MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 128 SFC 984 266 25.5 15.6 55 9.8 18.9 169 7 300.0 302.0 292.6 333.4 11.41 2 950 575 21.1 13.9 63 7.3 16.4 171 8 298.6 300.6 291.5 329.4 10.53 3 900 1040 18.1 10.9 63 7.2 13.6 207 15 300.1 301.8 290.9 327.1 9.15 4 850 1527 15.2 4.5 49 10.7 9.2 220 6 302.0 303.2 288.9 320.7 6.22 5 800 2038 12.3 4.0 57 8.4 7.6 278 5 304.3 305.5 289.8 323.5 6.36 6 750 2577 10.9 -6.8 28 17.7 2.8 273 4 308.4 309.0 288.1 318.1 3.06 7 700 3149 8.0 -10.5 26 18.5 0.1 316 6 311.3 311.8 288.5 319.2 2.45 8 650 3755 4.1 -6.2 47 10.3 -0.7 316 9 313.6 314.4 290.4 325.5 3.71 9 600 4402 0.8 -7.8 52 8.6 -3.1 287 9 317.1 317.8 291.3 328.6 3.54 10 550 5096 -3.4 -16.2 37 12.8 -8.1 258 10 320.0 320.4 290.7 326.7 1.97 11 500 5842 -8.0 -24.2 26 16.2 -12.6 225 13 323.3 323.5 290.9 327.1 1.08 12 450 6652 -13.3 -31.1 21 17.7 -17.3 232 14 326.5 326.6 291.4 328.8 0.64 13 400 7536 -19.6 -37.9 18 18.3 -22.7 229 17 329.5 329.6 292.0 330.9 0.36 14 350 8515 -26.0 -37.7 32 11.7 -27.8 203 22 333.7 333.8 293.2 335.3 0.42 15 300 9611 -34.9 -39.6 62 4.7 -35.4 213 28 336.3 336.3 293.8 337.8 0.41 16 250 10856 -45.2 -48.5 69 3.3 -45.4 226 38 338.9 338.9 294.2 339.6 0.19 17 200 12310 -54.2 -69.4 14 15.3 -54.5 236 50 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.0 0.02 18 150 14106 -64.7 -77.3 16 12.6 -64.7 239 43 358.7 358.7 298.4 358.7 0.01 19 100 16536 -72.2 -85.7 11 13.5 -72.2 264 23 388.2 388.2 303.5 388.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.60 m Freezing level: 590.14 mb = 4538.94 m = 14891.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 694.86 mb = 3209.22 m = 10528.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.28 % Est. max temperature: 28.21 C = 82.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 852.33 mb = 1503.96 m = 4934.21 ft T: 15.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.92 C/km ThetaE index: 12.74 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 713.87 mb = 2986.34 m = 9797.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.94 C = 96.69 F Cap Strength: 4.11 C Lifted Index: 3.77 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.02 C Showalter Index: 8.05 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.63 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.14 C Cross Totals Index: 12.49 C K Index: 9.20 Risk: None Sweat Index: 78.65 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.43 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5985.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 832.84 mb = 1699.02 m = 5574.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.9 at 8.6 knts Storm direction: 280.9 at 6.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -105.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.8 neg: -12.3 tot: 25.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.06 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.32 Bulk Shear: 14.36 m/s