MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 34.11,-89.08 Latitude: 34.11 Longitude: -89.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 102 SFC 998 118 27.3 16.5 52 10.8 20.0 186 10 300.6 302.8 293.2 335.6 11.91 2 950 552 22.4 15.2 64 7.3 17.6 185 15 299.9 302.0 292.7 333.6 11.49 3 900 1019 18.0 13.8 77 4.1 15.3 185 16 300.0 302.1 292.4 332.6 11.12 4 850 1506 14.9 13.9 94 1.0 14.3 197 22 301.8 303.9 293.5 336.7 11.85 5 800 2018 11.7 10.0 89 1.7 10.6 196 24 303.6 305.4 292.4 332.4 9.66 6 750 2555 8.7 5.1 78 3.6 6.6 201 27 306.0 307.4 291.2 328.3 7.35 7 700 3125 7.8 -10.5 26 18.4 0.0 214 27 311.2 311.6 288.4 319.1 2.45 8 650 3733 5.1 -13.3 25 18.4 -2.3 229 20 314.7 315.1 289.2 321.7 2.10 9 600 4380 0.4 -18.1 23 18.5 -6.1 234 20 316.6 316.9 289.3 321.8 1.54 10 550 5071 -4.1 -13.7 47 9.6 -7.8 239 20 319.2 319.7 290.9 327.2 2.41 11 500 5815 -9.4 -19.2 45 9.8 -12.5 237 30 321.6 322.0 291.0 327.3 1.68 12 450 6621 -13.5 -37.1 12 23.7 -18.0 235 33 326.3 326.4 291.0 327.6 0.35 13 400 7508 -18.9 -47.4 6 28.5 -22.6 244 34 330.5 330.5 292.0 331.0 0.13 14 350 8486 -26.6 -50.0 9 23.4 -28.9 243 40 332.9 333.0 292.6 333.4 0.11 15 300 9578 -35.9 -51.8 18 15.9 -37.0 248 47 334.8 334.8 293.1 335.2 0.11 16 250 10817 -45.5 -58.6 22 13.1 -46.0 248 54 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.6 0.06 17 200 12276 -52.9 -71.6 9 18.8 -53.2 257 65 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.1 0.01 18 150 14085 -63.1 -80.4 8 17.3 -63.3 253 58 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.4 0.00 19 100 16521 -71.7 -86.5 9 14.7 -71.8 253 33 389.1 389.1 303.6 389.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.44 m Freezing level: 595.44 mb = 4442.62 m = 14575.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 699.58 mb = 3130.23 m = 10269.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.98 % Est. max temperature: 28.51 C = 83.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 852.37 mb = 1482.67 m = 4864.34 ft T: 15.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.39 C/km ThetaE index: 17.65 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 818.16 mb = 1828.38 m = 5998.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.62 C = 85.31 F Cap Strength: 2.56 C Lifted Index: 0.11 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.20 C Showalter Index: -1.18 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.53 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.25 C Cross Totals Index: 23.28 C K Index: 19.80 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 345.25 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.87 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4568.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.62 mb = 1490.22 m = 4889.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.2 at 22.1 knts Storm direction: 246.2 at 16.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.8 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 100.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 100.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.10 Bulk Shear: 21.88 m/s