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: 34.27,-89.42 Latitude: 34.27 Longitude: -89.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 87 SFC 995 128 20.5 20.3 98 0.3 20.4 257 3 294.1 296.8 293.7 337.5 15.20 2 950 529 18.5 18.2 98 0.3 18.3 204 15 295.9 298.5 293.3 336.2 13.98 3 900 993 16.6 16.2 98 0.3 16.4 214 23 298.6 301.0 293.4 336.5 13.01 4 850 1479 14.5 14.1 97 0.4 14.2 227 27 301.3 303.5 293.4 336.5 11.96 5 800 1990 11.6 11.0 96 0.6 11.2 238 28 303.5 305.4 292.9 334.3 10.34 6 750 2528 8.7 7.7 94 1.0 8.1 251 29 306.0 307.7 292.4 332.7 8.83 7 700 3097 5.5 4.5 93 1.0 4.9 256 31 308.5 309.9 292.2 331.7 7.56 8 650 3699 1.7 0.9 94 0.8 1.3 255 32 310.9 312.1 291.9 330.5 6.31 9 600 4341 -1.9 -2.4 96 0.5 -2.2 251 33 313.9 314.9 291.9 330.7 5.34 10 550 5030 -5.2 -6.0 94 0.8 -5.5 247 33 317.9 318.8 292.3 332.3 4.46 11 500 5773 -8.9 -10.0 92 1.1 -9.4 239 31 322.2 322.9 292.8 334.0 3.57 12 450 6583 -13.4 -15.0 88 1.6 -14.0 228 31 326.4 326.9 293.2 335.4 2.66 13 400 7470 -18.8 -21.0 83 2.2 -19.5 220 33 330.5 330.9 293.5 336.8 1.79 14 350 8451 -25.6 -28.3 78 2.7 -26.1 215 38 334.3 334.5 293.9 338.2 1.07 15 300 9549 -34.5 -37.5 74 3.1 -34.9 211 46 336.8 336.9 294.0 338.7 0.50 16 250 10794 -45.6 -49.1 68 3.5 -45.8 208 55 338.3 338.3 294.1 339.0 0.18 17 200 12243 -53.2 -67.7 16 14.5 -53.4 233 61 348.6 348.6 296.3 348.7 0.02 18 150 14062 -61.1 -80.3 6 19.2 -61.3 250 62 364.9 364.9 299.7 364.9 0.00 19 100 16528 -69.2 -87.0 6 17.8 -69.3 257 34 394.0 394.0 304.3 394.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.80 m Freezing level: 626.20 mb = 4004.65 m = 13138.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.39 mb = 3932.25 m = 12900.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.32 % Est. max temperature: 27.94 C = 82.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 991.49 mb = 160.42 m = 526.30 ft T: 20.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.36 C/km ThetaE index: 5.98 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 935.94 mb = 657.17 m = 2156.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.11 C = 73.59 F Cap Strength: 0.20 C Lifted Index: -0.66 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.13 C Showalter Index: -0.66 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.33 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.36 C Cross Totals Index: 22.97 C K Index: 36.46 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 306.10 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.62 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 205.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 940.54 mb = 615.12 m = 2018.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 825.54 mb = 1725.06 m = 5659.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 445.54 mb = 6657.85 m = 21843.08 ft B at Equ Level: 204.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 255.54 mb = 10644.70 m = 34923.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.7 at 28.4 knts Storm direction: 272.7 at 21.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 2.6 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 130.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 188.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 188.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 62.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 3.71 Bulk Shear: 55.34 m/s