MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 126 SFC 984 266 26.2 18.2 61 8.1 20.6 199 10 300.7 303.2 294.4 340.2 13.44 2 950 574 21.9 16.6 72 5.2 18.4 200 14 299.4 301.7 293.4 336.3 12.64 3 900 1041 17.2 15.6 90 1.6 16.1 202 15 299.2 301.5 293.2 335.7 12.49 4 850 1526 13.7 11.9 89 1.9 12.6 215 18 300.5 302.4 291.9 330.9 10.32 5 800 2035 10.7 6.3 74 4.5 8.2 207 15 302.6 304.0 290.3 325.0 7.48 6 750 2572 9.5 3.3 65 6.2 6.0 213 15 306.9 308.1 290.7 326.6 6.47 7 700 3142 6.4 0.4 65 6.0 3.2 215 17 309.6 310.7 290.9 327.0 5.63 8 650 3745 2.4 -6.4 52 8.8 -1.6 216 20 311.7 312.4 289.8 323.3 3.65 9 600 4389 -0.1 -18.8 23 18.7 -6.5 222 23 316.0 316.3 289.0 320.9 1.44 10 550 5080 -4.3 -21.9 24 17.6 -9.8 239 28 319.0 319.2 289.7 323.1 1.20 11 500 5822 -9.2 -26.5 23 17.3 -13.8 244 29 321.8 322.0 290.2 324.9 0.88 12 450 6629 -14.9 -28.1 32 13.1 -18.0 251 27 324.5 324.6 291.0 327.5 0.84 13 400 7510 -19.4 -56.7 2 37.4 -23.2 268 26 329.8 329.8 291.7 330.0 0.04 14 350 8487 -26.9 -48.1 12 21.2 -29.1 270 29 332.5 332.6 292.6 333.1 0.14 15 300 9577 -36.4 -50.9 21 14.5 -37.5 278 38 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.5 0.12 16 250 10813 -46.2 -55.4 35 9.2 -46.6 276 49 337.4 337.4 293.7 337.8 0.08 17 200 12270 -53.0 -71.8 9 18.8 -53.4 272 63 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.8 0.01 18 150 14083 -62.9 -81.9 6 18.9 -63.0 262 51 361.7 361.7 299.0 361.7 0.00 19 100 16512 -71.1 -86.6 8 15.5 -71.1 263 33 390.4 390.4 303.9 390.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.42 m Freezing level: 601.87 mb = 4364.57 m = 14319.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.66 mb = 3539.20 m = 11611.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.24 % Est. max temperature: 26.64 C = 79.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 874.85 mb = 1281.50 m = 4204.33 ft T: 15.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.85 C/km ThetaE index: 15.26 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 872.85 mb = 1300.89 m = 4267.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.42 C = 77.75 F Cap Strength: 0.23 C Lifted Index: -0.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.15 C Showalter Index: 1.58 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.05 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.96 C Cross Totals Index: 21.10 C K Index: 28.78 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 291.34 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.15 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 157.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.64 mb = 1254.45 m = 4115.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 862.64 mb = 1400.93 m = 4596.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 752.64 mb = 2542.90 m = 8342.74 ft B at Equ Level: 30.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 222.64 mb = 11569.67 m = 37957.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.0 at 20.1 knts Storm direction: 254.0 at 15.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 39.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.2 neg: -9.8 tot: 27.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 12.44 Bulk Shear: 12.68 m/s