MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F066.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F066.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 66 hour NAM valid 18Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 31.92,-86.35 Latitude: 31.92 Longitude: -86.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 134 SFC 1000 136 26.1 21.3 75 4.8 22.7 244 12 299.3 302.2 295.8 346.5 16.16 2 950 582 20.6 19.1 91 1.5 19.5 246 19 298.1 300.7 294.6 341.0 14.78 3 900 1047 16.8 16.2 97 0.5 16.4 257 27 298.8 301.1 293.5 336.6 13.00 4 850 1533 14.3 13.1 93 1.1 13.6 283 28 301.1 303.1 292.9 334.2 11.25 5 800 2044 11.9 10.4 91 1.5 11.0 294 25 303.8 305.7 292.7 333.5 9.96 6 750 2583 9.0 7.4 90 1.6 8.0 291 22 306.4 308.0 292.4 332.5 8.66 7 700 3152 6.0 4.0 87 2.0 4.8 280 25 309.1 310.5 292.1 331.5 7.29 8 650 3756 2.6 0.4 85 2.3 1.4 271 32 311.9 313.1 291.9 330.8 6.05 9 600 4400 -0.9 -4.2 79 3.3 -2.5 267 30 315.0 315.9 291.7 329.9 4.68 10 550 5093 -3.8 -11.7 54 7.8 -7.0 288 34 319.5 320.1 291.4 329.0 2.85 11 500 5835 -9.9 -37.1 9 27.2 -15.3 285 39 320.9 321.0 289.4 322.1 0.32 12 450 6636 -16.8 -46.8 6 30.0 -20.8 286 38 322.1 322.2 289.6 322.6 0.13 13 400 7508 -23.8 -55.5 4 31.7 -26.5 281 36 324.1 324.1 290.0 324.3 0.05 14 350 8466 -31.4 -55.7 7 24.3 -33.0 262 43 326.4 326.4 290.7 326.6 0.06 15 300 9544 -38.4 -62.5 6 24.1 -39.4 251 54 331.3 331.3 292.1 331.4 0.03 16 250 10775 -45.7 -64.8 10 19.0 -46.3 262 56 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.2 0.03 17 200 12235 -53.2 -71.1 9 18.0 -53.5 264 60 348.6 348.6 296.3 348.7 0.01 18 150 14053 -60.9 -81.2 5 20.2 -61.1 269 59 365.1 365.1 299.7 365.1 0.00 19 100 16508 -70.2 -87.1 7 16.9 -70.2 255 27 392.2 392.2 304.1 392.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.53 m Freezing level: 613.07 mb = 4231.42 m = 13882.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.84 mb = 3983.99 m = 13070.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.82 % Est. max temperature: 27.92 C = 82.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.15 mb = 745.30 m = 2445.19 ft T: 19.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.94 C/km ThetaE index: 24.38 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 922.27 mb = 836.99 m = 2745.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.29 C = 77.52 F Cap Strength: -0.07 C Lifted Index: -3.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.04 C Showalter Index: -0.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.29 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.20 C Cross Totals Index: 23.09 C K Index: 35.31 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 253.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.33 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1394.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 921.45 mb = 844.61 m = 2771.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 916.45 mb = 891.43 m = 2924.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 236.45 mb = 11139.43 m = 36546.26 ft B at Equ Level: 1391.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 136.45 mb = 14626.24 m = 47985.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.7 at 28.3 knts Storm direction: 307.7 at 21.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.9 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 130.4 neg: -4.6 tot: 125.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.13 Bulk Rich Number: 35.28 Bulk Shear: 39.53 m/s