MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 33.54,-89.52 Latitude: 33.54 Longitude: -89.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 90 SFC 996 122 26.7 17.7 57 9.1 20.5 176 9 300.2 302.6 293.8 337.8 12.85 2 950 541 23.2 16.6 66 6.6 18.7 180 22 300.7 303.0 293.7 337.7 12.60 3 900 1010 18.7 15.3 81 3.3 16.4 182 24 300.8 303.0 293.5 336.8 12.26 4 850 1497 14.1 13.7 98 0.4 13.8 185 24 300.9 303.0 293.1 335.2 11.67 5 800 2007 11.4 2.6 55 8.7 6.6 222 22 303.3 304.3 288.9 320.7 5.78 6 750 2546 10.9 -7.1 27 18.1 2.7 218 25 308.5 309.0 288.1 317.9 2.98 7 700 3119 8.7 -8.4 29 17.1 1.0 220 29 312.1 312.7 289.2 321.4 2.90 8 650 3728 5.3 -8.9 35 14.2 -1.0 225 32 314.9 315.5 290.2 324.7 3.00 9 600 4375 1.1 -17.1 24 18.2 -5.5 232 37 317.4 317.7 289.7 323.0 1.67 10 550 5068 -3.4 -20.8 25 17.4 -9.1 230 38 320.0 320.3 290.2 324.6 1.32 11 500 5814 -8.8 -17.3 50 8.5 -11.7 236 36 322.3 322.7 291.4 329.0 1.96 12 450 6621 -12.5 -42.2 6 29.7 -17.6 243 43 327.5 327.5 291.2 328.3 0.21 13 400 7510 -18.9 -49.1 5 30.2 -22.7 244 48 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.8 0.11 14 350 8488 -26.7 -51.9 7 25.2 -29.0 242 51 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.2 0.09 15 300 9580 -36.0 -53.2 15 17.3 -37.1 244 55 334.7 334.7 293.1 335.1 0.09 16 250 10818 -45.7 -57.9 24 12.2 -46.2 247 63 338.2 338.2 293.9 338.4 0.06 17 200 12281 -52.1 -72.5 7 20.3 -52.5 253 69 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.2 0.01 18 150 14096 -62.8 -80.4 8 17.6 -62.9 252 55 361.9 361.9 299.1 361.9 0.00 19 100 16532 -71.4 -85.9 10 14.5 -71.4 254 35 389.8 389.8 303.8 389.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5723.50 m Freezing level: 587.74 mb = 4544.93 m = 14910.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.23 mb = 3414.70 m = 11202.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.96 % Est. max temperature: 27.57 C = 81.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 872.65 mb = 1272.80 m = 4175.82 ft T: 16.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.49 C/km ThetaE index: 19.98 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 859.96 mb = 1397.73 m = 4585.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.39 C = 81.30 F Cap Strength: 1.83 C Lifted Index: -0.96 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.83 C Showalter Index: 0.03 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.35 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.85 C Cross Totals Index: 22.50 C K Index: 19.45 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 370.13 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.24 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 56.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 863.24 mb = 1365.31 m = 4479.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 858.24 mb = 1414.86 m = 4641.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 778.24 mb = 2237.23 m = 7339.89 ft B at Equ Level: 15.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 738.24 mb = 2677.46 m = 8784.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.6 at 29.4 knts Storm direction: 249.6 at 22.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.5 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 139.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 139.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 1.08 Bulk Shear: 52.33 m/s