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: 33.23,-86.87 Latitude: 33.23 Longitude: -86.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 99 SFC 992 172 19.9 19.6 98 0.3 19.8 185 5 293.8 296.4 293.2 335.6 14.67 2 950 542 18.6 18.5 100 0.1 18.6 195 22 296.1 298.6 293.6 337.2 14.28 3 900 1006 17.3 17.2 99 0.1 17.2 218 36 299.3 301.9 294.3 339.7 13.82 4 850 1494 14.9 14.7 99 0.1 14.8 238 39 301.7 304.0 294.0 338.6 12.49 5 800 2006 12.3 12.1 99 0.1 12.2 249 42 304.2 306.3 293.7 337.6 11.19 6 750 2546 9.2 8.9 99 0.2 9.0 255 44 306.5 308.3 293.2 335.5 9.62 7 700 3115 5.8 5.5 98 0.2 5.6 254 43 308.9 310.4 292.7 333.8 8.14 8 650 3718 1.8 1.3 97 0.5 1.5 248 42 310.9 312.2 292.0 331.0 6.47 9 600 4360 -1.5 -1.8 97 0.4 -1.7 240 41 314.4 315.5 292.3 332.0 5.58 10 550 5050 -4.8 -5.4 95 0.6 -5.1 235 43 318.4 319.3 292.6 333.5 4.66 11 500 5794 -8.6 -9.8 91 1.1 -9.1 230 46 322.5 323.2 292.9 334.6 3.65 12 450 6605 -13.3 -15.0 87 1.7 -13.9 226 50 326.5 327.0 293.2 335.5 2.65 13 400 7491 -19.1 -21.2 83 2.1 -19.7 225 51 330.2 330.5 293.4 336.3 1.75 14 350 8471 -25.8 -28.4 79 2.6 -26.3 228 52 333.9 334.2 293.7 337.8 1.05 15 300 9568 -34.8 -37.8 74 3.0 -35.2 236 54 336.3 336.4 293.9 338.2 0.49 16 250 10810 -46.5 -49.8 69 3.3 -46.7 242 56 337.0 337.0 293.7 337.6 0.16 17 200 12253 -53.1 -69.1 13 16.0 -53.4 247 64 348.6 348.6 296.3 348.7 0.02 18 150 14073 -61.0 -80.1 6 19.1 -61.2 260 51 365.1 365.1 299.7 365.1 0.00 19 100 16528 -70.5 -86.2 8 15.7 -70.6 255 30 391.4 391.5 304.0 391.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.04 m Freezing level: 622.92 mb = 4065.64 m = 13338.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.54 mb = 4012.85 m = 13165.37 ft Precipitable water: 2.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.47 % Est. max temperature: 28.26 C = 82.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 988.02 mb = 203.45 m = 667.47 ft T: 19.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.37 C/km ThetaE index: 8.69 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 932.81 mb = 698.60 m = 2291.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.31 C = 73.95 F Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lifted Index: -0.90 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.16 C Showalter Index: -1.25 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.83 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.49 C Cross Totals Index: 23.34 C K Index: 37.98 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 301.48 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.91 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 239.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 938.92 mb = 642.52 m = 2107.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 793.92 mb = 2069.92 m = 6790.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 383.92 mb = 7792.37 m = 25565.22 ft B at Equ Level: 239.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 203.92 mb = 12127.62 m = 39788.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.9 at 39.8 knts Storm direction: 268.9 at 29.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.3 neg: 0.3 tot: 7.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 125.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 408.2 neg: -6.0 tot: 402.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 134.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.9 stream: 9.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.59 Bulk Rich Number: 1.97 Bulk Shear: 121.74 m/s