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: 33.00,-87.11 Latitude: 33.00 Longitude: -87.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 98 SFC 997 128 20.9 20.6 98 0.3 20.7 198 5 294.3 297.1 294.0 338.6 15.50 2 950 541 19.2 19.2 100 0.1 19.2 203 24 296.7 299.4 294.3 339.7 14.88 3 900 1006 17.3 17.1 99 0.1 17.2 218 38 299.3 301.8 294.2 339.5 13.78 4 850 1494 14.9 14.8 99 0.1 14.8 233 43 301.8 304.1 294.0 338.8 12.53 5 800 2006 12.2 12.0 99 0.2 12.1 245 43 304.1 306.2 293.6 337.2 11.10 6 750 2546 9.2 9.1 99 0.1 9.1 252 42 306.6 308.4 293.3 335.8 9.70 7 700 3116 6.3 6.2 99 0.2 6.2 255 40 309.5 311.1 293.2 335.6 8.52 8 650 3722 2.8 2.5 98 0.3 2.7 257 39 312.1 313.5 292.8 334.1 7.07 9 600 4366 -0.9 -1.2 98 0.3 -1.1 252 37 315.1 316.2 292.7 333.5 5.85 10 550 5057 -4.0 -4.5 96 0.5 -4.3 243 37 319.3 320.3 293.2 335.4 4.98 11 500 5804 -8.1 -9.0 93 0.9 -8.5 234 39 323.2 323.9 293.3 336.0 3.87 12 450 6615 -13.0 -14.5 88 1.5 -13.6 231 44 326.9 327.5 293.4 336.3 2.76 13 400 7502 -19.6 -21.7 83 2.1 -20.2 231 47 329.5 329.9 293.2 335.4 1.69 14 350 8479 -26.8 -29.5 78 2.7 -27.3 231 50 332.6 332.8 293.3 336.1 0.95 15 300 9574 -34.8 -37.9 74 3.1 -35.3 234 49 336.3 336.4 293.9 338.1 0.49 16 250 10817 -46.2 -49.5 69 3.3 -46.3 240 50 337.4 337.5 293.9 338.1 0.17 17 200 12261 -53.1 -70.0 11 16.9 -53.5 245 62 348.6 348.6 296.3 348.7 0.02 18 150 14079 -61.1 -80.3 6 19.2 -61.2 260 53 364.9 364.9 299.7 364.9 0.00 19 100 16533 -70.7 -86.4 8 15.7 -70.8 254 30 391.1 391.1 303.9 391.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.52 m Freezing level: 612.30 mb = 4207.28 m = 13803.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.58 mb = 4172.54 m = 13689.27 ft Precipitable water: 2.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 98.01 % Est. max temperature: 28.49 C = 83.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 993.12 mb = 157.31 m = 516.11 ft T: 20.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.37 C/km ThetaE index: 6.14 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 939.06 mb = 640.94 m = 2102.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.82 C = 74.88 F Cap Strength: 0.09 C Lifted Index: -1.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.18 C Showalter Index: -0.78 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.87 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.01 C Cross Totals Index: 22.86 C K Index: 37.63 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 329.93 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.67 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 413.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 944.06 mb = 595.33 m = 1953.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 869.06 mb = 1304.84 m = 4280.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.06 mb = 11106.94 m = 36439.66 ft B at Equ Level: 405.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 179.06 mb = 12960.07 m = 42519.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.0 at 37.4 knts Storm direction: 272.0 at 28.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 419.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 419.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 139.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.9 stream: 9.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.03 Bulk Rich Number: 4.31 Bulk Shear: 95.81 m/s