MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 33.53,-89.89 Latitude: 33.53 Longitude: -89.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1001 94 23.5 19.9 80 3.6 21.0 175 9 296.6 299.2 294.1 339.1 14.76 1 1000 99 23.5 19.9 80 3.6 21.1 177 8 296.7 299.3 294.2 339.4 14.83 2 950 546 20.3 18.4 89 1.9 19.0 176 28 297.7 300.3 294.0 338.7 14.13 3 900 1012 17.7 16.4 92 1.3 16.8 186 30 299.8 302.2 293.9 338.2 13.15 4 850 1500 15.5 14.4 93 1.2 14.8 202 26 302.4 304.7 293.9 338.5 12.19 5 800 2013 12.4 11.0 91 1.4 11.5 212 22 304.4 306.3 293.2 335.3 10.34 6 750 2553 9.7 8.1 90 1.6 8.8 215 23 307.2 308.9 293.0 334.7 9.10 7 700 3123 6.1 4.3 88 1.8 5.1 215 28 309.2 310.6 292.3 332.1 7.47 8 650 3727 1.7 0.4 91 1.3 1.0 212 32 310.9 312.1 291.6 329.8 6.09 9 600 4367 -2.0 -2.5 96 0.5 -2.2 212 36 313.9 314.9 291.9 330.7 5.32 10 550 5056 -4.7 -5.6 94 0.9 -5.1 216 36 318.5 319.3 292.6 333.2 4.58 11 500 5802 -8.3 -9.5 91 1.3 -8.8 221 36 323.0 323.7 293.1 335.2 3.71 12 450 6613 -12.7 -14.4 87 1.7 -13.3 228 36 327.3 327.8 293.5 336.8 2.79 13 400 7503 -18.2 -20.3 83 2.2 -18.8 236 36 331.4 331.8 293.9 338.1 1.90 14 350 8487 -24.8 -27.5 78 2.7 -25.4 243 38 335.3 335.5 294.2 339.4 1.14 15 300 9589 -33.3 -36.4 74 3.1 -33.7 244 43 338.4 338.5 294.4 340.6 0.57 16 250 10842 -43.6 -47.0 69 3.4 -43.8 241 52 341.2 341.3 294.8 342.1 0.22 17 200 12300 -55.6 -59.7 60 4.1 -55.7 238 64 344.7 344.7 295.5 344.9 0.06 18 150 14119 -58.9 -86.5 2 27.6 -59.2 246 49 368.5 368.5 300.3 368.5 0.00 19 100 16576 -71.2 -86.1 9 14.9 -71.2 255 37 390.2 390.2 303.8 390.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.38 m Freezing level: 626.63 mb = 4025.95 m = 13208.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.24 mb = 3923.00 m = 12870.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.24 % Est. max temperature: 29.28 C = 84.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.67 mb = 548.90 m = 1800.83 ft T: 20.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.36 C/km ThetaE index: 8.68 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 889.84 mb = 1108.60 m = 3637.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.19 C = 80.94 F Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lifted Index: -1.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.20 C Showalter Index: -0.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.43 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.80 C Cross Totals Index: 22.63 C K Index: 36.38 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 324.79 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.76 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 257.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 920.31 mb = 819.37 m = 2688.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 805.31 mb = 1956.76 m = 6419.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 415.31 mb = 7219.04 m = 23684.22 ft B at Equ Level: 256.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 225.31 mb = 11521.38 m = 37799.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 209.1 at 29.5 knts Storm direction: 239.1 at 22.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.7 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 155.2 neg: -7.7 tot: 147.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 49.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 6.64 Bulk Shear: 38.73 m/s