MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 15Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 33.43,-86.58 Latitude: 33.43 Longitude: -86.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 123 SFC 992 194 21.4 20.7 96 0.7 20.9 231 8 295.3 298.1 294.4 340.3 15.70 2 950 567 19.1 19.1 100 -0.0 19.1 241 25 296.6 299.3 294.1 339.3 14.82 3 900 1032 16.7 16.5 99 0.1 16.6 262 38 298.7 301.1 293.6 337.2 13.25 4 850 1517 13.1 12.9 99 0.2 13.0 282 39 299.9 301.9 292.3 332.3 11.06 5 800 2025 10.5 7.5 82 3.0 8.8 279 33 302.4 303.9 290.7 326.7 8.16 6 750 2560 7.8 2.8 71 5.0 5.1 263 31 305.0 306.2 289.9 323.9 6.24 7 700 3127 5.8 -1.0 62 6.8 2.3 255 38 308.9 309.9 290.2 324.6 5.07 8 650 3731 3.3 -5.5 53 8.8 -0.9 262 39 312.7 313.4 290.3 325.1 3.91 9 600 4375 0.0 -35.4 5 35.5 -8.2 280 43 316.2 316.2 287.9 317.3 0.31 10 550 5065 -5.2 -28.1 15 22.9 -11.2 288 53 317.9 318.0 288.8 320.3 0.69 11 500 5804 -11.1 -41.2 6 30.1 -16.2 285 53 319.5 319.5 288.8 320.3 0.21 12 450 6603 -16.5 -43.9 7 27.3 -20.5 282 56 322.4 322.5 289.7 323.1 0.17 13 400 7475 -24.1 -48.4 9 24.3 -26.6 265 46 323.7 323.7 290.0 324.2 0.12 14 350 8433 -31.6 -40.4 41 8.9 -32.6 253 53 326.2 326.3 291.0 327.4 0.32 15 300 9509 -38.3 -45.0 49 6.7 -38.9 245 64 331.3 331.4 292.3 332.2 0.23 16 250 10740 -46.2 -52.5 48 6.4 -46.4 244 69 337.5 337.5 293.8 337.9 0.12 17 200 12203 -51.8 -65.9 17 14.1 -52.1 255 65 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.8 0.03 18 150 14033 -59.9 -81.5 4 21.6 -60.2 257 60 366.8 366.8 300.0 366.8 0.00 19 100 16500 -69.0 -87.1 6 18.1 -69.1 247 33 394.4 394.4 304.4 394.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.14 m Freezing level: 599.53 mb = 4381.93 m = 14376.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.58 mb = 3562.80 m = 11688.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.31 % Est. max temperature: 26.43 C = 79.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 982.20 mb = 279.10 m = 915.68 ft T: 20.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.32 C/km ThetaE index: 16.37 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 938.09 mb = 675.70 m = 2216.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.23 C = 73.82 F Cap Strength: 0.01 C Lifted Index: -3.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.49 C Showalter Index: -0.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.22 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.22 C Cross Totals Index: 24.00 C K Index: 30.29 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 286.21 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1137.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 938.96 mb = 667.66 m = 2190.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 933.96 mb = 713.51 m = 2340.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 243.96 mb = 10900.67 m = 35762.93 ft B at Equ Level: 1129.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 153.96 mb = 13866.66 m = 45493.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.7 at 39.9 knts Storm direction: 303.7 at 29.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 2.8 tot: 8.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 324.3 neg: -45.6 tot: 278.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 92.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.2 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.16 Bulk Rich Number: 12.68 Bulk Shear: 89.64 m/s