MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510190000F063.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510190000F063.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 63 hour NAM valid 15Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 31.02,-90.28 Latitude: 31.02 Longitude: -90.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 90 20.5 18.1 86 2.4 18.9 215 7 292.9 295.2 291.7 330.1 13.08 1 1000 166 19.2 17.6 90 1.7 18.1 217 8 292.4 294.7 291.3 328.5 12.74 2 950 606 15.8 15.6 99 0.2 15.7 240 17 293.2 295.3 290.8 326.9 11.81 3 900 1071 20.7 -3.7 19 24.4 8.7 282 20 302.8 303.4 286.3 312.8 3.23 4 850 1560 16.7 -6.5 20 23.2 6.0 284 19 303.6 304.2 286.1 312.2 2.77 5 800 2072 12.5 1.0 45 11.5 6.4 299 17 304.5 305.4 288.8 320.1 5.13 6 750 2608 7.8 -2.0 50 9.9 2.9 303 9 305.1 305.9 288.3 318.5 4.39 7 700 3173 4.4 -11.3 31 15.7 -1.9 277 12 307.4 307.8 287.0 314.7 2.30 8 650 3775 4.5 -29.9 6 34.5 -5.0 268 29 314.1 314.2 287.3 315.8 0.49 9 600 4424 1.9 -35.5 4 37.4 -7.2 268 40 318.3 318.4 288.6 319.4 0.31 10 550 5117 -3.5 -37.8 5 34.3 -10.8 274 39 320.0 320.0 289.0 321.0 0.27 11 500 5862 -8.5 -43.6 4 35.1 -14.6 273 40 322.6 322.7 289.8 323.2 0.16 12 450 6668 -14.3 -44.2 6 29.9 -18.9 275 44 325.2 325.2 290.5 325.9 0.17 13 400 7549 -20.9 -48.6 6 27.7 -24.1 281 48 327.9 327.9 291.2 328.3 0.12 14 350 8520 -28.1 -48.7 12 20.6 -30.1 290 52 330.8 330.9 292.1 331.4 0.13 15 300 9606 -36.8 -52.3 19 15.4 -37.9 292 58 333.4 333.5 292.7 333.8 0.10 16 250 10842 -46.5 -59.9 21 13.3 -47.0 294 64 336.9 336.9 293.6 337.1 0.05 17 200 12288 -56.0 -68.3 20 12.4 -56.2 297 74 344.2 344.2 295.3 344.2 0.02 18 150 14073 -64.6 -77.1 16 12.5 -64.7 291 61 358.8 358.8 298.5 358.8 0.01 19 100 16498 -71.7 -86.2 10 14.5 -71.8 286 45 389.1 389.1 303.6 389.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.30 m Freezing level: 582.34 mb = 4668.34 m = 15315.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 719.31 mb = 2950.08 m = 9678.63 ft Precipitable water: 0.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 28.97 % Est. max temperature: 31.12 C = 88.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 974.54 mb = 387.31 m = 1270.68 ft T: 17.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.83 C/km ThetaE index: 17.85 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 782.42 mb = 2256.53 m = 7403.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.32 C = 90.17 F Cap Strength: 7.78 C Lifted Index: 5.28 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.08 C Showalter Index: 12.37 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 27.29 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.23 C Cross Totals Index: 2.06 C K Index: 3.03 Risk: None Sweat Index: 78.76 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.42 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 31.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6825.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.01 mb = 1032.87 m = 3388.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.5 at 24.8 knts Storm direction: 303.5 at 18.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.8 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 11.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 98.2 neg: -6.3 tot: 91.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.72 Bulk Shear: 44.00 m/s