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: 34.18,-87.29 Latitude: 34.18 Longitude: -87.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 100 SFC 986 223 22.5 18.6 79 3.9 19.9 181 12 296.9 299.4 293.5 336.8 13.83 2 950 545 20.0 18.2 89 1.8 18.8 188 28 297.5 300.0 293.8 338.0 13.99 3 900 1010 17.0 16.0 94 1.0 16.4 202 39 299.0 301.4 293.4 336.4 12.82 4 850 1497 14.7 11.2 80 3.4 12.5 209 33 301.5 303.4 291.9 330.8 9.91 5 800 2008 12.0 6.1 67 5.9 8.6 221 32 304.0 305.3 290.6 326.3 7.42 6 750 2546 9.0 1.7 60 7.3 5.1 233 30 306.4 307.5 290.0 324.1 5.79 7 700 3114 6.0 -1.6 58 7.6 2.1 231 32 309.1 310.0 290.0 324.2 4.85 8 650 3719 4.1 -16.2 21 20.3 -3.4 232 30 313.6 314.0 288.5 319.2 1.67 9 600 4363 -0.5 -15.4 31 14.9 -6.0 226 34 315.5 315.9 289.3 321.9 1.92 10 550 5053 -4.8 -19.5 30 14.7 -9.6 225 41 318.4 318.7 289.8 323.4 1.48 11 500 5794 -9.4 -24.8 27 15.4 -13.6 226 39 321.6 321.8 290.3 325.2 1.03 12 450 6599 -13.6 -35.0 15 21.4 -17.9 225 42 326.1 326.2 291.0 327.7 0.43 13 400 7486 -19.3 -45.3 8 26.0 -22.9 227 46 329.9 329.9 291.9 330.5 0.17 14 350 8463 -27.1 -40.7 26 13.6 -28.9 228 53 332.3 332.3 292.6 333.5 0.31 15 300 9553 -35.6 -39.4 68 3.8 -36.0 233 56 335.2 335.3 293.5 336.8 0.42 16 250 10793 -46.9 -50.2 68 3.4 -47.0 240 57 336.4 336.4 293.6 337.0 0.15 17 200 12242 -53.5 -73.2 7 19.7 -53.8 246 55 348.1 348.1 296.2 348.1 0.01 18 150 14056 -61.4 -80.9 6 19.5 -61.6 254 55 364.3 364.3 299.5 364.3 0.00 19 100 16520 -69.0 -86.3 6 17.3 -69.1 266 32 394.4 394.4 304.4 394.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.07 m Freezing level: 605.44 mb = 4292.72 m = 14083.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.67 mb = 3342.22 m = 10965.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.28 % Est. max temperature: 27.84 C = 82.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.92 mb = 719.84 m = 2361.66 ft T: 18.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.71 C/km ThetaE index: 13.91 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 890.23 mb = 1103.30 m = 3619.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.16 C = 77.29 F Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lifted Index: -1.35 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.80 C Showalter Index: 1.50 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.64 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.04 C Cross Totals Index: 20.60 C K Index: 27.71 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 301.38 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.07 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 145.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.51 mb = 920.00 m = 3018.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 794.51 mb = 2065.43 m = 6776.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 664.51 mb = 3538.40 m = 11608.78 ft B at Equ Level: 31.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 214.51 mb = 11787.46 m = 38672.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.4 at 33.9 knts Storm direction: 251.4 at 25.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.2 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 240.8 neg: -11.2 tot: 229.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 76.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 2.99 Bulk Shear: 48.66 m/s