MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 114 SFC 983 266 19.7 15.8 78 3.9 17.2 146 6 294.3 296.4 291.0 327.5 11.58 2 950 559 21.9 15.4 67 6.5 17.6 181 24 299.4 301.5 292.6 333.5 11.65 3 900 1027 18.9 13.5 71 5.4 15.4 207 20 301.0 303.0 292.5 333.0 10.86 4 850 1515 15.3 9.4 68 5.9 11.7 226 16 302.2 303.8 291.2 328.2 8.76 5 800 2027 13.4 4.6 55 8.8 8.4 245 10 305.4 306.7 290.5 325.6 6.65 6 750 2568 11.5 0.9 48 10.6 5.8 266 7 309.0 310.0 290.5 325.8 5.43 7 700 3142 8.3 -0.7 53 9.0 3.5 265 10 311.6 312.6 291.1 327.9 5.19 8 650 3749 4.2 -5.1 51 9.3 -0.2 268 13 313.7 314.5 290.7 326.6 4.04 9 600 4394 -0.7 -13.0 39 12.4 -5.5 264 14 315.4 315.8 289.7 323.0 2.33 10 550 5086 -3.7 -30.3 11 26.6 -10.5 257 18 319.7 319.8 289.3 321.7 0.56 11 500 5829 -9.9 -20.3 42 10.4 -13.1 263 21 321.0 321.3 290.6 326.2 1.52 12 450 6631 -16.4 -25.2 47 8.8 -18.6 262 26 322.6 322.8 290.7 326.4 1.09 13 400 7505 -22.5 -29.7 52 7.2 -23.9 266 33 325.7 325.9 291.3 328.6 0.81 14 350 8472 -29.0 -38.8 38 9.8 -30.3 268 34 329.6 329.7 292.0 331.0 0.38 15 300 9557 -36.2 -51.5 19 15.3 -37.3 270 43 334.3 334.3 293.0 334.7 0.11 16 250 10798 -45.2 -62.9 12 17.7 -45.7 263 47 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.1 0.03 17 200 12259 -52.1 -75.2 5 23.0 -52.5 268 53 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.2 0.01 18 150 14077 -62.6 -82.9 5 20.3 -62.7 271 39 362.3 362.3 299.1 362.3 0.00 19 100 16515 -71.3 -85.8 10 14.5 -71.4 281 27 389.9 389.9 303.8 389.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.30 m Freezing level: 606.84 mb = 4306.17 m = 14127.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.23 mb = 3708.54 m = 12166.97 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.47 % Est. max temperature: 28.62 C = 83.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.66 mb = 765.00 m = 2509.83 ft T: 20.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.74 C/km ThetaE index: 7.87 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 744.14 mb = 2633.49 m = 8639.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.63 C = 94.34 F Cap Strength: 3.54 C Lifted Index: 0.32 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.14 C Showalter Index: 2.26 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.44 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.17 C Cross Totals Index: 19.28 C K Index: 25.61 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 267.49 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.31 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 64.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 379.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.94 mb = 1445.54 m = 4742.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 481.94 mb = 6108.87 m = 20041.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 371.94 mb = 8031.61 m = 26350.10 ft B at Equ Level: 64.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 301.94 mb = 9511.64 m = 31205.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.2 at 15.0 knts Storm direction: 276.2 at 11.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 41.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 147.2 neg: -9.8 tot: 137.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 45.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 1.50 Bulk Shear: 43.22 m/s