MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F063.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F063.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 63 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 31.32,-85.61 Latitude: 31.32 Longitude: -85.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1005 87 26.9 20.5 68 6.5 22.3 274 10 299.7 302.4 295.3 344.2 15.24 1 1000 131 26.5 19.7 66 6.8 21.7 275 10 299.6 302.3 294.8 342.2 14.59 2 950 582 22.0 18.5 80 3.5 19.6 274 15 299.5 302.1 294.6 341.1 14.24 3 900 1049 17.5 17.3 99 0.2 17.4 273 16 299.5 302.1 294.4 340.2 13.94 4 850 1536 14.6 13.3 92 1.3 13.8 290 22 301.5 303.6 293.1 335.1 11.40 5 800 2047 12.3 10.0 86 2.3 10.9 301 19 304.3 306.1 292.6 333.3 9.69 6 750 2587 9.7 7.0 83 2.8 8.1 280 20 307.1 308.7 292.4 332.6 8.39 7 700 3157 6.5 3.5 81 3.0 4.8 280 26 309.7 311.1 292.1 331.5 7.07 8 650 3763 3.2 -0.0 79 3.3 1.5 273 29 312.6 313.7 292.0 331.0 5.88 9 600 4408 -0.2 -5.2 69 5.0 -2.6 274 25 315.9 316.7 291.6 329.7 4.32 10 550 5099 -4.4 -25.9 17 21.5 -10.4 294 32 318.9 319.0 289.3 321.8 0.84 11 500 5841 -9.6 -38.0 8 28.4 -15.1 295 36 321.3 321.4 289.5 322.4 0.29 12 450 6644 -15.8 -46.4 5 30.5 -20.1 296 37 323.3 323.3 289.9 323.8 0.13 13 400 7519 -22.6 -50.5 6 27.8 -25.6 286 38 325.6 325.6 290.5 325.9 0.09 14 350 8482 -29.9 -49.3 13 19.4 -31.6 270 44 328.5 328.5 291.4 329.0 0.12 15 300 9562 -37.9 -59.6 9 21.7 -38.9 258 48 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.1 0.04 16 250 10793 -46.1 -63.0 13 16.9 -46.6 258 50 337.6 337.6 293.7 337.7 0.03 17 200 12253 -53.8 -70.5 11 16.7 -54.1 256 53 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.6 0.01 18 150 14066 -61.8 -80.2 7 18.4 -61.9 267 60 363.7 363.7 299.4 363.7 0.00 19 100 16518 -71.5 -86.5 9 15.0 -71.5 249 36 389.6 389.6 303.8 389.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.18 m Freezing level: 602.89 mb = 4370.31 m = 14338.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.64 mb = 3993.61 m = 13102.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.26 % Est. max temperature: 28.56 C = 83.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.86 mb = 907.28 m = 2976.60 ft T: 18.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.01 C/km ThetaE index: 22.35 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 902.93 mb = 1020.68 m = 3348.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.81 C = 80.27 F Cap Strength: -0.02 C Lifted Index: -3.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.57 C Showalter Index: -0.70 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.16 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.22 C Cross Totals Index: 22.94 C K Index: 34.57 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 241.55 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1202.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.03 mb = 1019.74 m = 3345.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 898.03 mb = 1067.46 m = 3502.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.03 mb = 11394.96 m = 37384.58 ft B at Equ Level: 1193.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 138.03 mb = 14568.93 m = 47797.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 284.6 at 24.5 knts Storm direction: 314.6 at 18.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 1.7 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 57.7 neg: -5.5 tot: 52.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.31 Bulk Rich Number: 60.03 Bulk Shear: 20.03 m/s