MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510190000F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510190000F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 12Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 32.48,-90.36 Latitude: 32.48 Longitude: -90.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1008 78 16.6 15.8 95 0.8 16.1 209 8 289.1 291.1 288.9 320.6 11.24 1 1000 147 16.3 15.7 97 0.5 16.0 211 12 289.4 291.4 289.1 321.2 11.32 2 950 585 22.2 -6.0 15 28.2 9.0 248 29 299.7 300.2 284.4 307.6 2.57 3 900 1052 20.1 0.9 28 19.2 9.9 263 32 302.2 303.1 287.4 316.0 4.54 4 850 1541 16.0 6.4 53 9.6 10.4 276 29 302.9 304.2 290.0 324.2 7.10 5 800 2053 11.7 10.8 94 0.9 11.1 284 29 303.6 305.5 292.8 334.0 10.22 6 750 2590 7.6 4.7 82 2.9 6.0 285 23 304.9 306.2 290.7 326.4 7.16 7 700 3153 2.5 2.1 97 0.4 2.2 276 16 305.2 306.4 290.1 324.5 6.36 8 650 3750 1.6 -14.4 29 15.9 -4.4 264 31 310.7 311.1 287.8 317.0 1.93 9 600 4394 0.2 -31.8 7 32.0 -7.9 266 43 316.3 316.4 288.1 317.9 0.44 10 550 5084 -4.5 -36.0 7 31.5 -11.3 270 46 318.8 318.9 288.7 320.0 0.32 11 500 5826 -9.6 -39.1 7 29.5 -15.2 268 49 321.3 321.4 289.5 322.3 0.26 12 450 6631 -14.9 -44.5 6 29.6 -19.3 266 51 324.5 324.5 290.3 325.1 0.16 13 400 7510 -21.2 -48.2 7 26.9 -24.4 269 55 327.4 327.4 291.1 327.9 0.12 14 350 8480 -28.4 -50.7 10 22.3 -30.4 275 61 330.5 330.5 292.0 330.9 0.10 15 300 9566 -36.9 -51.0 22 14.1 -37.8 279 69 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.9 0.12 16 250 10800 -46.9 -57.7 28 10.8 -47.3 281 76 336.3 336.3 293.4 336.5 0.06 17 200 12243 -56.4 -67.4 24 11.0 -56.6 288 81 343.4 343.4 295.1 343.5 0.02 18 150 14027 -65.1 -77.4 17 12.3 -65.2 285 71 357.9 357.9 298.3 357.9 0.01 19 100 16458 -70.2 -86.9 7 16.7 -70.3 285 50 392.0 392.1 304.1 392.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5679.42 m Freezing level: 598.15 mb = 4419.19 m = 14498.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 683.04 mb = 3351.02 m = 10994.03 ft Precipitable water: 0.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.83 % Est. max temperature: 30.37 C = 86.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 995.78 mb = 182.75 m = 599.58 ft T: 16.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.52 C/km ThetaE index: 17.03 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 575.20 mb = 4728.61 m = 15513.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 45.12 C = 113.22 F Cap Strength: 10.23 C Lifted Index: 10.42 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.81 C Showalter Index: 4.54 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.62 C Cross Totals Index: 15.98 C K Index: 31.59 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 184.33 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.26 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 51.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10153.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 765.49 mb = 2419.66 m = 7938.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.3 at 32.7 knts Storm direction: 298.3 at 24.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 1.2 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 15.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 217.1 neg: -17.4 tot: 199.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 66.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 0.98 Bulk Shear: 52.04 m/s