MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 139 SFC 985 266 23.4 18.4 73 5.0 20.0 198 8 297.8 300.3 293.7 337.5 13.67 2 950 583 19.2 17.0 87 2.3 17.7 207 14 296.7 299.0 292.8 333.9 12.90 3 900 1048 17.4 14.2 81 3.2 15.4 232 18 299.5 301.6 292.5 332.8 11.41 4 850 1534 13.9 11.8 87 2.1 12.6 231 16 300.7 302.6 292.0 331.0 10.29 5 800 2043 11.4 6.3 71 5.1 8.4 224 12 303.3 304.6 290.5 325.6 7.48 6 750 2581 9.6 3.0 63 6.6 5.9 225 12 307.0 308.2 290.7 326.3 6.33 7 700 3151 6.3 0.6 67 5.7 3.3 226 13 309.5 310.6 290.9 327.2 5.73 8 650 3754 2.4 -6.5 52 8.9 -1.7 225 15 311.7 312.4 289.7 323.1 3.61 9 600 4397 -0.8 -15.8 31 14.9 -6.2 226 16 315.2 315.5 289.2 321.4 1.87 10 550 5087 -4.4 -22.3 23 17.9 -9.9 238 22 318.8 319.1 289.6 322.8 1.16 11 500 5829 -10.1 -22.6 35 12.6 -13.7 246 26 320.8 321.0 290.3 325.1 1.24 12 450 6633 -15.0 -31.1 24 16.1 -18.5 254 25 324.3 324.4 290.7 326.6 0.63 13 400 7511 -21.2 -38.1 20 16.9 -23.9 263 29 327.4 327.5 291.3 328.8 0.36 14 350 8487 -27.0 -48.9 11 21.9 -29.3 289 34 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.8 0.13 15 300 9576 -36.5 -51.1 21 14.6 -37.5 290 41 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.4 0.12 16 250 10813 -45.6 -58.9 21 13.4 -46.0 286 46 338.3 338.4 294.0 338.6 0.05 17 200 12275 -52.9 -71.7 9 18.8 -53.2 280 58 348.9 349.0 296.4 349.0 0.01 18 150 14089 -62.5 -81.5 6 19.0 -62.7 273 49 362.3 362.3 299.1 362.4 0.00 19 100 16526 -71.0 -86.7 8 15.7 -71.1 270 31 390.5 390.5 303.9 390.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.93 m Freezing level: 612.62 mb = 4234.75 m = 13893.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.86 mb = 3545.88 m = 11633.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.15 % Est. max temperature: 27.03 C = 80.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.76 mb = 898.88 m = 2949.03 ft T: 18.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.12 C/km ThetaE index: 11.83 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 863.48 mb = 1400.54 m = 4594.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.97 C = 78.74 F Cap Strength: 1.54 C Lifted Index: -0.73 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.56 C Showalter Index: 0.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.83 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.96 C Cross Totals Index: 21.87 C K Index: 30.10 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 257.64 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.16 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 50.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 53.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.11 mb = 1113.53 m = 3653.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 658.11 mb = 3653.34 m = 11985.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 608.11 mb = 4289.16 m = 14071.87 ft B at Equ Level: 11.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 328.11 mb = 8942.99 m = 29340.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.0 at 16.8 knts Storm direction: 262.0 at 12.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.9 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 35.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 41.2 neg: -13.2 tot: 28.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 6.59 Bulk Shear: 7.70 m/s