MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 18 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 113 SFC 983 266 23.1 15.9 64 7.2 18.4 132 4 297.7 299.9 292.2 331.6 11.67 2 950 562 23.2 14.7 59 8.5 17.5 162 12 300.7 302.7 292.6 333.4 11.12 3 900 1030 18.8 13.6 72 5.2 15.4 181 13 300.9 302.9 292.6 333.2 10.97 4 850 1518 15.2 8.6 65 6.6 11.3 214 13 302.1 303.6 290.8 326.8 8.30 5 800 2030 13.2 3.7 53 9.5 7.9 242 9 305.2 306.4 290.0 324.2 6.26 6 750 2571 11.5 -5.2 31 16.7 3.5 288 7 309.1 309.7 288.7 319.9 3.45 7 700 3144 8.3 -3.8 42 12.1 2.3 301 7 311.7 312.4 290.2 324.6 4.11 8 650 3751 4.1 -3.1 59 7.2 0.5 298 9 313.6 314.5 291.2 328.4 4.67 9 600 4397 0.4 -8.4 52 8.8 -3.5 282 12 316.6 317.2 291.0 327.5 3.38 10 550 5089 -4.3 -14.5 45 10.2 -8.1 265 15 319.0 319.5 290.7 326.6 2.26 11 500 5833 -8.9 -24.2 28 15.2 -13.3 248 21 322.1 322.4 290.5 325.9 1.08 12 450 6639 -15.2 -34.4 18 19.2 -19.0 235 24 324.1 324.2 290.5 325.8 0.46 13 400 7517 -21.8 -25.5 72 3.7 -22.7 235 31 326.7 326.9 292.0 330.9 1.21 14 350 8485 -28.7 -39.2 36 10.5 -30.0 229 41 330.1 330.2 292.1 331.5 0.37 15 300 9571 -36.7 -44.0 47 7.3 -37.4 230 47 333.6 333.7 292.9 334.6 0.26 16 250 10810 -45.0 -58.8 20 13.8 -45.5 239 54 339.2 339.2 294.2 339.4 0.06 17 200 12270 -53.5 -70.2 11 16.7 -53.8 259 60 348.1 348.1 296.2 348.1 0.01 18 150 14072 -63.1 -78.9 10 15.8 -63.2 266 45 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.4 0.01 19 100 16519 -70.7 -85.8 9 15.1 -70.8 278 28 391.0 391.0 303.9 391.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5720.17 m Freezing level: 595.84 mb = 4455.12 m = 14616.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.87 mb = 3827.38 m = 12556.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.49 % Est. max temperature: 28.49 C = 83.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 884.44 mb = 1179.16 m = 3868.60 ft T: 17.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.40 C/km ThetaE index: 13.45 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 737.70 mb = 2708.04 m = 8884.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.00 C = 95.00 F Cap Strength: 3.34 C Lifted Index: 0.94 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.99 C Showalter Index: 3.87 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.75 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.17 C Cross Totals Index: 17.58 C K Index: 20.70 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 150.82 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.06 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 349.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 841.34 mb = 1604.61 m = 5264.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 446.34 mb = 6700.35 m = 21982.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 376.34 mb = 7958.93 m = 26111.66 ft B at Equ Level: 14.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 336.34 mb = 8765.40 m = 28757.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.0 at 12.3 knts Storm direction: 281.0 at 9.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -61.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 75.2 neg: -5.1 tot: 70.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.48 Bulk Shear: 32.83 m/s