MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511060600F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511060600F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 12Z THU 6 NOV 25 Station: 27.8,-92.5 Latitude: 27.80 Longitude: -92.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1018 -1 25.6 22.4 82 3.3 23.3 123 10 297.3 300.3 295.8 346.4 16.97 1 1000 156 24.1 21.5 86 2.5 22.3 125 11 297.2 300.2 295.4 344.7 16.40 2 950 605 20.1 19.6 97 0.5 19.8 124 11 297.6 300.3 294.8 341.8 15.28 3 900 1070 17.4 16.9 96 0.6 17.1 135 12 299.5 301.9 294.1 339.0 13.54 4 850 1558 14.8 14.4 98 0.4 14.6 161 11 301.6 303.9 293.7 337.7 12.24 5 800 2069 12.1 11.6 97 0.5 11.8 176 6 304.1 306.0 293.4 336.2 10.78 6 750 2609 9.6 8.5 93 1.1 8.9 167 4 307.0 308.8 293.2 335.3 9.33 7 700 3180 6.9 4.9 87 2.0 5.7 138 4 310.1 311.6 292.8 334.1 7.78 8 650 3786 3.9 1.0 81 2.9 2.3 66 8 313.3 314.5 292.6 333.1 6.33 9 600 4435 2.2 -33.3 5 35.5 -6.9 30 12 318.7 318.7 288.8 320.1 0.38 10 550 5130 -2.8 -40.7 4 38.0 -10.5 8 14 320.8 320.8 289.2 321.5 0.20 11 500 5876 -8.3 -43.5 4 35.2 -14.5 2 15 322.9 322.9 289.8 323.5 0.16 12 450 6682 -15.5 -42.7 8 27.3 -19.7 28 10 323.8 323.9 290.2 324.6 0.20 13 400 7558 -22.1 -42.3 14 20.1 -24.8 31 9 326.2 326.3 290.9 327.1 0.23 14 350 8524 -29.3 -39.3 38 9.9 -30.6 39 8 329.2 329.3 291.9 330.6 0.36 15 300 9608 -37.3 -53.5 17 16.2 -38.3 342 13 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.1 0.09 16 250 10843 -45.0 -66.2 8 21.2 -45.6 302 19 339.2 339.2 294.1 339.3 0.02 17 200 12305 -53.7 -71.6 9 17.9 -53.9 266 30 347.8 347.8 296.1 347.8 0.01 18 150 14111 -62.6 -80.3 8 17.7 -62.7 274 41 362.3 362.3 299.1 362.3 0.00 19 100 16547 -72.4 -86.2 11 13.8 -72.5 305 23 387.8 387.8 303.5 387.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5720.52 m Freezing level: 577.86 mb = 4742.42 m = 15558.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.47 mb = 3944.06 m = 12939.66 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.12 % Est. max temperature: 29.23 C = 84.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.39 mb = 409.81 m = 1344.50 ft T: 21.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.66 C/km ThetaE index: 26.35 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 946.29 mb = 638.36 m = 2094.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.09 C = 78.96 F Cap Strength: 0.03 C Lifted Index: -2.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.66 C Showalter Index: -0.58 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.90 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.13 C Cross Totals Index: 22.76 C K Index: 35.53 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 209.62 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.72 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1196.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 947.84 mb = 624.26 m = 2048.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 942.84 mb = 669.81 m = 2197.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 222.84 mb = 11596.68 m = 38046.37 ft B at Equ Level: 1184.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 132.84 mb = 14840.51 m = 48688.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 75.5 at 10.0 knts Storm direction: 105.5 at 7.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.6 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.2 neg: -0.9 tot: 25.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 123.27 Bulk Shear: 9.70 m/s