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: 33.84,-86.89 Latitude: 33.84 Longitude: -86.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 96 SFC 992 161 20.3 19.9 97 0.5 20.0 196 11 294.1 296.8 293.4 336.5 14.86 2 950 538 18.6 18.5 100 0.1 18.6 207 33 296.1 298.7 293.6 337.2 14.29 3 900 1002 15.9 15.8 99 0.1 15.8 227 48 297.9 300.2 292.9 334.5 12.61 4 850 1486 13.4 12.2 92 1.2 12.6 242 53 300.1 302.1 292.0 331.1 10.54 5 800 1996 11.3 9.0 86 2.3 9.9 246 51 303.2 304.9 291.7 330.2 9.05 6 750 2533 8.5 5.7 83 2.8 6.9 250 49 305.8 307.2 291.5 329.0 7.68 7 700 3100 4.8 2.3 83 2.6 3.4 250 45 307.9 309.1 291.0 327.6 6.46 8 650 3701 1.0 -0.2 92 1.2 0.4 252 42 310.0 311.1 291.2 328.1 5.81 9 600 4341 -2.2 -2.7 96 0.6 -2.4 253 40 313.6 314.6 291.7 330.1 5.22 10 550 5031 -4.8 -5.5 95 0.7 -5.1 252 38 318.4 319.3 292.6 333.3 4.62 11 500 5775 -8.7 -10.0 91 1.2 -9.2 248 37 322.4 323.1 292.9 334.2 3.59 12 450 6585 -13.6 -15.3 87 1.7 -14.2 246 37 326.1 326.6 293.0 334.9 2.58 13 400 7471 -19.1 -21.1 84 2.0 -19.7 238 39 330.2 330.6 293.4 336.4 1.77 14 350 8450 -26.3 -29.0 78 2.7 -26.8 232 45 333.3 333.5 293.6 337.0 1.00 15 300 9545 -35.2 -38.2 74 3.0 -35.6 229 51 335.7 335.8 293.7 337.5 0.47 16 250 10786 -46.5 -49.9 68 3.4 -46.6 226 52 337.0 337.0 293.7 337.7 0.16 17 200 12229 -51.8 -73.7 6 21.9 -52.2 246 64 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.8 0.01 18 150 14052 -61.0 -81.2 5 20.2 -61.2 261 53 365.0 365.0 299.7 365.0 0.00 19 100 16512 -70.1 -87.3 6 17.1 -70.2 256 31 392.2 392.2 304.1 392.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5678.96 m Freezing level: 634.58 mb = 3898.10 m = 12788.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.40 mb = 3782.22 m = 12408.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.68 % Est. max temperature: 26.80 C = 80.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 985.89 mb = 218.86 m = 718.05 ft T: 20.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.08 C/km ThetaE index: 9.60 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 934.77 mb = 676.91 m = 2220.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.83 C = 73.10 F Cap Strength: 0.16 C Lifted Index: -0.33 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.62 C Showalter Index: 1.96 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.03 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.11 C Cross Totals Index: 20.92 C K Index: 31.73 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 325.55 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.53 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 228.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 939.52 mb = 633.44 m = 2078.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 924.52 mb = 771.33 m = 2530.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 444.52 mb = 6676.92 m = 21905.65 ft B at Equ Level: 228.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 224.52 mb = 11481.10 m = 37667.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.9 at 42.0 knts Storm direction: 274.9 at 31.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 525.4 neg: -9.9 tot: 515.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 171.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.7 stream: 9.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.74 Bulk Rich Number: 2.30 Bulk Shear: 99.26 m/s