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: 34.48,-89.61 Latitude: 34.48 Longitude: -89.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 86 SFC 997 112 21.9 21.4 97 0.5 21.6 214 9 295.3 298.3 294.8 342.1 16.31 2 950 531 20.3 20.2 99 0.1 20.2 227 31 297.8 300.6 295.2 343.7 15.84 3 900 998 18.1 17.9 99 0.1 18.0 252 45 300.1 302.8 295.0 342.7 14.53 4 850 1486 14.6 14.0 96 0.6 14.2 262 47 301.4 303.6 293.4 336.5 11.90 5 800 1996 10.8 9.8 94 1.0 10.2 259 46 302.6 304.4 292.0 331.0 9.55 6 750 2532 7.9 4.5 79 3.4 6.0 258 42 305.2 306.5 290.7 326.5 7.06 7 700 3098 5.1 -0.5 67 5.6 2.2 258 45 308.1 309.1 290.1 324.4 5.27 8 650 3700 2.4 -3.5 65 5.9 -0.4 263 48 311.7 312.6 290.6 326.0 4.55 9 600 4344 -0.9 -4.0 79 3.1 -2.4 270 46 315.1 316.0 291.7 330.1 4.74 10 550 5034 -5.1 -17.8 36 12.7 -9.4 290 54 318.1 318.4 289.9 323.9 1.72 11 500 5773 -11.1 -51.7 2 40.6 -16.6 285 54 319.4 319.5 288.6 319.7 0.06 12 450 6571 -17.3 -46.3 6 28.9 -21.1 290 57 321.4 321.5 289.3 322.0 0.13 13 400 7440 -24.9 -48.4 9 23.6 -27.2 281 56 322.7 322.7 289.7 323.1 0.12 14 350 8395 -31.8 -51.1 13 19.3 -33.3 252 57 325.8 325.9 290.6 326.2 0.10 15 300 9473 -37.7 -66.1 4 28.3 -38.8 250 60 332.2 332.2 292.3 332.3 0.02 16 250 10707 -45.8 -62.2 14 16.5 -46.3 244 61 338.0 338.0 293.9 338.2 0.04 17 200 12170 -51.6 -74.8 5 23.1 -52.0 254 63 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.0 0.01 18 150 13997 -60.9 -82.1 4 21.2 -61.0 255 63 365.2 365.2 299.7 365.2 0.00 19 100 16472 -66.5 -87.0 4 20.5 -66.6 266 35 399.3 399.3 305.1 399.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.81 m Freezing level: 613.72 mb = 4167.19 m = 13671.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.51 mb = 3594.69 m = 11793.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.83 % Est. max temperature: 28.09 C = 82.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 989.87 mb = 174.35 m = 572.01 ft T: 21.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.06 C/km ThetaE index: 19.37 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 935.55 mb = 663.50 m = 2176.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.04 C = 77.07 F Cap Strength: 0.18 C Lifted Index: -5.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.58 C Showalter Index: -2.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.88 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.74 C Cross Totals Index: 25.14 C K Index: 34.17 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 353.70 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.28 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1887.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 943.40 mb = 591.36 m = 1940.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 898.40 mb = 1013.15 m = 3323.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.40 mb = 11299.68 m = 37071.99 ft B at Equ Level: 1879.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 118.40 mb = 15441.20 m = 50659.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.1 at 45.7 knts Storm direction: 297.1 at 34.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.6 neg: 0.9 tot: 8.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 473.9 neg: -43.8 tot: 430.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 143.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.6 stream: 8.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.34 Bulk Rich Number: 13.39 Bulk Shear: 140.95 m/s