MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 33.97,-88.47 Latitude: 33.97 Longitude: -88.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 87 23.7 18.9 74 4.8 20.4 168 9 296.6 299.1 293.4 336.5 13.81 1 1000 108 23.7 18.9 74 4.8 20.4 167 8 296.9 299.4 293.6 336.9 13.86 2 950 555 21.3 18.5 84 2.8 19.4 183 24 298.8 301.4 294.4 340.4 14.27 3 900 1023 18.6 15.5 82 3.1 16.5 212 24 300.7 303.0 293.6 337.1 12.40 4 850 1510 14.3 12.9 91 1.4 13.4 219 26 301.1 303.1 292.7 333.8 11.08 5 800 2021 12.7 -6.2 26 18.9 4.0 238 28 304.7 305.3 286.8 314.1 3.01 6 750 2559 9.7 -5.1 35 14.7 2.7 241 29 307.1 307.7 288.1 318.0 3.49 7 700 3127 6.4 -9.1 32 15.6 -0.3 238 31 309.6 310.1 288.2 318.3 2.74 8 650 3732 4.1 -20.2 15 24.2 -4.1 236 31 313.5 313.8 287.9 317.5 1.18 9 600 4376 -1.0 -14.8 34 13.8 -6.1 231 29 314.9 315.3 289.2 321.6 2.02 10 550 5065 -4.3 -21.3 25 16.9 -9.7 230 30 318.9 319.2 289.8 323.3 1.27 11 500 5809 -9.2 -22.2 34 12.9 -13.0 231 33 321.8 322.1 290.6 326.3 1.29 12 450 6615 -13.4 -37.5 11 24.2 -17.9 233 40 326.4 326.5 291.0 327.7 0.34 13 400 7501 -19.5 -40.3 14 20.9 -22.7 234 46 329.7 329.8 291.9 330.8 0.28 14 350 8477 -27.4 -39.4 31 12.1 -29.0 231 50 331.8 331.9 292.6 333.2 0.36 15 300 9567 -36.0 -39.4 71 3.3 -36.4 239 64 334.6 334.7 293.4 336.2 0.42 16 250 10804 -46.8 -50.2 68 3.4 -47.0 243 67 336.5 336.6 293.6 337.1 0.15 17 200 12256 -53.3 -68.3 14 15.0 -53.6 250 56 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.02 18 150 14073 -61.7 -80.8 6 19.1 -61.8 249 59 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.9 0.00 19 100 16526 -69.5 -86.7 6 17.2 -69.6 255 35 393.4 393.4 304.3 393.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.70 m Freezing level: 610.12 mb = 4245.51 m = 13928.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 704.57 mb = 3073.49 m = 10083.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.10 % Est. max temperature: 28.15 C = 82.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.41 mb = 698.00 m = 2290.01 ft T: 20.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.84 C/km ThetaE index: 26.32 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 877.15 mb = 1242.14 m = 4075.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.95 C = 82.31 F Cap Strength: 1.71 C Lifted Index: -1.91 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.85 C Showalter Index: 0.26 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.64 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.50 C Cross Totals Index: 22.14 C K Index: 20.87 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 291.03 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.49 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 402.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.98 mb = 974.94 m = 3198.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 859.98 mb = 1410.78 m = 4628.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 809.98 mb = 1916.40 m = 6287.33 ft B at Equ Level: 18.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 179.98 mb = 12922.02 m = 42394.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.4 at 28.3 knts Storm direction: 258.4 at 21.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.4 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 192.0 neg: -1.1 tot: 191.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 63.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.47 Bulk Rich Number: 6.58 Bulk Shear: 61.26 m/s