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: 34.34,-89.71 Latitude: 34.34 Longitude: -89.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 88 SFC 998 105 22.0 21.5 97 0.5 21.6 213 9 295.3 298.3 294.9 342.4 16.39 2 950 533 20.3 20.2 99 0.1 20.3 230 31 297.8 300.7 295.3 344.0 15.90 3 900 1000 18.1 17.9 99 0.1 18.0 256 43 300.1 302.8 295.0 342.6 14.51 4 850 1488 15.0 14.6 97 0.4 14.8 264 46 301.9 304.2 294.0 338.5 12.40 5 800 2000 11.5 10.6 94 0.9 10.9 261 45 303.4 305.3 292.6 333.4 10.08 6 750 2536 7.8 5.6 86 2.2 6.5 259 41 305.1 306.5 291.2 328.1 7.62 7 700 3103 4.8 -0.7 68 5.5 2.0 258 44 307.8 308.8 289.9 323.9 5.20 8 650 3705 2.7 -6.7 50 9.3 -1.6 263 46 312.0 312.6 289.8 323.3 3.57 9 600 4348 -0.7 -5.4 71 4.7 -2.9 273 44 315.3 316.1 291.4 328.9 4.27 10 550 5038 -5.1 -21.9 26 16.7 -10.2 294 53 318.0 318.2 289.4 322.1 1.21 11 500 5777 -11.2 -45.9 4 34.7 -16.4 283 53 319.4 319.5 288.7 319.9 0.13 12 450 6575 -17.3 -42.1 10 24.8 -21.0 291 55 321.5 321.5 289.5 322.3 0.21 13 400 7444 -24.9 -46.6 11 21.7 -27.2 282 55 322.7 322.7 289.8 323.2 0.15 14 350 8399 -31.7 -51.7 12 20.0 -33.2 253 56 326.0 326.0 290.7 326.4 0.09 15 300 9478 -37.8 -65.4 4 27.6 -38.9 252 58 332.1 332.1 292.3 332.1 0.02 16 250 10711 -45.8 -63.0 13 17.2 -46.3 245 61 338.0 338.0 293.9 338.2 0.03 17 200 12175 -51.6 -74.8 5 23.1 -52.0 255 62 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.0 0.01 18 150 14001 -61.0 -81.8 5 20.8 -61.2 255 62 364.9 364.9 299.7 364.9 0.00 19 100 16474 -66.7 -86.2 5 19.4 -66.8 267 35 398.8 398.8 305.0 398.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.16 m Freezing level: 610.58 mb = 4212.13 m = 13819.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.85 mb = 3436.10 m = 11273.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.70 % Est. max temperature: 28.63 C = 83.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 991.10 mb = 165.24 m = 542.13 ft T: 21.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.97 C/km ThetaE index: 20.65 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 936.52 mb = 656.45 m = 2153.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.11 C = 77.20 F Cap Strength: 0.19 C Lifted Index: -5.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.89 C Showalter Index: -3.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.98 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.19 C Cross Totals Index: 25.78 C K Index: 35.33 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 378.49 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.65 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1887.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 944.45 mb = 583.68 m = 1914.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 909.45 mb = 909.76 m = 2984.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.45 mb = 11273.94 m = 36987.53 ft B at Equ Level: 1882.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 119.45 mb = 15390.33 m = 50492.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.4 at 44.2 knts Storm direction: 298.4 at 33.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: 0.8 tot: 7.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 438.2 neg: -42.2 tot: 396.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 132.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.01 Bulk Rich Number: 14.45 Bulk Shear: 130.56 m/s