MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 6Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 34.72,-86.73 Latitude: 34.72 Longitude: -86.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 107 SFC 988 212 20.7 18.8 89 1.8 19.4 184 14 294.8 297.3 293.0 334.8 13.97 2 950 549 18.0 17.8 99 0.2 17.9 191 29 295.5 297.9 293.0 334.7 13.65 3 900 1013 17.2 15.0 87 2.2 15.7 210 34 299.3 301.4 292.9 334.2 11.98 4 850 1500 14.8 13.0 89 1.8 13.6 222 33 301.6 303.6 292.9 334.5 11.14 5 800 2011 11.9 5.6 66 6.3 8.3 231 34 303.8 305.2 290.4 325.4 7.17 6 750 2548 8.6 3.4 70 5.2 5.7 230 34 305.9 307.1 290.5 325.8 6.54 7 700 3115 4.8 2.4 85 2.4 3.5 229 35 307.8 309.0 291.1 327.8 6.53 8 650 3716 1.1 -3.0 74 4.1 -0.9 229 36 310.3 311.2 290.3 325.0 4.73 9 600 4356 -2.3 -9.9 56 7.5 -5.5 231 39 313.4 314.0 289.7 323.1 3.00 10 550 5042 -6.0 -13.7 55 7.7 -8.9 228 43 317.0 317.4 290.3 324.9 2.42 11 500 5782 -9.8 -18.6 49 8.8 -12.7 224 44 321.1 321.4 290.9 327.0 1.76 12 450 6587 -14.3 -27.1 33 12.8 -17.5 220 46 325.3 325.4 291.3 328.5 0.92 13 400 7471 -19.6 -36.5 21 16.8 -22.6 223 47 329.5 329.6 292.0 331.1 0.42 14 350 8447 -27.2 -38.0 35 10.8 -28.8 221 50 332.0 332.1 292.7 333.6 0.41 15 300 9537 -36.4 -40.2 68 3.8 -36.8 225 52 334.1 334.2 293.2 335.6 0.38 16 250 10772 -46.8 -50.4 66 3.6 -47.0 234 59 336.5 336.5 293.6 337.1 0.15 17 200 12221 -52.7 -70.6 10 17.9 -53.0 246 52 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.4 0.01 18 150 14038 -61.2 -81.0 6 19.8 -61.3 255 53 364.7 364.7 299.6 364.7 0.00 19 100 16500 -69.0 -87.1 6 18.1 -69.1 255 34 394.4 394.4 304.4 394.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5675.29 m Freezing level: 633.62 mb = 3925.38 m = 12878.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.78 mb = 3594.69 m = 11793.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.82 % Est. max temperature: 27.93 C = 82.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.78 mb = 443.05 m = 1453.55 ft T: 18.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.49 C/km ThetaE index: 9.10 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 870.70 mb = 1294.61 m = 4247.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.42 C = 79.56 F Cap Strength: 1.38 C Lifted Index: -0.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.12 C Showalter Index: -0.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.40 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.58 C Cross Totals Index: 22.83 C K Index: 35.19 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 295.04 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.54 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 179.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 46.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.91 mb = 825.04 m = 2706.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 754.91 mb = 2493.52 m = 8180.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 444.91 mb = 6672.34 m = 21890.60 ft B at Equ Level: 178.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 244.91 mb = 10905.14 m = 35777.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.1 at 36.5 knts Storm direction: 254.1 at 27.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 0.2 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 212.5 neg: -1.1 tot: 211.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 70.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.24 Bulk Rich Number: 3.08 Bulk Shear: 58.51 m/s