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: 33.23,-86.84 Latitude: 33.23 Longitude: -86.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 123 SFC 994 173 22.8 19.5 81 3.3 20.5 251 9 296.5 299.1 293.9 338.2 14.47 2 950 566 18.3 17.5 95 0.7 17.8 256 15 295.7 298.1 292.8 334.1 13.36 3 900 1028 15.1 13.8 92 1.3 14.3 281 27 297.1 299.1 291.5 329.2 11.11 4 850 1511 12.5 11.2 92 1.3 11.7 287 31 299.2 301.0 291.2 328.1 9.88 5 800 2018 10.2 7.5 83 2.7 8.6 274 25 302.0 303.5 290.6 326.3 8.14 6 750 2553 7.4 4.2 80 3.2 5.6 265 32 304.6 305.9 290.4 325.4 6.91 7 700 3118 4.6 -2.1 62 6.7 1.3 261 39 307.6 308.4 289.3 322.0 4.67 8 650 3719 3.2 -30.0 7 33.2 -5.7 265 44 312.6 312.7 286.8 314.3 0.49 9 600 4364 0.2 -41.2 3 41.5 -8.4 271 44 316.4 316.4 287.8 317.0 0.17 10 550 5055 -4.4 -41.3 4 36.8 -11.6 288 50 318.8 318.9 288.6 319.5 0.19 11 500 5796 -10.0 -48.2 3 38.2 -15.7 279 52 320.8 320.9 289.1 321.2 0.10 12 450 6598 -16.3 -43.6 7 27.4 -20.3 281 51 322.8 322.8 289.8 323.5 0.18 13 400 7472 -21.9 -48.1 7 26.3 -24.9 260 49 326.5 326.6 290.9 327.0 0.12 14 350 8444 -27.5 -32.0 65 4.6 -28.3 232 55 331.7 331.8 292.9 334.4 0.74 15 300 9534 -35.9 -39.9 66 4.0 -36.4 216 55 334.8 334.8 293.4 336.3 0.39 16 250 10773 -46.1 -52.1 51 6.0 -46.4 222 60 337.5 337.5 293.8 338.0 0.12 17 200 12235 -52.0 -72.1 7 20.0 -52.4 255 61 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.4 0.01 18 150 14060 -61.3 -80.9 6 19.6 -61.4 263 47 364.5 364.5 299.5 364.5 0.00 19 100 16519 -69.9 -87.3 6 17.4 -69.9 251 28 392.7 392.7 304.2 392.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5673.20 m Freezing level: 597.56 mb = 4397.59 m = 14427.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 690.96 mb = 3223.60 m = 10575.97 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.46 % Est. max temperature: 25.87 C = 78.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.75 mb = 595.52 m = 1953.78 ft T: 18.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.45 C/km ThetaE index: 23.89 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 921.48 mb = 826.39 m = 2711.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.83 C = 73.10 F Cap Strength: 1.32 C Lifted Index: -0.42 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.95 C Showalter Index: 2.16 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.68 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.47 C Cross Totals Index: 21.21 C K Index: 26.95 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 247.89 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.26 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 139.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 924.00 mb = 803.10 m = 2634.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 919.00 mb = 849.41 m = 2786.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 669.00 mb = 3485.57 m = 11435.46 ft B at Equ Level: 71.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 309.00 mb = 9325.13 m = 30593.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.3 at 37.2 knts Storm direction: 304.3 at 27.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 2.9 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 136.8 neg: -18.1 tot: 118.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 1.65 Bulk Shear: 84.52 m/s