MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 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 112 SFC 983 266 23.7 16.6 64 7.1 18.9 164 7 298.4 300.6 292.7 333.8 12.18 2 950 560 22.7 15.5 64 7.2 17.9 176 19 300.2 302.4 293.0 334.6 11.72 3 900 1028 18.1 14.4 79 3.8 15.7 180 21 300.2 302.3 292.8 334.0 11.51 4 850 1514 13.7 13.1 96 0.6 13.3 183 21 300.5 302.5 292.6 333.4 11.21 5 800 2023 11.1 4.9 65 6.2 7.6 210 22 303.0 304.2 289.8 323.4 6.80 6 750 2561 9.8 3.2 64 6.6 6.2 213 22 307.2 308.4 290.9 326.9 6.46 7 700 3132 6.9 -0.8 58 7.8 2.9 217 27 310.2 311.1 290.6 326.2 5.14 8 650 3736 3.7 -14.2 26 18.0 -3.2 226 28 313.2 313.5 288.6 319.6 1.95 9 600 4381 0.2 -17.3 26 17.5 -6.0 236 27 316.4 316.7 289.3 321.9 1.65 10 550 5073 -4.0 -22.8 22 18.8 -9.8 238 28 319.3 319.5 289.7 323.1 1.11 11 500 5817 -8.7 -24.0 28 15.2 -13.1 241 29 322.4 322.6 290.6 326.2 1.10 12 450 6624 -13.5 -35.3 14 21.8 -17.9 237 32 326.3 326.3 291.1 327.8 0.42 13 400 7512 -18.5 -46.5 7 27.9 -22.4 238 29 330.9 330.9 292.1 331.5 0.15 14 350 8490 -26.7 -49.0 10 22.3 -29.0 240 38 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.3 0.13 15 300 9581 -36.1 -52.4 17 16.3 -37.2 249 45 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.9 0.10 16 250 10818 -46.0 -57.7 25 11.7 -46.5 251 53 337.6 337.6 293.8 337.9 0.06 17 200 12274 -53.3 -71.3 9 18.0 -53.7 257 66 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.01 18 150 14081 -63.2 -80.5 8 17.3 -63.4 254 60 361.1 361.1 298.9 361.2 0.00 19 100 16520 -70.1 -86.5 7 16.4 -70.2 253 35 392.3 392.3 304.1 392.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.22 m Freezing level: 597.53 mb = 4415.70 m = 14487.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.28 mb = 3412.97 m = 11197.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.01 % Est. max temperature: 26.69 C = 80.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 884.83 mb = 1172.49 m = 3846.69 ft T: 16.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.83 C/km ThetaE index: 11.24 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.49 mb = 1509.51 m = 4952.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.83 C = 78.50 F Cap Strength: 1.17 C Lifted Index: 0.56 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.14 C Showalter Index: 0.91 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.27 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.44 C Cross Totals Index: 21.83 C K Index: 27.77 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 358.22 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.41 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.47 mb = 1439.95 m = 4724.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 812.47 mb = 1893.33 m = 6211.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 792.47 mb = 2101.95 m = 6896.07 ft B at Equ Level: 5.81 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 762.47 mb = 2423.70 m = 7951.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.2 at 24.9 knts Storm direction: 250.2 at 18.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 137.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 137.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 45.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.15 Bulk Shear: 41.95 m/s