MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F051.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F051.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 51 hour NAM valid 15Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 31.55,-85.55 Latitude: 31.55 Longitude: -85.55 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1003 109 24.1 19.3 74 4.8 20.8 193 11 297.0 299.6 293.8 337.9 14.16 1 1000 137 23.2 18.9 77 4.3 20.2 193 10 296.3 298.8 293.4 336.3 13.87 2 950 582 19.2 17.0 87 2.3 17.7 210 29 296.7 299.1 292.8 334.0 12.92 3 900 1047 17.7 15.9 90 1.7 16.5 237 35 299.7 302.1 293.6 337.0 12.76 4 850 1533 14.2 11.1 81 3.2 12.3 249 37 301.1 302.9 291.7 329.9 9.78 5 800 2044 12.3 8.4 77 3.9 9.9 256 36 304.2 305.8 291.7 330.2 8.65 6 750 2583 9.2 8.0 93 1.1 8.5 262 35 306.5 308.2 292.7 333.8 9.03 7 700 3153 6.1 5.2 94 0.8 5.6 261 35 309.2 310.7 292.7 333.6 7.96 8 650 3757 2.4 1.5 93 1.0 1.9 255 36 311.7 313.0 292.3 332.1 6.57 9 600 4400 -1.5 -2.0 96 0.5 -1.8 248 35 314.4 315.4 292.2 331.7 5.49 10 550 5089 -5.2 -6.9 87 1.8 -6.0 243 33 318.0 318.8 292.1 331.4 4.14 11 500 5832 -9.1 -19.5 43 10.4 -12.5 241 37 321.9 322.2 291.0 327.5 1.63 12 450 6639 -14.0 -26.9 33 12.9 -17.3 244 39 325.6 325.8 291.4 329.0 0.94 13 400 7522 -20.0 -43.2 11 23.2 -23.3 242 43 329.0 329.0 291.7 329.8 0.21 14 350 8497 -27.3 -46.4 15 19.1 -29.4 238 46 331.9 331.9 292.4 332.6 0.17 15 300 9588 -36.0 -50.3 22 14.2 -37.1 239 47 334.6 334.6 293.1 335.1 0.13 16 250 10825 -44.8 -59.0 19 14.2 -45.4 240 53 339.4 339.4 294.2 339.6 0.05 17 200 12293 -51.7 -73.5 6 21.8 -52.1 246 61 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.0 0.01 18 150 14110 -62.0 -82.1 5 20.1 -62.1 259 47 363.3 363.3 299.4 363.3 0.00 19 100 16549 -72.5 -86.1 11 13.6 -72.6 248 26 387.6 387.6 303.5 387.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.92 m Freezing level: 618.99 mb = 4155.83 m = 13634.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.34 mb = 4080.68 m = 13387.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.44 % Est. max temperature: 28.11 C = 82.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.76 mb = 720.79 m = 2364.77 ft T: 18.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.67 C/km ThetaE index: 7.10 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 874.80 mb = 1288.39 m = 4226.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.52 C = 81.54 F Cap Strength: 1.60 C Lifted Index: -0.37 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.12 C Showalter Index: 2.15 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.60 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.39 C Cross Totals Index: 20.20 C K Index: 33.61 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 242.95 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.48 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 92.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 46.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.14 mb = 903.18 m = 2963.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 720.14 mb = 2918.32 m = 9574.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 440.14 mb = 6804.94 m = 22325.64 ft B at Equ Level: 92.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 270.14 mb = 10299.29 m = 33789.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.2 at 33.9 knts Storm direction: 277.2 at 25.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.1 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 297.5 neg: -1.4 tot: 296.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 98.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 7.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 1.29 Bulk Shear: 71.87 m/s