MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510190000F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510190000F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0000Z 19 OCT 25 Station: 31.82,-92.05 Latitude: 31.82 Longitude: -92.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1005 45 24.7 22.5 88 2.2 23.1 185 6 297.4 300.6 296.1 347.5 17.29 1 1000 85 25.1 22.2 84 2.9 23.0 185 8 298.3 301.4 296.2 348.0 17.12 2 950 536 23.1 19.0 78 4.1 20.2 193 27 300.6 303.3 295.3 343.8 14.73 3 900 1006 19.2 17.3 89 1.9 17.9 198 29 301.3 303.9 294.9 342.3 13.93 4 850 1496 16.4 15.4 94 1.0 15.7 209 35 303.3 305.7 294.8 342.1 13.07 5 800 2011 13.7 13.5 99 0.2 13.6 216 32 305.8 308.0 294.9 342.5 12.25 6 750 2553 10.7 10.2 96 0.5 10.4 224 34 308.2 310.2 294.3 340.0 10.47 7 700 3127 7.8 7.1 95 0.7 7.4 220 36 311.2 312.9 294.1 339.2 9.11 8 650 3736 4.3 3.3 93 1.0 3.7 222 35 313.8 315.3 293.6 337.2 7.48 9 600 4383 0.6 -2.8 77 3.5 -1.1 230 36 316.9 317.9 292.6 333.4 5.18 10 550 5077 -3.5 -16.4 36 12.8 -8.2 236 38 319.9 320.3 290.7 326.4 1.93 11 500 5824 -7.2 -20.6 33 13.4 -11.5 237 40 324.3 324.6 291.6 329.4 1.48 12 450 6638 -12.3 -17.5 65 5.2 -14.0 243 45 327.8 328.3 293.2 335.3 2.16 13 400 7527 -18.6 -20.7 84 2.1 -19.3 245 47 330.8 331.1 293.6 337.2 1.84 14 350 8508 -25.6 -28.3 78 2.7 -26.2 251 49 334.2 334.4 293.9 338.1 1.06 15 300 9608 -33.7 -36.7 74 3.0 -34.1 257 50 337.9 338.0 294.3 340.0 0.55 16 250 10862 -42.2 -45.7 69 3.4 -42.5 263 52 343.3 343.3 295.3 344.3 0.26 17 200 12335 -52.6 -58.1 52 5.5 -52.8 267 59 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.7 0.07 18 150 14137 -65.2 -73.5 31 8.2 -65.3 264 52 357.7 357.7 298.2 357.8 0.01 19 100 16554 -71.1 -85.7 10 14.5 -71.2 269 23 390.3 390.3 303.8 390.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5738.97 m Freezing level: 592.25 mb = 4490.81 m = 14733.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.38 mb = 4231.38 m = 13882.32 ft Precipitable water: 2.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.94 % Est. max temperature: 30.39 C = 86.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 973.11 mb = 324.56 m = 1064.82 ft T: 24.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.56 C/km ThetaE index: 16.09 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 886.52 mb = 1134.98 m = 3723.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.10 C = 84.38 F Cap Strength: 1.08 C Lifted Index: -2.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.27 C Showalter Index: -1.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.16 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.57 C Cross Totals Index: 22.59 C K Index: 38.30 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 377.96 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.51 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 749.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.91 mb = 910.49 m = 2987.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 844.91 mb = 1546.98 m = 5075.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 244.91 mb = 10998.06 m = 36082.44 ft B at Equ Level: 745.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 134.91 mb = 14769.37 m = 48455.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.6 at 33.7 knts Storm direction: 251.6 at 25.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.4 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 225.5 neg: -3.7 tot: 221.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 73.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.97 Bulk Rich Number: 12.78 Bulk Shear: 58.62 m/s