MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 17 OCT 25 Station: 34.81,-86.48 Latitude: 34.81 Longitude: -86.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 142 SFC 986 265 12.6 11.5 93 1.1 12.0 95 3 287.0 288.5 285.7 311.2 8.67 2 950 578 18.7 8.8 52 9.9 12.9 153 11 296.2 297.5 288.1 318.0 7.49 3 900 1042 18.9 5.4 41 13.5 11.2 204 8 301.0 302.1 288.6 319.6 6.24 4 850 1530 15.9 2.6 41 13.2 8.6 242 1 302.8 303.8 288.5 319.2 5.44 5 800 2041 13.1 1.9 47 11.2 7.0 297 4 305.1 306.1 289.3 321.8 5.49 6 750 2582 11.2 -7.0 27 18.2 2.8 327 2 308.8 309.3 288.2 318.3 3.01 7 700 3154 8.4 -13.1 20 21.4 -0.3 349 8 311.7 312.1 288.2 318.2 1.99 8 650 3761 5.2 -11.6 28 16.9 -1.8 347 12 314.9 315.4 289.6 322.8 2.41 9 600 4411 2.3 -11.6 35 13.9 -3.6 333 9 318.8 319.3 291.0 327.5 2.63 10 550 5108 -2.2 -18.5 27 16.3 -7.9 300 6 321.5 321.8 290.9 327.0 1.62 11 500 5857 -7.0 -26.4 20 19.4 -12.4 296 5 324.5 324.7 291.0 327.6 0.88 12 450 6669 -12.5 -33.5 15 21.0 -17.0 263 6 327.5 327.6 291.5 329.4 0.50 13 400 7558 -18.3 -40.0 13 21.7 -21.8 252 13 331.2 331.3 292.3 332.4 0.29 14 350 8540 -25.3 -36.1 36 10.7 -27.1 270 14 334.6 334.7 293.4 336.5 0.50 15 300 9639 -34.2 -42.3 44 8.1 -35.1 269 18 337.2 337.2 293.9 338.4 0.31 16 250 10889 -43.7 -51.3 43 7.5 -44.2 253 32 341.1 341.1 294.7 341.6 0.14 17 200 12351 -54.1 -62.1 36 8.1 -54.3 248 44 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.3 0.04 18 150 14143 -66.8 -77.5 21 10.6 -66.9 256 36 355.0 355.0 297.7 355.0 0.01 19 100 16534 -74.9 -85.9 16 11.0 -74.9 275 21 383.1 383.1 302.8 383.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.95 m Freezing level: 574.29 mb = 4769.32 m = 15647.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 705.24 mb = 3091.88 m = 10143.83 ft Precipitable water: 0.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.64 % Est. max temperature: 29.00 C = 84.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 968.84 mb = 410.36 m = 1346.30 ft T: 15.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.68 C/km ThetaE index: 3.55 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 588.28 mb = 4569.01 m = 14990.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 44.93 C = 112.87 F Cap Strength: 10.45 C Lifted Index: 10.79 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 8.98 C Showalter Index: 9.85 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 32.50 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.86 C Cross Totals Index: 9.63 C K Index: 4.06 Risk: None Sweat Index: 38.63 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.87 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 52.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9596.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 806.91 mb = 1968.70 m = 6458.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 317.0 at 6.7 knts Storm direction: 347.0 at 5.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -154.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 52.4 neg: -5.8 tot: 46.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.83 Bulk Shear: 28.78 m/s