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: 32.82,-87.34 Latitude: 32.82 Longitude: -87.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1001 95 21.7 21.4 98 0.3 21.5 215 9 294.7 297.7 294.6 341.3 16.25 1 1000 105 21.7 21.5 99 0.2 21.6 214 8 294.8 297.8 294.7 341.7 16.37 2 950 550 19.5 19.4 100 0.1 19.5 220 31 297.0 299.7 294.5 340.6 15.11 3 900 1015 16.9 16.8 99 0.1 16.8 235 41 299.0 301.4 293.9 338.3 13.49 4 850 1502 14.4 14.0 98 0.3 14.1 253 43 301.2 303.4 293.4 336.3 11.94 5 800 2012 11.6 11.2 98 0.3 11.4 261 43 303.5 305.4 293.0 334.8 10.54 6 750 2550 8.7 8.4 98 0.3 8.5 263 41 306.0 307.7 292.7 333.9 9.26 7 700 3119 5.5 5.2 98 0.3 5.4 260 40 308.6 310.1 292.5 332.9 7.97 8 650 3723 2.1 1.7 97 0.4 1.9 253 38 311.3 312.6 292.3 332.0 6.67 9 600 4365 -1.6 -1.9 98 0.3 -1.8 248 36 314.2 315.3 292.2 331.8 5.55 10 550 5055 -4.6 -5.3 95 0.7 -4.9 242 36 318.6 319.5 292.7 333.8 4.70 11 500 5800 -8.3 -9.4 92 1.1 -8.8 238 36 322.9 323.6 293.2 335.3 3.75 12 450 6611 -13.2 -14.8 88 1.6 -13.8 236 38 326.6 327.2 293.3 335.8 2.70 13 400 7498 -18.9 -21.1 83 2.2 -19.6 236 40 330.4 330.7 293.4 336.6 1.78 14 350 8479 -26.2 -28.9 78 2.7 -26.8 237 47 333.4 333.6 293.6 337.1 1.01 15 300 9573 -35.2 -38.3 73 3.1 -35.6 237 50 335.7 335.8 293.7 337.5 0.47 16 250 10814 -46.6 -50.0 68 3.4 -46.7 239 48 336.8 336.9 293.7 337.5 0.16 17 200 12260 -52.6 -71.8 8 19.2 -52.9 246 61 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.5 0.01 18 150 14077 -61.4 -80.6 6 19.2 -61.6 260 55 364.3 364.3 299.5 364.3 0.00 19 100 16530 -70.8 -86.0 9 15.2 -70.9 255 29 390.9 390.9 303.9 390.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.32 m Freezing level: 621.71 mb = 4086.19 m = 13405.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.34 mb = 4046.11 m = 13274.47 ft Precipitable water: 2.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.29 % Est. max temperature: 28.09 C = 82.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 997.47 mb = 127.03 m = 416.75 ft T: 21.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.16 C/km ThetaE index: 9.98 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 946.09 mb = 585.40 m = 1920.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.06 C = 75.32 F Cap Strength: 0.08 C Lifted Index: -1.73 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.30 C Showalter Index: 0.02 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.08 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.70 C Cross Totals Index: 22.38 C K Index: 36.47 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 290.72 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.34 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 665.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 949.30 mb = 556.32 m = 1825.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 934.30 mb = 693.26 m = 2274.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.30 mb = 11234.42 m = 36857.87 ft B at Equ Level: 659.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 164.30 mb = 13501.63 m = 44296.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.4 at 37.3 knts Storm direction: 278.4 at 28.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.3 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 350.5 neg: -9.1 tot: 341.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 113.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 8.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.46 Bulk Rich Number: 10.66 Bulk Shear: 62.44 m/s