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: 33.66,-86.58 Latitude: 33.66 Longitude: -86.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 115 SFC 987 227 25.0 15.6 56 9.3 18.8 160 7 299.2 301.3 292.4 332.4 11.38 2 950 563 22.5 14.7 61 7.8 17.3 168 19 300.0 302.0 292.4 332.6 11.11 3 900 1031 18.0 13.7 76 4.3 15.2 172 21 300.0 302.0 292.3 332.2 10.98 4 850 1517 13.2 12.7 96 0.6 12.9 174 21 300.0 302.0 292.3 332.0 10.90 5 800 2025 10.4 6.6 77 3.9 8.2 199 19 302.3 303.7 290.3 325.0 7.64 6 750 2562 10.1 4.4 68 5.7 6.9 213 13 307.6 308.9 291.4 329.0 7.01 7 700 3134 8.0 -2.0 49 10.0 2.9 209 20 311.3 312.2 290.6 326.1 4.71 8 650 3741 4.7 -11.4 30 16.1 -2.0 210 25 314.3 314.8 289.5 322.4 2.47 9 600 4390 2.0 -11.7 35 13.7 -3.7 225 23 318.4 318.9 290.9 327.0 2.59 10 550 5085 -3.7 -12.7 50 9.0 -7.3 234 26 319.7 320.2 291.2 328.3 2.62 11 500 5829 -8.8 -21.1 36 12.3 -12.6 239 27 322.3 322.6 290.9 327.2 1.42 12 450 6639 -13.1 -36.0 13 22.9 -17.6 245 32 326.8 326.8 291.2 328.2 0.39 13 400 7527 -17.7 -56.3 2 38.5 -22.0 250 32 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.1 0.05 14 350 8508 -26.0 -51.3 7 25.4 -28.5 249 34 333.7 333.8 292.8 334.1 0.10 15 300 9602 -35.7 -53.5 14 17.8 -36.9 256 39 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.4 0.09 16 250 10842 -45.7 -59.1 21 13.4 -46.2 257 47 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.4 0.05 17 200 12301 -52.4 -72.1 8 19.7 -52.8 263 62 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.8 0.01 18 150 14110 -63.7 -80.9 8 17.2 -63.8 249 50 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.4 0.00 19 100 16533 -71.7 -86.7 9 15.0 -71.8 257 32 389.2 389.2 303.7 389.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.85 m Freezing level: 582.68 mb = 4630.62 m = 15192.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 670.28 mb = 3489.58 m = 11448.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.14 % Est. max temperature: 26.32 C = 79.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 861.03 mb = 1406.91 m = 4615.78 ft T: 14.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.22 C/km ThetaE index: 7.52 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 842.77 mb = 1588.07 m = 5210.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.07 C = 78.93 F Cap Strength: 3.48 C Lifted Index: 1.33 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.79 C Showalter Index: 1.50 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.47 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.01 C Cross Totals Index: 21.46 C K Index: 24.69 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 359.56 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.91 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.59 mb = 1530.42 m = 5020.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 823.59 mb = 1781.02 m = 5843.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 793.59 mb = 2091.54 m = 6861.92 ft B at Equ Level: 3.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 773.59 mb = 2304.07 m = 7559.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 211.8 at 21.8 knts Storm direction: 241.8 at 16.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 1.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 105.6 neg: -10.8 tot: 94.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.12 Bulk Shear: 31.32 m/s