MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 116 SFC 983 266 21.2 15.7 71 5.5 17.5 139 5 295.8 297.9 291.4 328.8 11.45 2 950 562 22.5 15.5 65 7.0 17.8 173 18 300.0 302.2 292.9 334.4 11.74 3 900 1030 18.7 14.3 76 4.4 15.8 195 18 300.7 302.8 292.9 334.4 11.44 4 850 1518 15.6 8.6 63 6.9 11.4 226 14 302.5 304.0 290.9 327.2 8.30 5 800 2031 13.6 4.0 52 9.5 8.2 247 10 305.6 306.8 290.3 325.1 6.40 6 750 2573 11.6 0.5 46 11.1 5.7 288 7 309.2 310.2 290.5 325.6 5.30 7 700 3146 8.5 -1.2 50 9.7 3.4 282 7 311.9 312.8 291.0 327.6 4.99 8 650 3754 4.6 -4.5 52 9.1 0.2 281 11 314.2 315.0 291.0 327.6 4.22 9 600 4401 0.2 -9.7 47 9.8 -4.1 276 13 316.3 316.9 290.6 326.3 3.06 10 550 5093 -3.9 -18.3 32 14.3 -8.8 273 17 319.4 319.7 290.3 325.0 1.65 11 500 5837 -9.4 -18.3 48 8.9 -12.3 283 21 321.6 321.9 291.0 327.7 1.81 12 450 6640 -16.0 -29.0 32 13.0 -18.9 276 26 323.1 323.3 290.5 325.9 0.78 13 400 7515 -22.8 -29.2 56 6.4 -24.1 265 33 325.4 325.6 291.3 328.4 0.86 14 350 8479 -29.2 -43.1 25 13.9 -30.8 259 35 329.3 329.4 291.8 330.3 0.24 15 300 9563 -36.3 -49.2 25 12.9 -37.3 266 42 334.2 334.2 293.0 334.8 0.14 16 250 10810 -44.0 -66.7 6 22.6 -44.7 257 54 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.7 0.02 17 200 12274 -52.8 -73.3 7 20.5 -53.2 270 54 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.1 0.01 18 150 14087 -63.0 -80.3 8 17.3 -63.1 275 44 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.5 0.00 19 100 16531 -70.5 -85.7 9 15.1 -70.6 281 27 391.4 391.4 304.0 391.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5720.73 m Freezing level: 597.88 mb = 4430.31 m = 14534.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.71 mb = 3782.71 m = 12410.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.96 % Est. max temperature: 28.88 C = 83.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 905.81 mb = 974.79 m = 3198.10 ft T: 19.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.65 C/km ThetaE index: 9.34 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 746.88 mb = 2607.25 m = 8553.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.71 C = 94.49 F Cap Strength: 3.37 C Lifted Index: 0.30 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.02 C Showalter Index: 3.23 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.03 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.98 C Cross Totals Index: 18.05 C K Index: 23.90 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 153.32 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.19 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 105.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 351.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.36 mb = 1454.79 m = 4772.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 481.36 mb = 6126.27 m = 20099.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 341.36 mb = 8654.65 m = 28394.18 ft B at Equ Level: 104.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 271.36 mb = 10249.38 m = 33626.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.4 at 13.6 knts Storm direction: 288.4 at 10.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.2 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 12.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 120.2 neg: -5.8 tot: 114.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 2.21 Bulk Shear: 47.56 m/s