MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F051.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F051.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 51 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 31.98,-84.88 Latitude: 31.98 Longitude: -84.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 99 SFC 998 120 24.9 21.7 82 3.2 22.6 206 9 298.2 301.2 295.8 346.4 16.56 2 950 547 20.9 19.9 94 1.0 20.2 211 19 298.4 301.2 295.2 343.8 15.61 3 900 1014 17.7 17.5 99 0.1 17.6 224 30 299.7 302.3 294.6 341.1 14.15 4 850 1502 15.2 15.0 99 0.2 15.1 246 35 302.1 304.4 294.2 339.6 12.70 5 800 2014 12.6 12.4 99 0.2 12.4 263 36 304.6 306.7 294.0 338.5 11.36 6 750 2555 9.9 9.5 97 0.5 9.6 273 34 307.4 309.2 293.7 337.5 9.97 7 700 3126 6.8 6.2 96 0.7 6.4 275 31 310.0 311.6 293.3 336.1 8.51 8 650 3733 3.7 2.2 90 1.5 2.8 267 35 313.1 314.4 293.0 334.7 6.91 9 600 4379 0.3 -3.6 75 3.9 -1.6 277 36 316.4 317.4 292.3 332.1 4.89 10 550 5072 -4.3 -25.4 18 21.1 -10.3 288 43 319.0 319.2 289.4 322.1 0.88 11 500 5814 -9.3 -43.3 4 34.0 -15.2 285 46 321.7 321.7 289.5 322.3 0.17 12 450 6618 -15.2 -43.1 7 28.0 -19.5 273 41 324.1 324.2 290.2 324.9 0.19 13 400 7495 -22.2 -48.2 8 25.9 -25.2 263 43 326.1 326.1 290.7 326.6 0.12 14 350 8462 -28.6 -35.3 53 6.7 -29.6 245 53 330.2 330.3 292.3 332.2 0.54 15 300 9550 -36.6 -39.8 72 3.2 -36.9 236 55 333.8 333.9 293.2 335.4 0.40 16 250 10789 -44.4 -60.7 15 16.3 -45.0 237 50 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.2 0.04 17 200 12255 -53.0 -69.7 11 16.7 -53.3 241 59 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.9 0.02 18 150 14067 -62.6 -81.0 7 18.4 -62.7 250 57 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.2 0.00 19 100 16514 -70.3 -85.6 9 15.3 -70.4 252 39 391.9 391.9 304.0 391.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.87 m Freezing level: 596.89 mb = 4422.41 m = 14509.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.20 mb = 4137.94 m = 13575.75 ft Precipitable water: 1.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.25 % Est. max temperature: 28.83 C = 83.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.31 mb = 526.00 m = 1725.69 ft T: 21.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.01 C/km ThetaE index: 24.28 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 925.59 mb = 771.84 m = 2532.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.67 C = 78.21 F Cap Strength: 0.18 C Lifted Index: -4.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.99 C Showalter Index: -2.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.86 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.54 C Cross Totals Index: 24.32 C K Index: 38.86 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 399.33 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.35 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1315.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 930.05 mb = 730.35 m = 2396.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 915.05 mb = 870.62 m = 2856.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.05 mb = 11479.71 m = 37662.64 ft B at Equ Level: 1304.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 125.05 mb = 15164.71 m = 49752.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.3 at 34.7 knts Storm direction: 298.3 at 26.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 342.8 neg: -3.7 tot: 339.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 113.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.75 Bulk Rich Number: 11.29 Bulk Shear: 116.50 m/s