MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 6Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 33.68,-89.86 Latitude: 33.68 Longitude: -89.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 76 SFC 999 84 23.2 20.0 82 3.2 21.0 198 11 296.4 299.1 294.1 339.4 14.90 2 950 522 19.9 19.1 95 0.8 19.4 200 30 297.4 300.0 294.4 340.1 14.78 3 900 988 18.2 16.8 92 1.4 17.2 210 46 300.2 302.7 294.2 339.6 13.46 4 850 1476 15.6 12.8 83 2.8 13.8 216 46 302.5 304.5 293.0 335.0 10.97 5 800 1989 12.8 9.3 79 3.5 10.6 217 44 304.8 306.5 292.4 332.5 9.24 6 750 2529 9.9 6.9 82 3.0 8.0 219 41 307.3 308.8 292.4 332.6 8.33 7 700 3100 6.3 4.5 88 1.8 5.3 226 43 309.5 310.9 292.4 332.8 7.59 8 650 3704 2.7 0.9 88 1.8 1.7 230 42 312.0 313.2 292.2 331.6 6.30 9 600 4347 -1.2 -3.6 84 2.4 -2.4 239 43 314.7 315.7 291.8 330.3 4.90 10 550 5036 -5.4 -9.2 75 3.7 -7.0 244 45 317.6 318.3 291.4 328.9 3.48 11 500 5778 -9.9 -12.1 84 2.2 -10.8 238 44 321.0 321.6 292.0 331.0 3.02 12 450 6582 -14.4 -25.0 40 10.6 -17.1 234 46 325.2 325.4 291.5 329.1 1.12 13 400 7465 -20.5 -49.5 6 29.0 -23.9 234 46 328.3 328.4 291.3 328.7 0.10 14 350 8438 -27.4 -60.7 3 33.3 -29.8 239 44 331.7 331.8 292.2 331.9 0.03 15 300 9529 -35.4 -58.8 7 23.4 -36.7 248 47 335.5 335.5 293.2 335.7 0.05 16 250 10771 -44.8 -64.2 10 19.3 -45.4 250 55 339.4 339.4 294.2 339.5 0.03 17 200 12238 -51.0 -73.9 5 22.9 -51.4 251 61 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.1 0.01 18 150 14064 -61.8 -81.3 6 19.4 -62.0 253 63 363.6 363.6 299.4 363.6 0.00 19 100 16515 -69.6 -86.6 7 16.9 -69.7 261 35 393.2 393.2 304.2 393.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.59 m Freezing level: 615.50 mb = 4148.07 m = 13608.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.04 mb = 3967.65 m = 13017.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.34 % Est. max temperature: 29.29 C = 84.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.90 mb = 486.26 m = 1595.34 ft T: 20.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.06 C/km ThetaE index: 7.65 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 891.41 mb = 1069.83 m = 3509.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.37 C = 81.27 F Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lifted Index: -3.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.30 C Showalter Index: -0.94 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.14 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.48 C Cross Totals Index: 22.66 C K Index: 36.47 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 362.04 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.85 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 644.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 927.31 mb = 730.20 m = 2395.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 802.31 mb = 1964.60 m = 6445.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 252.31 mb = 10708.28 m = 35131.73 ft B at Equ Level: 639.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 172.31 mb = 13183.81 m = 43253.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.4 at 41.7 knts Storm direction: 256.4 at 31.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 327.0 neg: -12.4 tot: 314.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 104.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.20 Bulk Rich Number: 8.30 Bulk Shear: 77.66 m/s