MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 32.96,-86.18 Latitude: 32.96 Longitude: -86.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 113 SFC 990 206 26.2 16.4 55 9.9 19.6 122 3 300.3 302.5 293.1 335.2 11.92 2 950 564 24.0 15.4 59 8.6 18.3 150 11 301.6 303.7 293.3 336.0 11.68 3 900 1034 19.6 14.4 72 5.1 16.2 172 9 301.7 303.8 293.3 335.8 11.56 4 850 1523 14.8 13.8 93 1.0 14.1 185 9 301.7 303.8 293.4 336.3 11.74 5 800 2033 11.3 7.1 75 4.2 8.8 247 7 303.2 304.7 290.9 326.9 7.94 6 750 2571 9.2 2.5 63 6.7 5.5 328 6 306.6 307.7 290.3 325.2 6.10 7 700 3141 7.9 -9.6 28 17.5 0.3 348 7 311.2 311.7 288.6 319.7 2.64 8 650 3749 5.5 -8.3 36 13.8 -0.7 348 8 315.2 315.8 290.4 325.3 3.15 9 600 4398 1.5 -10.6 40 12.0 -3.7 281 4 317.8 318.4 290.9 327.2 2.85 10 550 5094 -2.4 -22.2 20 19.9 -8.7 254 13 321.3 321.5 290.4 325.3 1.17 11 500 5842 -7.3 -41.2 5 33.8 -13.8 247 20 324.1 324.1 290.2 324.9 0.21 12 450 6653 -13.2 -32.5 18 19.2 -17.4 248 25 326.6 326.7 291.3 328.6 0.56 13 400 7537 -19.9 -23.1 75 3.3 -20.7 250 28 329.2 329.5 292.9 334.4 1.48 14 350 8513 -27.5 -31.2 71 3.7 -28.2 240 35 331.7 331.9 293.0 334.7 0.81 15 300 9604 -35.3 -50.6 20 15.3 -36.4 244 37 335.7 335.7 293.3 336.2 0.12 16 250 10850 -44.0 -62.0 12 18.0 -44.6 255 44 340.7 340.7 294.5 340.8 0.04 17 200 12315 -53.4 -72.0 9 18.7 -53.7 263 47 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.3 0.01 18 150 14117 -64.8 -78.1 14 13.3 -64.8 269 45 358.5 358.5 298.4 358.5 0.01 19 100 16538 -72.0 -86.7 9 14.8 -72.0 283 27 388.7 388.7 303.6 388.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.88 m Freezing level: 580.77 mb = 4665.54 m = 15306.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 685.17 mb = 3316.37 m = 10880.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.65 % Est. max temperature: 27.94 C = 82.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 856.83 mb = 1454.28 m = 4771.21 ft T: 15.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.64 C/km ThetaE index: 16.60 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 828.32 mb = 1740.41 m = 5709.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.28 C = 82.90 F Cap Strength: 2.23 C Lifted Index: 1.19 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.55 C Showalter Index: 1.01 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.31 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.18 C Cross Totals Index: 21.13 C K Index: 18.49 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 203.04 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.16 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 839.99 mb = 1622.59 m = 5323.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 804.99 mb = 1981.09 m = 6499.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 754.99 mb = 2515.65 m = 8253.34 ft B at Equ Level: 8.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 714.99 mb = 2965.72 m = 9729.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.2 at 9.6 knts Storm direction: 281.2 at 7.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -63.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 47.3 neg: -1.1 tot: 46.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.34 Bulk Shear: 25.62 m/s