MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 18Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 30.78,-85.19 Latitude: 30.78 Longitude: -85.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1009 34 25.5 22.0 81 3.5 23.0 185 11 297.8 300.9 295.8 346.3 16.71 1 1000 117 24.1 21.4 85 2.7 22.2 186 13 297.2 300.1 295.3 344.2 16.23 2 950 565 20.5 19.2 92 1.3 19.6 196 28 298.0 300.7 294.6 341.4 14.93 3 900 1032 18.1 15.6 85 2.5 16.4 219 33 300.1 302.4 293.5 336.6 12.47 4 850 1520 15.7 12.7 83 3.0 13.8 252 26 302.6 304.6 293.1 335.1 10.96 5 800 2033 12.8 9.8 82 3.0 11.0 254 27 304.8 306.6 292.7 333.5 9.58 6 750 2573 10.1 6.7 79 3.5 8.0 258 25 307.6 309.1 292.4 332.5 8.21 7 700 3144 7.2 3.0 74 4.2 4.8 271 26 310.5 311.8 292.1 331.4 6.79 8 650 3751 4.1 -1.7 66 5.8 1.1 283 35 313.6 314.6 291.7 330.1 5.21 9 600 4397 -0.1 -8.7 52 8.6 -3.8 295 41 316.0 316.7 290.7 326.7 3.30 10 550 5088 -4.9 -9.8 69 4.9 -7.0 282 43 318.3 318.9 291.5 329.1 3.31 11 500 5831 -9.3 -10.8 89 1.5 -9.9 260 39 321.7 322.4 292.5 332.9 3.37 12 450 6639 -13.7 -21.5 51 7.9 -16.0 240 38 326.1 326.4 292.1 331.4 1.52 13 400 7524 -19.5 -42.4 11 22.9 -22.9 231 40 329.6 329.7 291.9 330.5 0.23 14 350 8500 -27.1 -47.3 13 20.2 -29.3 227 45 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.8 0.15 15 300 9590 -35.7 -52.2 17 16.4 -36.9 228 51 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.4 0.10 16 250 10835 -43.4 -59.5 15 16.1 -44.1 239 57 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.7 0.05 17 200 12308 -51.9 -72.1 7 20.2 -52.3 242 60 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.6 0.01 18 150 14112 -64.2 -78.6 12 14.5 -64.3 255 45 359.6 359.6 298.6 359.6 0.01 19 100 16533 -74.0 -85.7 15 11.8 -74.0 249 30 384.8 384.8 303.0 384.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.22 m Freezing level: 601.03 mb = 4384.09 m = 14383.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.63 mb = 3893.81 m = 12774.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.58 % Est. max temperature: 29.79 C = 85.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.69 mb = 476.57 m = 1563.53 ft T: 21.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.14 C/km ThetaE index: 19.60 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 911.52 mb = 921.80 m = 3024.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.28 C = 81.10 F Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lifted Index: -3.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.95 C Showalter Index: -0.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.02 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.99 C Cross Totals Index: 22.03 C K Index: 33.50 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 244.16 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.49 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 704.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 931.79 mb = 732.21 m = 2402.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 836.79 mb = 1652.51 m = 5421.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 256.79 mb = 10652.22 m = 34947.79 ft B at Equ Level: 701.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 156.79 mb = 13834.15 m = 45387.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.8 at 32.1 knts Storm direction: 293.8 at 24.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 311.5 neg: -5.2 tot: 306.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 102.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.34 Bulk Rich Number: 5.27 Bulk Shear: 133.58 m/s