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: 34.65,-87.37 Latitude: 34.65 Longitude: -87.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 989 186 17.2 16.6 96 0.6 16.8 241 5 291.2 293.4 290.3 325.3 12.06 2 950 533 15.7 14.0 89 1.8 14.6 251 22 293.1 295.0 289.8 323.4 10.60 3 900 993 14.8 12.6 86 2.2 13.4 274 30 296.8 298.6 290.7 326.3 10.21 4 850 1475 11.6 11.2 97 0.4 11.3 282 32 298.3 300.1 290.9 327.0 9.85 5 800 1981 9.6 7.1 84 2.5 8.2 269 33 301.4 302.9 290.3 325.0 7.95 6 750 2515 7.3 0.8 63 6.5 3.9 265 36 304.5 305.5 289.0 321.0 5.43 7 700 3079 4.3 -6.0 47 10.3 -0.3 253 41 307.2 307.9 288.1 318.2 3.50 8 650 3679 1.4 -10.7 40 12.1 -3.5 239 48 310.6 311.1 288.4 318.9 2.60 9 600 4318 -1.2 -27.0 12 25.8 -8.3 244 49 314.7 314.8 287.8 317.1 0.70 10 550 5007 -4.8 -47.3 2 42.6 -11.9 253 50 318.4 318.5 288.3 318.8 0.10 11 500 5748 -9.9 -50.8 2 41.0 -15.7 258 53 321.0 321.0 289.2 321.3 0.07 12 450 6551 -16.0 -33.6 20 17.6 -19.4 242 60 323.2 323.3 290.3 325.0 0.50 13 400 7429 -20.8 -24.4 72 3.7 -21.7 229 58 328.0 328.3 292.4 332.7 1.32 14 350 8404 -26.9 -29.6 78 2.7 -27.5 218 56 332.4 332.6 293.3 335.9 0.94 15 300 9496 -35.9 -39.0 73 3.1 -36.2 215 60 334.8 334.9 293.4 336.5 0.44 16 250 10735 -46.8 -50.2 68 3.4 -46.9 214 70 336.5 336.6 293.6 337.2 0.16 17 200 12192 -51.9 -73.4 6 21.4 -52.3 248 71 350.5 350.5 296.7 350.6 0.01 18 150 14020 -60.7 -81.8 5 21.1 -60.9 259 57 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.6 0.00 19 100 16485 -68.8 -86.9 6 18.1 -68.9 260 35 394.8 394.8 304.5 394.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5652.25 m Freezing level: 623.19 mb = 4021.67 m = 13194.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 703.88 mb = 3033.92 m = 9953.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.78 % Est. max temperature: 24.87 C = 76.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 980.48 mb = 264.24 m = 866.92 ft T: 16.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.30 C/km ThetaE index: 8.82 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 868.36 mb = 1294.68 m = 4247.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.66 C = 74.58 F Cap Strength: 4.19 C Lifted Index: 3.96 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.93 C Showalter Index: 2.84 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.44 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.43 C Cross Totals Index: 21.01 C K Index: 22.33 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 251.44 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.04 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7107.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.23 mb = 850.37 m = 2789.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.5 at 40.6 knts Storm direction: 285.5 at 30.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 3.4 tot: 8.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 111.1 neg: -11.2 tot: 99.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.0 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.28 Bulk Shear: 79.35 m/s