MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.60.2-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2512071200F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2512071200F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 6Z MON 8 DEC 25 Station: 30.0,-90.7 Latitude: 30.00 Longitude: -90.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1016 1 14.0 13.5 97 0.4 13.7 353 5 285.8 287.5 286.2 312.5 9.62 1 1000 131 13.0 12.8 99 0.1 12.9 357 10 286.1 287.7 286.1 312.0 9.34 2 950 565 14.7 13.8 94 0.9 14.1 210 12 292.1 293.9 289.3 321.8 10.47 3 900 1022 12.1 11.9 99 0.1 12.0 279 17 293.9 295.7 289.3 322.0 9.78 4 850 1500 10.0 8.4 90 1.6 9.1 296 17 296.7 298.1 288.9 320.5 8.19 5 800 2002 7.4 5.3 87 2.1 6.2 284 21 299.0 300.3 288.6 319.7 7.00 6 750 2531 4.4 2.3 87 2.0 3.3 267 29 301.3 302.4 288.5 319.4 6.05 7 700 3089 0.9 -2.9 76 3.8 -0.9 260 34 303.5 304.3 287.8 317.0 4.42 8 650 3683 -1.5 -13.4 40 11.9 -5.8 253 43 307.3 307.7 286.7 314.0 2.09 9 600 4317 -3.7 -31.9 9 28.2 -10.2 256 51 311.8 311.9 286.5 313.4 0.44 10 550 4999 -6.8 -43.3 4 36.6 -13.1 266 54 316.0 316.1 287.6 316.6 0.15 11 500 5736 -11.3 -44.5 5 33.1 -16.5 269 63 319.2 319.3 288.6 319.8 0.15 12 450 6535 -16.6 -52.1 3 35.4 -20.8 268 61 322.3 322.3 289.5 322.6 0.07 13 400 7407 -23.5 -58.4 2 35.0 -26.3 266 61 324.5 324.5 290.2 324.7 0.04 14 350 8369 -30.6 -56.9 6 26.4 -32.4 261 63 327.5 327.5 291.0 327.7 0.05 15 300 9444 -37.9 -59.0 9 21.1 -38.9 255 86 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.2 0.04 16 250 10683 -44.7 -63.9 10 19.2 -45.3 254 120 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.7 0.03 17 200 12146 -53.0 -74.9 5 21.9 -53.4 255 107 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.9 0.01 18 150 13960 -61.9 -83.2 4 21.3 -62.1 260 78 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.4 0.00 19 100 16403 -71.5 -87.2 8 15.7 -71.6 260 59 389.5 389.5 303.7 389.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5605.72 m Freezing level: 680.45 mb = 3321.48 m = 10897.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 710.33 mb = 2970.92 m = 9746.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.59 % Est. max temperature: 23.96 C = 75.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1009.02 mb = 55.16 m = 180.96 ft T: 13.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.63 C/km ThetaE index: 8.57 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 1000.00 mb = 130.58 m = 428.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 15.07 C = 59.13 F Cap Strength: 5.62 C Lifted Index: 6.23 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.39 C Showalter Index: 4.83 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.13 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.37 C Cross Totals Index: 19.77 C K Index: 25.98 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 197.41 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.07 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 33.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8331.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 957.01 mb = 502.87 m = 1649.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.9 at 35.3 knts Storm direction: 294.9 at 26.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 6.3 tot: 9.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 120.7 neg: -39.9 tot: 80.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.8 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.31 Bulk Shear: 14.67 m/s