MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 12Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 32.02,-87.21 Latitude: 32.02 Longitude: -87.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1007 60 22.5 21.2 92 1.3 21.6 194 9 295.1 297.9 294.5 340.7 15.90 1 1000 116 22.2 21.0 93 1.2 21.3 195 11 295.4 298.2 294.5 340.8 15.82 2 950 561 19.7 19.5 99 0.2 19.6 209 32 297.2 300.0 294.6 341.2 15.19 3 900 1027 17.3 16.6 96 0.7 16.8 232 39 299.3 301.7 293.9 338.2 13.32 4 850 1513 14.3 13.4 94 0.9 13.7 243 38 301.1 303.2 293.0 334.7 11.42 5 800 2024 11.9 9.9 88 1.9 10.6 240 39 303.8 305.6 292.4 332.5 9.62 6 750 2562 9.1 6.8 86 2.2 7.8 244 38 306.4 308.0 292.2 331.5 8.31 7 700 3132 6.1 4.8 91 1.3 5.4 243 40 309.3 310.7 292.5 332.9 7.73 8 650 3736 2.6 1.1 90 1.5 1.8 241 41 311.9 313.1 292.2 331.7 6.39 9 600 4379 -1.2 -2.9 88 1.8 -2.0 236 40 314.8 315.8 292.0 331.1 5.14 10 550 5071 -4.4 -5.1 95 0.7 -4.8 234 39 318.8 319.7 292.9 334.2 4.76 11 500 5815 -8.9 -11.1 84 2.2 -9.8 239 43 322.2 322.8 292.5 333.0 3.26 12 450 6624 -13.5 -24.5 39 11.0 -16.5 245 47 326.3 326.5 291.8 330.4 1.17 13 400 7509 -19.5 -36.8 20 17.3 -22.5 248 47 329.7 329.8 292.0 331.2 0.41 14 350 8484 -27.9 -37.2 41 9.3 -29.2 245 47 331.1 331.2 292.5 332.8 0.45 15 300 9576 -35.4 -38.7 72 3.3 -35.8 258 37 335.4 335.5 293.6 337.1 0.45 16 250 10816 -46.6 -49.9 69 3.3 -46.8 245 30 336.7 336.8 293.7 337.4 0.16 17 200 12270 -52.7 -71.0 9 18.3 -53.0 249 60 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.4 0.01 18 150 14085 -62.1 -82.3 5 20.2 -62.2 260 54 363.2 363.2 299.3 363.2 0.00 19 100 16529 -71.3 -86.4 9 15.0 -71.4 252 25 389.9 389.9 303.8 389.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.37 m Freezing level: 615.63 mb = 4178.36 m = 13708.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.66 mb = 4029.99 m = 13221.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.12 % Est. max temperature: 28.27 C = 82.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 987.42 mb = 225.84 m = 740.92 ft T: 21.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.61 C/km ThetaE index: 9.63 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 937.30 mb = 677.01 m = 2221.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.15 C = 77.27 F Cap Strength: 0.29 C Lifted Index: -2.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.69 C Showalter Index: 0.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.48 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.19 C Cross Totals Index: 22.29 C K Index: 35.24 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 279.62 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.42 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 761.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 947.21 mb = 586.56 m = 1924.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 912.21 mb = 910.62 m = 2987.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 232.21 mb = 11297.26 m = 37064.05 ft B at Equ Level: 752.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 152.21 mb = 13993.00 m = 45908.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.9 at 37.9 knts Storm direction: 266.9 at 28.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.5 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 303.5 neg: -4.4 tot: 299.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 99.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 7.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.39 Bulk Rich Number: 10.37 Bulk Shear: 73.45 m/s