MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510190000F066.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510190000F066.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 66 hour NAM valid 18Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 30.79,-92.74 Latitude: 30.79 Longitude: -92.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1014 32 24.7 20.5 77 4.2 21.8 251 4 296.7 299.4 294.4 340.3 15.11 1 1000 154 23.1 20.0 83 3.1 20.9 252 5 296.2 298.9 294.1 339.0 14.86 2 950 601 19.0 18.9 99 0.1 18.9 266 11 296.5 299.1 294.0 338.6 14.60 3 900 1066 18.1 16.4 90 1.7 17.0 302 20 300.1 302.6 294.0 338.7 13.17 4 850 1555 15.3 15.0 98 0.3 15.1 304 15 302.1 304.5 294.2 339.6 12.68 5 800 2067 12.0 9.7 85 2.4 10.6 288 8 304.0 305.7 292.3 332.3 9.48 6 750 2605 9.0 2.6 65 6.3 5.5 258 12 306.3 307.5 290.3 325.1 6.18 7 700 3172 4.9 -4.3 51 9.2 0.5 278 17 307.9 308.6 288.8 320.2 3.96 8 650 3775 4.2 -26.5 9 30.7 -4.8 284 24 313.7 313.8 287.4 316.0 0.68 9 600 4423 1.7 -34.0 5 35.7 -7.2 279 29 318.1 318.1 288.5 319.4 0.36 10 550 5117 -2.5 -36.0 6 33.6 -10.1 283 33 321.2 321.2 289.5 322.3 0.32 11 500 5866 -7.2 -35.8 8 28.6 -13.5 289 35 324.2 324.3 290.5 325.6 0.36 12 450 6676 -13.7 -36.3 13 22.6 -18.1 289 36 326.0 326.1 291.0 327.4 0.38 13 400 7559 -20.5 -45.8 8 25.3 -23.7 295 40 328.4 328.4 291.5 329.0 0.16 14 350 8530 -28.1 -49.7 11 21.6 -30.2 303 40 330.8 330.8 292.0 331.3 0.12 15 300 9618 -37.0 -53.8 16 16.8 -38.1 302 43 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.5 0.08 16 250 10851 -46.6 -60.7 19 14.1 -47.0 299 56 336.8 336.9 293.6 337.0 0.04 17 200 12298 -56.2 -65.5 30 9.3 -56.3 302 69 343.8 343.8 295.3 343.9 0.03 18 150 14081 -65.3 -77.4 17 12.1 -65.4 295 60 357.5 357.5 298.2 357.5 0.01 19 100 16503 -73.0 -86.0 12 13.0 -73.1 287 48 386.6 386.6 303.3 386.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5711.54 m Freezing level: 579.73 mb = 4704.09 m = 15433.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 694.93 mb = 3231.22 m = 10600.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.86 % Est. max temperature: 29.62 C = 85.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.52 mb = 568.77 m = 1866.02 ft T: 19.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.50 C/km ThetaE index: 23.53 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 896.48 mb = 1099.72 m = 3607.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.35 C = 83.02 F Cap Strength: 1.07 C Lifted Index: 0.02 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.45 C Showalter Index: -0.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.67 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.49 C Cross Totals Index: 22.19 C K Index: 28.22 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 243.74 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.73 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 444.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 941.97 mb = 674.09 m = 2211.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 826.97 mb = 1786.99 m = 5862.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 636.97 mb = 3939.10 m = 12923.41 ft B at Equ Level: 90.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 166.97 mb = 13417.07 m = 44018.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 283.4 at 20.5 knts Storm direction: 313.4 at 15.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 1.7 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 54.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 68.5 neg: -7.9 tot: 60.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 15.84 Bulk Shear: 28.06 m/s