MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 15Z FRI 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 144 SFC 986 266 19.9 13.3 66 6.6 15.7 121 5 294.2 296.0 289.4 322.2 9.75 2 950 583 18.8 10.8 60 8.0 13.9 177 15 296.3 297.8 289.1 321.2 8.58 3 900 1047 17.7 8.7 56 9.0 12.3 219 12 299.8 301.2 289.6 323.0 7.87 4 850 1534 15.5 2.9 43 12.6 8.6 270 3 302.4 303.4 288.5 319.1 5.56 5 800 2044 12.4 3.1 53 9.3 7.3 306 6 304.4 305.5 289.5 322.5 5.98 6 750 2584 11.0 -6.9 28 17.9 2.8 313 4 308.6 309.1 288.1 318.1 3.04 7 700 3155 8.1 -11.7 23 19.7 -0.1 344 8 311.4 311.9 288.3 318.7 2.24 8 650 3762 4.7 -8.4 38 13.0 -1.2 342 10 314.2 314.8 290.0 324.3 3.12 9 600 4411 1.4 -8.0 49 9.4 -2.9 318 7 317.8 318.4 291.5 329.1 3.48 10 550 5105 -2.9 -17.7 31 14.7 -8.2 271 6 320.6 320.9 290.7 326.5 1.73 11 500 5853 -7.5 -25.6 22 18.1 -12.6 225 6 323.9 324.1 290.9 327.3 0.95 12 450 6664 -12.7 -34.8 14 22.1 -17.3 212 8 327.2 327.3 291.4 328.9 0.44 13 400 7551 -18.7 -40.3 13 21.6 -22.2 227 14 330.7 330.8 292.2 331.8 0.28 14 350 8533 -25.5 -36.1 36 10.6 -27.2 217 14 334.4 334.5 293.4 336.3 0.50 15 300 9630 -34.2 -40.2 55 6.0 -34.9 236 20 337.1 337.2 294.0 338.6 0.38 16 250 10878 -44.4 -47.6 70 3.2 -44.6 233 34 340.1 340.1 294.6 340.9 0.21 17 200 12338 -54.2 -61.2 42 7.0 -54.4 235 47 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.1 0.05 18 150 14130 -65.7 -78.9 14 13.1 -65.8 242 37 356.8 356.8 298.1 356.8 0.01 19 100 16543 -72.6 -85.6 12 13.0 -72.6 258 20 387.5 387.5 303.4 387.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.02 m Freezing level: 583.74 mb = 4636.53 m = 15211.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 702.18 mb = 3129.67 m = 10267.82 ft Precipitable water: 0.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.23 % Est. max temperature: 28.56 C = 83.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 893.85 mb = 1105.20 m = 3625.94 ft T: 17.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.78 C/km ThetaE index: 4.37 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 656.64 mb = 3679.11 m = 12070.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.43 C = 102.97 F Cap Strength: 7.38 C Lifted Index: 7.82 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.84 C Showalter Index: 9.37 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.98 C Cross Totals Index: 10.42 C K Index: 6.17 Risk: None Sweat Index: 46.41 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.80 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8048.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 826.99 mb = 1764.72 m = 5789.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.2 at 7.3 knts Storm direction: 308.2 at 5.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -98.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 86.1 neg: -5.8 tot: 80.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.73 Bulk Shear: 30.45 m/s