MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 32.83,-87.34 Latitude: 32.83 Longitude: -87.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1002 96 26.1 17.2 58 8.9 20.1 159 7 299.1 301.4 293.2 335.3 12.41 1 1000 112 26.2 17.0 57 9.1 19.9 159 6 299.3 301.5 293.1 335.2 12.30 2 950 562 22.5 16.9 70 5.6 18.7 163 21 300.0 302.4 293.7 337.6 12.84 3 900 1030 18.1 16.1 88 2.0 16.8 165 22 300.1 302.5 293.8 337.9 12.89 4 850 1517 15.4 9.3 67 6.1 11.7 183 14 302.3 303.9 291.2 328.1 8.70 5 800 2029 12.5 6.9 69 5.5 9.2 229 15 304.4 305.9 291.2 328.0 7.83 6 750 2568 10.3 0.8 52 9.5 5.2 218 20 307.8 308.8 290.1 324.4 5.42 7 700 3140 8.3 -7.8 31 16.1 1.0 215 24 311.7 312.3 289.2 321.4 3.04 8 650 3748 4.8 -15.7 21 20.5 -3.0 221 25 314.4 314.7 288.8 320.1 1.73 9 600 4395 1.2 -11.3 39 12.5 -4.1 242 22 317.5 318.0 290.6 326.3 2.68 10 550 5089 -3.2 -20.8 24 17.6 -8.9 243 22 320.2 320.5 290.2 324.8 1.32 11 500 5834 -9.1 -15.9 58 6.8 -11.5 241 29 322.0 322.4 291.6 329.4 2.22 12 450 6643 -12.9 -40.3 8 27.4 -17.8 247 29 327.0 327.0 291.1 327.9 0.25 13 400 7532 -17.7 -45.5 7 27.7 -21.7 252 28 331.9 332.0 292.4 332.6 0.16 14 350 8513 -25.8 -49.5 9 23.6 -28.3 253 31 333.9 334.0 292.9 334.4 0.12 15 300 9609 -35.4 -51.7 17 16.3 -36.6 258 35 335.5 335.5 293.3 335.9 0.11 16 250 10850 -45.2 -57.9 23 12.7 -45.7 260 44 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.2 0.06 17 200 12311 -52.8 -69.0 12 16.2 -53.1 263 58 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.2 0.02 18 150 14118 -63.8 -80.3 9 16.5 -63.9 259 45 360.2 360.2 298.7 360.2 0.00 19 100 16542 -72.1 -86.1 11 13.9 -72.2 253 28 388.3 388.3 303.5 388.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5722.13 m Freezing level: 586.81 mb = 4578.11 m = 15019.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 687.25 mb = 3290.93 m = 10796.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.84 % Est. max temperature: 29.21 C = 84.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 879.61 mb = 1225.14 m = 4019.44 ft T: 17.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.47 C/km ThetaE index: 17.78 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 839.65 mb = 1620.73 m = 5317.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.73 C = 85.51 F Cap Strength: 1.58 C Lifted Index: -1.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.58 C Showalter Index: 3.06 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.90 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.49 C Cross Totals Index: 18.41 C K Index: 17.70 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 168.04 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.31 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 134.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.84 mb = 1271.48 m = 4171.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 529.84 mb = 5380.74 m = 17653.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 449.84 mb = 6645.52 m = 21802.62 ft B at Equ Level: 27.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 399.84 mb = 7535.27 m = 24721.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.1 at 21.2 knts Storm direction: 249.1 at 15.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 1.6 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 93.0 neg: -11.2 tot: 81.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.68 Bulk Shear: 42.16 m/s