MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 6Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 34.18,-89.26 Latitude: 34.18 Longitude: -89.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 77 SFC 994 130 20.5 20.3 99 0.2 20.4 150 1 294.2 296.9 293.8 337.8 15.26 2 950 520 18.8 18.7 100 0.1 18.8 170 18 296.3 298.9 293.8 337.9 14.45 3 900 984 16.7 16.6 99 0.1 16.7 183 28 298.7 301.2 293.7 337.5 13.31 4 850 1470 14.5 14.4 99 0.1 14.4 197 31 301.4 303.6 293.6 337.3 12.20 5 800 1982 12.1 12.0 99 0.1 12.0 207 32 304.0 306.1 293.6 337.0 11.05 6 750 2522 9.7 9.5 99 0.1 9.6 217 32 307.1 309.0 293.7 337.4 10.02 7 700 3093 6.5 6.4 99 0.2 6.5 226 31 309.7 311.4 293.4 336.2 8.65 8 650 3700 3.6 3.4 99 0.2 3.5 231 31 313.0 314.5 293.4 336.5 7.55 9 600 4345 -0.3 -0.6 98 0.3 -0.4 236 31 315.8 317.0 293.1 335.1 6.12 10 550 5038 -4.1 -4.5 97 0.4 -4.3 238 30 319.2 320.2 293.2 335.3 4.98 11 500 5784 -7.9 -8.6 95 0.7 -8.2 237 31 323.5 324.2 293.5 336.7 4.01 12 450 6597 -12.4 -13.6 91 1.2 -12.9 234 31 327.6 328.2 293.7 337.7 2.98 13 400 7488 -18.1 -19.9 86 1.8 -18.7 231 33 331.4 331.8 293.9 338.3 1.97 14 350 8472 -24.9 -27.2 81 2.3 -25.4 227 36 335.2 335.4 294.2 339.5 1.17 15 300 9573 -33.8 -36.7 76 2.8 -34.2 222 41 337.7 337.8 294.3 339.8 0.55 16 250 10821 -45.3 -48.6 69 3.4 -45.5 214 50 338.7 338.8 294.2 339.5 0.18 17 200 12267 -55.3 -61.4 47 6.1 -55.5 228 61 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.4 0.05 18 150 14082 -60.9 -80.2 6 19.2 -61.1 250 63 365.1 365.1 299.7 365.1 0.00 19 100 16546 -69.3 -86.6 6 17.3 -69.4 256 34 393.8 393.8 304.3 393.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.51 m Freezing level: 603.81 mb = 4296.03 m = 14094.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 605.72 mb = 4268.78 m = 14005.02 ft Precipitable water: 2.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 98.30 % Est. max temperature: 28.00 C = 82.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 990.79 mb = 157.04 m = 515.22 ft T: 20.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.35 C/km ThetaE index: 1.15 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 939.06 mb = 619.39 m = 2032.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.12 C = 73.62 F Cap Strength: 0.04 C Lifted Index: -0.15 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.44 C Showalter Index: 0.06 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.61 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.38 C Cross Totals Index: 22.23 C K Index: 36.60 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 372.33 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.22 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 84.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 941.63 mb = 595.94 m = 1955.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 886.63 mb = 1111.32 m = 3646.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 476.63 mb = 6153.78 m = 20189.32 ft B at Equ Level: 84.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 336.63 mb = 8749.84 m = 28706.48 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.4 at 29.0 knts Storm direction: 250.4 at 21.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 114.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 299.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 299.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 100.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 8.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 1.17 Bulk Shear: 72.37 m/s