35 F Cap Strength: 3.32 C Lifted Index: -4.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.64 C Showalter Index: 5.53 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.55 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 29.31 C Cross Totals Index: 11.23 C K Index: 24.07 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 183.52 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.35 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 683.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 940.04 mb = 631.98 m = 2073.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 905.04 mb = 959.36 m = 3147.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 895.04 mb = 1055.02 m = 3461.30 ft B at Equ Level: 11.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 865.04 mb = 1347.90 m = 4422.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.5 at 28.8 knts Storm direction: 281.5 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): 97.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 225.0 neg: -0.8 tot: 224.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 74.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.93 Bulk Rich Number: 11.00 Bulk Shear: 62.18 m/s