MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 9Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 34.26,-89.86 Latitude: 34.26 Longitude: -89.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 90 SFC 1000 92 22.2 21.8 97 0.5 21.9 217 10 295.4 298.4 295.1 343.1 16.63 2 950 536 20.5 20.4 99 0.1 20.5 234 33 298.0 300.9 295.4 344.7 16.09 3 900 1003 18.3 18.0 98 0.3 18.1 260 43 300.4 303.0 295.0 343.0 14.54 4 850 1492 14.9 14.6 98 0.3 14.7 265 46 301.8 304.1 293.9 338.4 12.41 5 800 2003 10.8 9.2 90 1.6 9.9 263 44 302.7 304.4 291.7 330.0 9.20 6 750 2538 7.3 2.4 71 4.9 4.6 263 39 304.4 305.6 289.6 322.8 6.07 7 700 3103 4.6 -6.5 44 11.1 -0.4 258 42 307.6 308.2 288.1 318.1 3.35 8 650 3705 3.3 -8.7 41 12.0 -1.9 266 43 312.7 313.3 289.5 322.5 3.05 9 600 4350 -0.5 -7.8 58 7.2 -3.8 278 42 315.5 316.2 290.8 326.9 3.55 10 550 5039 -5.0 -27.2 16 22.1 -10.9 297 53 318.1 318.3 289.0 320.7 0.75 11 500 5778 -11.0 -44.0 5 32.9 -16.3 278 52 319.6 319.6 288.8 320.2 0.15 12 450 6577 -17.4 -39.2 13 21.9 -20.8 291 55 321.4 321.5 289.5 322.4 0.28 13 400 7446 -24.9 -46.6 11 21.7 -27.2 284 55 322.7 322.7 289.8 323.2 0.14 14 350 8401 -31.6 -53.5 10 21.9 -33.1 255 56 326.1 326.2 290.7 326.4 0.08 15 300 9479 -38.0 -65.8 4 27.8 -39.1 255 58 331.9 331.9 292.2 331.9 0.02 16 250 10713 -45.6 -62.6 13 17.0 -46.2 246 61 338.2 338.2 293.9 338.4 0.03 17 200 12177 -51.7 -74.8 5 23.1 -52.1 256 62 350.9 350.9 296.8 350.9 0.01 18 150 14003 -61.0 -81.3 5 20.2 -61.2 255 62 364.9 364.9 299.7 364.9 0.00 19 100 16475 -66.9 -86.2 5 19.3 -67.0 267 36 398.5 398.5 305.0 398.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.60 m Freezing level: 607.11 mb = 4258.15 m = 13970.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 703.87 mb = 3057.70 m = 10031.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.82 % Est. max temperature: 28.63 C = 83.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 993.45 mb = 147.03 m = 482.36 ft T: 22.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.84 C/km ThetaE index: 26.68 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 936.33 mb = 661.25 m = 2169.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.48 C = 77.87 F Cap Strength: 0.23 C Lifted Index: -5.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -4.28 C Showalter Index: -3.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.66 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.98 C Cross Totals Index: 25.67 C K Index: 29.51 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 372.36 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2005.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 945.68 mb = 575.32 m = 1887.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 900.68 mb = 996.84 m = 3270.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 220.68 mb = 11531.10 m = 37831.23 ft B at Equ Level: 1988.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 120.68 mb = 15329.01 m = 50291.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.1 at 43.1 knts Storm direction: 300.1 at 32.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: 1.0 tot: 7.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 401.3 neg: -44.0 tot: 357.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 119.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.00 Bulk Rich Number: 17.60 Bulk Shear: 113.95 m/s