MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161200F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161200F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 34.31,-89.41 Latitude: 34.31 Longitude: -89.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 112 SFC 998 127 26.2 18.3 62 7.9 20.8 187 9 299.5 302.0 294.0 338.6 13.37 2 950 561 20.9 16.8 77 4.1 18.1 190 13 298.4 300.7 293.2 335.6 12.78 3 900 1026 18.7 5.0 40 13.7 11.0 204 18 300.8 301.9 288.4 318.9 6.08 4 850 1515 16.8 2.8 39 14.0 9.0 215 16 303.7 304.8 288.9 320.4 5.49 5 800 2029 13.0 11.0 87 2.0 11.7 230 17 305.0 307.0 293.3 336.0 10.35 6 750 2569 9.5 6.9 84 2.6 7.9 249 24 306.9 308.5 292.3 332.2 8.35 7 700 3138 6.0 1.6 73 4.4 3.6 237 26 309.1 310.3 291.2 328.1 6.14 8 650 3745 4.7 -7.2 42 11.9 -0.7 244 25 314.3 315.0 290.3 325.3 3.42 9 600 4391 0.1 -5.1 68 5.2 -2.4 248 26 316.2 317.0 291.7 330.2 4.35 10 550 5081 -5.2 -10.9 64 5.7 -7.5 248 27 317.9 318.5 291.1 327.8 3.03 11 500 5822 -10.2 -20.6 43 10.3 -13.4 244 29 320.5 320.8 290.5 325.6 1.49 12 450 6627 -14.3 -44.1 6 29.8 -18.9 253 32 325.2 325.3 290.5 325.9 0.17 13 400 7510 -19.8 -46.4 7 26.6 -23.3 257 37 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.8 0.15 14 350 8484 -27.5 -50.8 9 23.3 -29.7 257 47 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.1 0.10 15 300 9574 -36.2 -51.2 20 15.0 -37.2 261 55 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.8 0.11 16 250 10809 -46.8 -52.9 49 6.2 -47.1 263 63 336.5 336.5 293.6 337.0 0.11 17 200 12257 -55.0 -66.5 23 11.6 -55.2 261 71 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.8 0.02 18 150 14070 -61.7 -79.2 8 17.5 -61.9 263 60 363.7 363.8 299.4 363.8 0.01 19 100 16504 -71.8 -86.3 10 14.4 -71.9 254 34 389.0 389.0 303.6 389.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.47 m Freezing level: 599.33 mb = 4400.09 m = 14435.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.56 mb = 3637.49 m = 11933.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.40 % Est. max temperature: 30.49 C = 86.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 889.15 mb = 1129.89 m = 3706.93 ft T: 18.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.06 C/km ThetaE index: 19.66 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 779.49 mb = 2245.83 m = 7368.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.50 C = 90.49 F Cap Strength: 4.00 C Lifted Index: 0.16 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.07 C Showalter Index: 5.96 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.04 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.04 C Cross Totals Index: 13.00 C K Index: 25.38 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 180.08 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.16 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4765.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.52 mb = 1469.68 m = 4821.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.3 at 22.5 knts Storm direction: 267.3 at 16.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.9 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 82.1 neg: -8.7 tot: 73.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.13 Bulk Shear: 39.01 m/s