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: 34.04,-87.42 Latitude: 34.04 Longitude: -87.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 89 SFC 988 197 21.7 20.1 91 1.6 20.6 193 10 295.9 298.6 294.2 339.5 15.16 2 950 533 19.3 19.1 99 0.2 19.2 198 24 296.8 299.5 294.2 339.7 14.84 3 900 998 17.0 16.9 99 0.1 17.0 214 42 299.0 301.5 294.0 338.6 13.55 4 850 1484 14.3 12.9 91 1.5 13.4 226 45 301.2 303.2 292.7 333.7 11.04 5 800 1995 11.1 9.9 92 1.2 10.3 223 40 303.0 304.7 292.2 331.6 9.62 6 750 2531 8.1 7.9 99 0.2 8.0 228 41 305.4 307.1 292.4 332.4 8.98 7 700 3099 5.0 4.3 96 0.6 4.6 228 37 308.0 309.4 291.9 330.8 7.49 8 650 3701 1.7 0.4 91 1.3 1.0 224 36 310.9 312.1 291.6 329.8 6.08 9 600 4342 -1.8 -4.7 80 2.9 -3.1 216 39 314.1 315.0 291.3 328.4 4.51 10 550 5029 -6.4 -9.2 81 2.7 -7.6 217 52 316.5 317.1 291.0 327.7 3.47 11 500 5770 -9.0 -10.3 91 1.2 -9.5 230 60 322.1 322.7 292.7 333.6 3.51 12 450 6579 -13.4 -15.0 88 1.6 -14.0 242 54 326.4 326.9 293.2 335.4 2.65 13 400 7466 -18.8 -20.7 85 1.9 -19.4 241 51 330.5 330.9 293.6 337.0 1.84 14 350 8447 -25.8 -28.6 77 2.8 -26.4 246 52 333.9 334.1 293.7 337.7 1.03 15 300 9542 -35.8 -39.0 72 3.2 -36.1 244 53 335.0 335.1 293.5 336.6 0.44 16 250 10779 -47.3 -50.6 69 3.3 -47.4 244 59 335.8 335.8 293.4 336.4 0.15 17 200 12225 -51.0 -66.7 14 15.6 -51.4 248 56 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.1 0.02 18 150 14050 -61.2 -80.4 6 19.2 -61.4 257 53 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.6 0.00 19 100 16506 -69.1 -87.1 6 18.0 -69.2 258 29 394.3 394.3 304.4 394.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.51 m Freezing level: 625.24 mb = 4018.36 m = 13183.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.79 mb = 3852.71 m = 12639.97 ft Precipitable water: 1.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.85 % Est. max temperature: 27.37 C = 81.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.78 mb = 399.46 m = 1310.53 ft T: 20.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.24 C/km ThetaE index: 8.07 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 926.17 mb = 751.22 m = 2464.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.65 C = 74.57 F Cap Strength: 0.11 C Lifted Index: -1.88 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.43 C Showalter Index: 0.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.21 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.34 C Cross Totals Index: 21.87 C K Index: 35.57 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 339.49 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.12 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 602.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 930.87 mb = 707.74 m = 2321.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 905.87 mb = 941.79 m = 3089.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.87 mb = 11155.94 m = 36600.40 ft B at Equ Level: 590.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 175.87 mb = 13040.49 m = 42783.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.7 at 42.3 knts Storm direction: 252.7 at 31.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.6 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 303.5 neg: -43.2 tot: 260.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 86.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.11 Bulk Rich Number: 7.30 Bulk Shear: 82.62 m/s