MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F069.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F069.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 69 hour NAM valid 9Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 31.53,-85.61 Latitude: 31.53 Longitude: -85.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1008 106 14.0 3.9 51 10.1 8.8 17 6 286.5 287.4 281.6 300.7 5.02 1 1000 170 14.5 3.7 48 10.8 9.0 20 11 287.7 288.5 282.1 301.9 4.99 2 950 601 12.8 -4.5 30 17.3 5.2 41 24 290.1 290.6 280.7 298.6 2.87 3 900 1055 13.5 -15.9 11 29.5 2.9 44 6 295.4 295.7 281.0 299.3 1.23 4 850 1535 13.2 -28.3 4 41.4 1.2 349 6 299.9 300.0 281.9 301.4 0.44 5 800 2043 13.6 -35.1 2 48.7 0.7 300 9 305.6 305.7 284.0 306.5 0.24 6 750 2583 12.1 -35.0 2 47.0 -0.4 294 14 309.7 309.7 285.5 310.6 0.26 7 700 3156 9.4 -22.1 9 31.6 -1.3 293 17 312.9 313.1 287.5 316.1 0.93 8 650 3766 6.0 -23.1 10 29.1 -3.5 279 21 315.8 316.0 288.4 318.9 0.92 9 600 4415 1.8 -25.2 11 27.0 -6.4 281 20 318.2 318.4 289.0 321.1 0.82 10 550 5108 -3.8 -30.0 11 26.2 -10.5 290 21 319.6 319.7 289.2 321.6 0.57 11 500 5851 -9.5 -35.5 10 26.0 -14.9 293 24 321.4 321.5 289.6 322.8 0.37 12 450 6655 -15.7 -42.5 8 26.8 -19.8 297 27 323.6 323.6 290.0 324.3 0.20 13 400 7532 -22.3 -49.7 6 27.4 -25.3 302 24 326.0 326.0 290.7 326.4 0.10 14 350 8495 -30.3 -52.7 9 22.3 -32.1 308 26 327.8 327.8 291.2 328.2 0.08 15 300 9573 -38.2 -60.5 8 22.3 -39.2 291 28 331.6 331.6 292.2 331.7 0.04 16 250 10804 -46.1 -67.8 7 21.7 -46.6 296 29 337.6 337.6 293.7 337.7 0.02 17 200 12263 -53.1 -75.0 5 21.9 -53.4 283 34 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.7 0.01 18 150 14069 -63.3 -79.2 10 15.9 -63.4 270 37 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.1 0.01 19 100 16513 -70.8 -85.8 9 15.1 -70.8 266 30 391.0 391.0 303.9 391.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5681.69 m Freezing level: 583.90 mb = 4638.24 m = 15217.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 769.16 mb = 2371.74 m = 7781.19 ft Precipitable water: 0.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 11.66 % Est. max temperature: 26.72 C = 80.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 865.33 mb = 1384.81 m = 4543.30 ft T: 13.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.04 C/km ThetaE index: 3.28 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 480.76 mb = 6150.65 m = 20179.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 49.79 C = 121.62 F Cap Strength: 20.01 C Lifted Index: 19.63 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 22.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 19.04 C Showalter Index: 17.63 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 3.93 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.68 C Cross Totals Index: -18.75 C K Index: -37.15 Risk: None Sweat Index: 36.13 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.59 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15872.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 20.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 745.86 mb = 2628.79 m = 8624.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 301.0 at 16.6 knts Storm direction: 331.0 at 12.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 5.7 tot: 8.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 85.4 neg: -28.6 tot: 56.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.37 Bulk Shear: 74.88 m/s