MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 122 SFC 983 265 18.2 15.9 86 2.3 16.7 155 6 292.8 294.8 290.5 325.8 11.62 2 950 565 20.7 15.4 72 5.2 17.2 194 22 298.2 300.3 292.3 332.2 11.69 3 900 1032 18.8 13.1 69 5.7 15.1 229 21 300.9 302.8 292.3 332.0 10.57 4 850 1520 14.8 11.0 78 3.8 12.4 233 17 301.6 303.4 291.8 330.5 9.75 5 800 2030 12.7 5.1 60 7.6 8.3 247 10 304.6 305.9 290.4 325.4 6.88 6 750 2571 11.0 0.3 48 10.7 5.4 253 8 308.5 309.5 290.2 324.7 5.23 7 700 3143 7.6 -0.1 58 7.7 3.5 256 11 311.0 312.0 291.1 327.9 5.45 8 650 3749 3.5 -8.2 42 11.7 -1.7 259 13 312.9 313.5 289.7 323.0 3.16 9 600 4392 -0.3 -27.0 11 26.7 -7.8 258 14 315.8 315.9 288.2 318.2 0.70 10 550 5082 -4.7 -22.6 23 17.9 -10.1 259 18 318.5 318.7 289.5 322.4 1.13 11 500 5824 -10.2 -19.9 45 9.7 -13.2 247 21 320.6 320.9 290.6 326.0 1.58 12 450 6626 -16.0 -29.7 30 13.7 -19.0 259 25 323.1 323.2 290.5 325.7 0.73 13 400 7503 -21.5 -35.5 27 14.0 -23.9 265 31 327.1 327.1 291.4 328.8 0.47 14 350 8471 -29.3 -38.9 39 9.6 -30.6 266 34 329.2 329.3 291.9 330.6 0.38 15 300 9556 -36.6 -54.8 13 18.3 -37.7 266 42 333.8 333.9 292.8 334.1 0.07 16 250 10795 -45.4 -61.9 14 16.5 -46.0 267 45 338.6 338.6 294.0 338.7 0.04 17 200 12255 -52.9 -72.5 8 19.6 -53.3 274 51 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.01 18 150 14070 -62.8 -81.7 6 19.0 -62.9 273 44 361.9 361.9 299.1 361.9 0.00 19 100 16504 -71.4 -86.4 9 15.0 -71.5 283 33 389.8 389.8 303.8 389.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.67 m Freezing level: 603.76 mb = 4344.03 m = 14251.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.10 mb = 3548.95 m = 11643.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.27 % Est. max temperature: 28.01 C = 82.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.40 mb = 561.01 m = 1840.56 ft T: 20.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.66 C/km ThetaE index: 7.48 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 760.94 mb = 2449.44 m = 8036.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.04 C = 91.47 F Cap Strength: 3.43 C Lifted Index: 0.49 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.94 C Showalter Index: 0.78 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.22 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.00 C Cross Totals Index: 21.23 C K Index: 28.30 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 241.72 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.86 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4761.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 866.96 mb = 1350.93 m = 4432.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.5 at 15.5 knts Storm direction: 274.5 at 11.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 145.0 neg: -14.0 tot: 131.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 1.15 Bulk Shear: 25.96 m/s