MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 9Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 32.86,-87.79 Latitude: 32.86 Longitude: -87.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1005 57 22.8 21.3 91 1.5 21.8 176 8 295.6 298.5 294.8 341.9 16.09 1 1000 96 22.6 21.2 91 1.5 21.6 176 8 295.8 298.6 294.7 341.8 16.00 2 950 542 19.9 19.7 99 0.2 19.8 189 29 297.4 300.2 294.8 342.1 15.42 3 900 1008 17.5 17.4 99 0.2 17.4 209 42 299.6 302.1 294.4 340.5 13.99 4 850 1496 14.9 14.6 98 0.3 14.7 218 38 301.8 304.1 293.9 338.3 12.38 5 800 2008 12.3 12.1 98 0.3 12.1 216 33 304.3 306.3 293.7 337.5 11.13 6 750 2547 9.5 9.0 97 0.5 9.2 220 34 306.8 308.6 293.3 335.9 9.63 7 700 3117 6.0 5.3 95 0.7 5.6 224 32 309.2 310.7 292.7 333.7 8.02 8 650 3722 2.8 1.5 91 1.3 2.1 232 36 312.1 313.4 292.4 332.6 6.59 9 600 4366 -0.8 -6.9 63 6.1 -3.6 235 41 315.2 316.0 291.0 327.5 3.80 10 550 5055 -4.9 -19.0 32 14.1 -9.6 229 43 318.3 318.6 289.8 323.5 1.54 11 500 5797 -9.2 -18.6 46 9.4 -12.3 236 47 321.8 322.1 291.1 327.8 1.75 12 450 6606 -13.1 -24.5 38 11.4 -16.3 241 47 326.7 327.0 291.9 330.9 1.17 13 400 7494 -18.6 -47.6 6 29.0 -22.5 244 52 330.8 330.8 292.0 331.3 0.13 14 350 8472 -27.0 -39.2 30 12.3 -28.7 241 52 332.4 332.5 292.7 333.8 0.36 15 300 9563 -35.3 -39.3 67 4.0 -35.8 251 50 335.6 335.7 293.6 337.2 0.42 16 250 10806 -46.0 -49.3 69 3.3 -46.2 255 47 337.7 337.8 293.9 338.4 0.17 17 200 12255 -53.7 -61.3 39 7.6 -53.9 243 61 347.7 347.8 296.2 348.0 0.05 18 150 14074 -61.5 -84.2 3 22.8 -61.6 256 56 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.2 0.00 19 100 16523 -70.4 -86.8 7 16.4 -70.5 260 30 391.6 391.6 304.0 391.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.14 m Freezing level: 610.63 mb = 4229.00 m = 13874.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.43 mb = 3955.18 m = 12976.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.40 % Est. max temperature: 28.82 C = 83.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 982.82 mb = 246.70 m = 809.38 ft T: 21.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.70 C/km ThetaE index: 18.59 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 939.84 mb = 634.44 m = 2081.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.07 C = 77.13 F Cap Strength: 0.17 C Lifted Index: -3.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.18 C Showalter Index: -1.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.98 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.16 C Cross Totals Index: 23.82 C K Index: 38.03 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 360.80 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 831.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 946.28 mb = 575.59 m = 1888.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 921.28 mb = 806.28 m = 2645.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.28 mb = 11311.44 m = 37110.58 ft B at Equ Level: 829.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 151.28 mb = 14020.09 m = 45997.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.8 at 36.8 knts Storm direction: 253.8 at 27.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.7 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 315.6 neg: -27.3 tot: 288.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 96.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.58 Bulk Rich Number: 9.99 Bulk Shear: 83.24 m/s