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: 32.57,-86.20 Latitude: 32.57 Longitude: -86.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1003 102 24.6 20.9 80 3.7 22.0 264 10 297.4 300.3 295.0 342.8 15.67 1 1000 131 24.0 20.6 81 3.4 21.6 264 9 297.2 300.0 294.8 341.8 15.45 2 950 578 19.5 19.1 98 0.4 19.3 262 18 297.0 299.7 294.3 339.9 14.85 3 900 1042 16.0 15.8 99 0.2 15.8 266 26 298.0 300.3 293.0 334.7 12.63 4 850 1526 13.5 12.2 92 1.3 12.7 285 25 300.3 302.2 292.0 331.2 10.53 5 800 2035 11.5 7.9 79 3.5 9.3 277 33 303.4 304.9 291.3 328.5 8.41 6 750 2573 8.9 5.8 81 3.1 7.1 272 32 306.3 307.7 291.6 329.8 7.76 7 700 3142 6.1 1.6 73 4.4 3.7 266 39 309.2 310.4 291.2 328.2 6.16 8 650 3746 3.0 -4.8 56 7.9 -0.7 265 40 312.4 313.2 290.4 325.4 4.11 9 600 4390 -0.2 -20.3 20 20.1 -6.8 257 34 315.9 316.2 288.8 320.2 1.27 10 550 5080 -5.0 -28.8 14 23.7 -11.1 280 38 318.1 318.2 288.9 320.4 0.65 11 500 5821 -9.6 -40.3 6 30.7 -15.2 277 44 321.4 321.4 289.5 322.2 0.23 12 450 6623 -16.6 -45.1 7 28.5 -20.5 281 43 322.4 322.5 289.7 323.0 0.15 13 400 7495 -23.8 -50.5 7 26.7 -26.5 280 45 324.0 324.0 290.1 324.4 0.09 14 350 8452 -31.9 -57.0 7 25.1 -33.5 267 49 325.7 325.7 290.5 325.9 0.05 15 300 9526 -39.2 -61.7 7 22.5 -40.1 254 53 330.1 330.1 291.7 330.2 0.03 16 250 10754 -46.1 -63.1 13 17.0 -46.7 264 53 337.5 337.5 293.7 337.6 0.03 17 200 12212 -53.5 -68.8 14 15.3 -53.7 263 67 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.2 0.02 18 150 14033 -60.3 -80.7 5 20.3 -60.5 272 56 366.1 366.1 299.9 366.1 0.00 19 100 16498 -68.6 -86.7 6 18.1 -68.7 257 30 395.2 395.2 304.5 395.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.95 m Freezing level: 602.76 mb = 4354.81 m = 14287.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.88 mb = 3647.95 m = 11968.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.60 % Est. max temperature: 27.27 C = 81.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.62 mb = 572.18 m = 1877.20 ft T: 19.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.83 C/km ThetaE index: 14.32 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 936.23 mb = 703.08 m = 2306.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.42 C = 75.96 F Cap Strength: -0.00 C Lifted Index: -2.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.39 C Showalter Index: 1.08 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.78 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.06 C Cross Totals Index: 21.71 C K Index: 30.77 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 239.90 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.69 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1177.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 936.62 mb = 699.51 m = 2294.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 931.62 mb = 745.43 m = 2445.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 241.62 mb = 10976.57 m = 36011.93 ft B at Equ Level: 1173.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 141.62 mb = 14382.81 m = 47187.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.0 at 33.0 knts Storm direction: 301.0 at 24.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 4.1 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 89.5 neg: -9.4 tot: 80.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.60 Bulk Rich Number: 22.53 Bulk Shear: 52.28 m/s