MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 6Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 33.48,-88.76 Latitude: 33.48 Longitude: -88.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1002 77 24.0 19.9 78 4.1 21.1 182 11 297.0 299.7 294.2 339.6 14.73 1 1000 93 24.1 19.9 78 4.1 21.2 182 11 297.2 299.9 294.3 340.0 14.80 2 950 541 20.6 18.7 89 1.9 19.3 194 30 298.1 300.7 294.3 340.0 14.44 3 900 1008 18.6 13.9 74 4.7 15.5 206 36 300.6 302.7 292.6 333.4 11.16 4 850 1496 15.2 14.2 94 1.0 14.6 217 33 302.1 304.3 293.7 337.6 12.04 5 800 2009 12.4 12.1 99 0.2 12.2 227 33 304.3 306.4 293.7 337.7 11.18 6 750 2548 9.3 8.2 92 1.2 8.6 237 28 306.7 308.4 292.9 334.3 9.14 7 700 3118 6.1 4.5 89 1.6 5.2 245 25 309.3 310.7 292.4 332.5 7.59 8 650 3723 3.2 -0.4 77 3.6 1.3 230 29 312.6 313.7 291.9 330.5 5.72 9 600 4367 -0.8 -10.6 48 9.7 -4.9 224 32 315.1 315.7 290.1 324.4 2.84 10 550 5055 -5.2 -17.7 37 12.4 -9.5 224 40 317.9 318.2 289.9 323.7 1.73 11 500 5796 -10.1 -19.9 44 9.8 -13.2 223 44 320.7 321.0 290.6 326.1 1.57 12 450 6603 -13.5 -15.6 84 2.1 -14.2 243 50 326.3 326.8 293.0 334.9 2.52 13 400 7488 -19.9 -23.8 71 3.9 -21.0 253 51 329.1 329.4 292.8 334.0 1.39 14 350 8465 -26.0 -47.2 12 21.2 -28.3 242 55 333.7 333.7 292.9 334.3 0.15 15 300 9561 -35.3 -48.8 24 13.4 -36.4 240 57 335.6 335.6 293.4 336.2 0.15 16 250 10800 -46.6 -50.5 64 4.0 -46.8 246 51 336.8 336.9 293.7 337.4 0.15 17 200 12250 -53.6 -67.4 17 13.8 -53.8 249 59 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.02 18 150 14068 -61.2 -80.9 6 19.7 -61.4 251 53 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.7 0.00 19 100 16526 -69.2 -86.8 6 17.6 -69.3 265 35 394.0 394.0 304.3 394.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.60 m Freezing level: 610.39 mb = 4233.23 m = 13888.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.46 mb = 3854.74 m = 12646.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.81 % Est. max temperature: 29.02 C = 84.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.32 mb = 601.72 m = 1974.12 ft T: 20.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.07 C/km ThetaE index: 13.97 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 870.31 mb = 1294.32 m = 4246.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.48 C = 83.27 F Cap Strength: 1.67 C Lifted Index: -2.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.06 C Showalter Index: -2.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.58 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.30 C Cross Totals Index: 24.28 C K Index: 37.87 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 329.17 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 359.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 32.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.10 mb = 920.80 m = 3020.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 804.10 mb = 1965.26 m = 6447.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 244.10 mb = 10954.91 m = 35940.86 ft B at Equ Level: 356.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 184.10 mb = 12773.46 m = 41907.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.2 at 32.7 knts Storm direction: 253.2 at 24.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 223.1 neg: -1.3 tot: 221.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 73.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.50 Bulk Rich Number: 7.82 Bulk Shear: 45.95 m/s