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: 34.81,-86.48 Latitude: 34.81 Longitude: -86.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 111 SFC 982 266 17.7 16.3 92 1.3 16.8 245 9 292.3 294.5 290.6 326.3 11.97 2 950 548 15.2 15.1 99 0.1 15.1 250 19 292.6 294.7 290.3 325.1 11.43 3 900 1006 13.1 12.9 99 0.2 13.0 272 35 295.0 296.9 290.3 325.0 10.46 4 850 1485 10.9 10.6 98 0.3 10.7 280 31 297.6 299.3 290.3 325.2 9.49 5 800 1989 7.7 7.0 96 0.7 7.3 250 35 299.4 300.8 289.6 322.6 7.90 6 750 2518 4.6 1.8 82 2.7 3.1 247 38 301.5 302.6 288.4 319.0 5.84 7 700 3079 2.7 -4.9 57 7.5 -0.7 246 44 305.5 306.2 287.8 317.2 3.81 8 650 3675 0.9 -24.3 13 25.2 -6.4 251 51 310.0 310.1 286.3 312.8 0.82 9 600 4315 -1.5 -45.2 2 43.6 -9.5 254 51 314.3 314.4 287.0 314.8 0.11 10 550 5005 -4.0 -45.1 2 41.1 -11.4 271 57 319.4 319.4 288.7 319.8 0.12 11 500 5747 -10.5 -41.7 6 31.3 -15.8 267 63 320.3 320.3 289.0 321.0 0.20 12 450 6547 -16.5 -45.3 6 28.8 -20.5 264 66 322.5 322.5 289.7 323.1 0.15 13 400 7421 -22.6 -50.0 6 27.4 -25.5 246 64 325.6 325.6 290.6 326.0 0.10 14 350 8388 -28.5 -39.7 33 11.2 -30.0 231 73 330.3 330.4 292.2 331.6 0.35 15 300 9478 -36.1 -40.1 67 3.9 -36.5 217 75 334.5 334.5 293.3 336.0 0.39 16 250 10715 -45.8 -55.6 32 9.8 -46.3 223 78 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.3 0.08 17 200 12178 -51.7 -72.4 7 20.8 -52.1 247 71 350.9 350.9 296.8 351.0 0.01 18 150 14014 -60.5 -80.8 5 20.3 -60.7 252 50 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.8 0.00 19 100 16495 -67.0 -86.3 5 19.3 -67.1 261 31 398.2 398.2 305.0 398.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5635.50 m Freezing level: 631.40 mb = 3913.42 m = 12839.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 709.59 mb = 2968.14 m = 9737.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.98 % Est. max temperature: 23.51 C = 74.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.89 mb = 433.58 m = 1422.49 ft T: 16.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.93 C/km ThetaE index: 12.41 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 926.17 mb = 763.18 m = 2503.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.06 C = 66.31 F Cap Strength: 4.73 C Lifted Index: 3.11 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.16 C Showalter Index: 3.17 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.43 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.36 C Cross Totals Index: 21.07 C K Index: 24.42 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 252.56 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.76 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 42.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 926.80 mb = 757.43 m = 2484.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 831.80 mb = 1665.17 m = 5463.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 701.80 mb = 3057.82 m = 10032.09 ft B at Equ Level: 41.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 621.80 mb = 4029.94 m = 13221.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.8 at 44.8 knts Storm direction: 289.8 at 33.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 3.4 tot: 8.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 187.0 neg: -9.4 tot: 177.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 59.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.9 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.42 Bulk Shear: 100.64 m/s