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: 33.25,-86.87 Latitude: 33.25 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 123 SFC 994 174 22.9 19.4 81 3.4 20.5 252 9 296.5 299.1 293.9 338.1 14.42 2 950 566 18.3 17.5 95 0.8 17.8 257 15 295.8 298.2 292.8 334.1 13.34 3 900 1028 15.0 13.9 93 1.1 14.3 281 27 297.0 299.0 291.5 329.4 11.18 4 850 1510 12.3 11.2 93 1.1 11.7 287 31 299.1 300.9 291.2 328.0 9.90 5 800 2018 10.2 7.5 83 2.7 8.6 273 26 302.0 303.5 290.6 326.2 8.15 6 750 2552 7.4 4.2 80 3.2 5.6 265 33 304.6 305.9 290.4 325.4 6.89 7 700 3118 4.6 -2.6 59 7.2 1.1 261 39 307.5 308.4 289.2 321.5 4.50 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 4363 0.2 -42.4 2 42.6 -8.4 271 44 316.3 316.4 287.7 316.9 0.15 10 550 5054 -4.4 -42.0 3 37.6 -11.6 289 50 318.9 318.9 288.6 319.5 0.17 11 500 5795 -10.1 -46.4 3 36.3 -15.7 278 52 320.8 320.8 289.1 321.2 0.12 12 450 6597 -16.3 -43.8 7 27.5 -20.3 281 51 322.8 322.8 289.8 323.4 0.17 13 400 7472 -21.9 -50.6 6 28.7 -25.0 260 49 326.5 326.5 290.8 326.9 0.09 14 350 8443 -27.5 -32.5 63 5.0 -28.4 232 55 331.6 331.8 292.9 334.2 0.71 15 300 9533 -35.9 -39.9 67 4.0 -36.4 216 55 334.7 334.8 293.4 336.2 0.39 16 250 10772 -46.1 -52.0 51 5.9 -46.4 222 60 337.6 337.6 293.9 338.1 0.13 17 200 12235 -52.0 -72.4 7 20.3 -52.4 255 61 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.4 0.01 18 150 14059 -61.3 -80.7 6 19.4 -61.4 263 47 364.5 364.5 299.6 364.6 0.00 19 100 16519 -69.8 -87.5 6 17.7 -69.9 252 27 392.8 392.8 304.2 392.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5672.84 m Freezing level: 597.99 mb = 4391.09 m = 14406.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 692.06 mb = 3210.26 m = 10532.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.33 % Est. max temperature: 25.75 C = 78.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 945.41 mb = 607.63 m = 1993.53 ft T: 18.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.47 C/km ThetaE index: 23.81 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 921.68 mb = 824.56 m = 2705.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.81 C = 73.05 F Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lifted Index: -0.48 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.96 C Showalter Index: 2.10 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.71 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.40 C Cross Totals Index: 21.30 C K Index: 26.44 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 249.29 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.25 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 145.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 923.80 mb = 804.94 m = 2640.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 918.80 mb = 851.26 m = 2792.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 668.80 mb = 3487.61 m = 11442.15 ft B at Equ Level: 75.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 298.80 mb = 9560.67 m = 31366.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.2 at 37.4 knts Storm direction: 304.2 at 28.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 2.9 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 136.9 neg: -18.5 tot: 118.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.5 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: 1.71 Bulk Shear: 85.07 m/s