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: 32.48,-90.18 Latitude: 32.48 Longitude: -90.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1001 87 23.1 21.0 88 2.1 21.6 194 10 296.2 299.1 294.8 341.9 15.86 1 1000 91 23.3 21.0 87 2.3 21.7 194 10 296.4 299.3 294.8 342.1 15.84 2 950 538 20.3 19.5 95 0.8 19.7 201 31 297.8 300.5 294.7 341.7 15.14 3 900 1004 18.2 16.6 90 1.6 17.1 217 41 300.3 302.7 294.1 339.3 13.30 4 850 1493 15.5 15.3 99 0.2 15.4 235 37 302.4 304.8 294.6 340.9 13.01 5 800 2007 13.1 12.5 96 0.6 12.7 249 34 305.1 307.3 294.2 339.4 11.46 6 750 2548 10.0 9.3 96 0.7 9.6 257 32 307.4 309.3 293.7 337.4 9.88 7 700 3119 6.7 5.3 91 1.4 5.9 254 33 309.9 311.4 292.9 334.5 8.03 8 650 3725 3.5 -2.2 66 5.7 0.6 256 29 312.9 313.8 291.3 328.7 5.00 9 600 4369 -1.0 -11.0 46 10.1 -5.1 248 35 315.0 315.5 289.9 323.9 2.75 10 550 5057 -5.1 -20.3 29 15.2 -9.9 237 36 318.1 318.4 289.6 322.8 1.39 11 500 5802 -7.9 -35.2 9 27.3 -13.8 241 37 323.4 323.5 290.2 324.8 0.38 12 450 6609 -13.9 -38.3 11 24.4 -18.4 247 45 325.7 325.8 290.8 326.9 0.31 13 400 7493 -19.7 -48.7 6 29.0 -23.3 239 55 329.4 329.4 291.7 329.8 0.11 14 350 8469 -26.6 -56.9 4 30.3 -29.1 240 51 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.1 0.05 15 300 9565 -34.4 -45.5 31 11.1 -35.4 256 49 336.9 337.0 293.8 337.8 0.22 16 250 10814 -43.6 -48.2 61 4.6 -43.9 261 57 341.2 341.3 294.8 342.0 0.19 17 200 12284 -52.1 -68.5 12 16.3 -52.5 247 73 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.3 0.02 18 150 14095 -63.4 -79.8 9 16.4 -63.5 247 55 360.9 360.9 298.9 360.9 0.00 19 100 16536 -70.3 -85.5 9 15.1 -70.4 254 28 391.8 391.8 304.0 391.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.39 m Freezing level: 610.84 mb = 4229.43 m = 13875.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.67 mb = 3791.38 m = 12438.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.77 % Est. max temperature: 29.31 C = 84.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 970.69 mb = 350.25 m = 1149.11 ft T: 21.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.45 C/km ThetaE index: 18.10 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 904.30 mb = 963.10 m = 3159.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.94 C = 80.48 F Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lifted Index: -1.62 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.34 C Showalter Index: -1.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.74 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.47 C Cross Totals Index: 23.27 C K Index: 37.45 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 332.54 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.16 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 593.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 930.95 mb = 712.67 m = 2338.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 835.95 mb = 1634.15 m = 5361.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 265.95 mb = 10390.33 m = 34088.60 ft B at Equ Level: 592.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 165.95 mb = 13459.24 m = 44157.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.4 at 33.6 knts Storm direction: 270.4 at 25.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.3 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 335.2 neg: -2.3 tot: 332.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 111.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.7 stream: 7.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.22 Bulk Rich Number: 8.96 Bulk Shear: 66.19 m/s