MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 9Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 32.36,-89.92 Latitude: 32.36 Longitude: -89.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 98 SFC 999 110 22.2 21.7 97 0.5 21.9 219 6 295.5 298.5 295.1 343.2 16.61 2 950 544 20.0 19.5 97 0.5 19.7 229 27 297.5 300.2 294.7 341.5 15.21 3 900 1009 17.6 16.1 91 1.5 16.6 248 33 299.6 301.9 293.6 337.2 12.88 4 850 1497 15.1 12.8 86 2.3 13.6 263 30 302.0 304.0 292.9 334.5 10.98 5 800 2009 12.3 9.8 85 2.4 10.7 267 28 304.2 306.0 292.5 332.8 9.58 6 750 2548 9.4 5.8 78 3.7 7.3 275 23 306.8 308.3 291.8 330.2 7.72 7 700 3118 6.9 1.5 68 5.4 3.9 274 26 310.1 311.2 291.4 329.0 6.09 8 650 3723 2.4 -1.5 75 3.9 0.4 272 32 311.7 312.7 291.2 328.2 5.27 9 600 4365 -1.5 -4.7 79 3.2 -3.0 260 37 314.4 315.3 291.3 328.8 4.51 10 550 5053 -5.4 -7.2 87 1.7 -6.2 251 39 317.7 318.4 291.9 330.8 4.06 11 500 5797 -8.6 -9.6 93 0.9 -9.0 235 41 322.5 323.2 293.0 334.8 3.71 12 450 6607 -13.8 -15.2 89 1.5 -14.3 230 42 325.9 326.4 293.0 334.8 2.60 13 400 7491 -19.9 -22.5 79 2.6 -20.6 241 45 329.1 329.5 293.0 334.7 1.57 14 350 8466 -27.5 -31.5 69 4.0 -28.2 250 48 331.7 331.9 292.9 334.6 0.79 15 300 9557 -36.3 -39.6 71 3.4 -36.7 251 46 334.3 334.3 293.3 335.8 0.41 16 250 10792 -46.0 -51.3 55 5.3 -46.3 249 52 337.7 337.7 293.9 338.2 0.14 17 200 12259 -51.1 -76.0 4 24.9 -51.5 254 63 351.9 351.9 297.1 351.9 0.01 18 150 14080 -62.1 -83.0 5 20.9 -62.2 250 60 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.1 0.00 19 100 16523 -70.5 -86.6 8 16.0 -70.6 270 34 391.5 391.5 304.0 391.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.76 m Freezing level: 618.94 mb = 4121.61 m = 13522.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.44 mb = 3791.81 m = 12440.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.56 % Est. max temperature: 28.78 C = 83.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 991.59 mb = 171.39 m = 562.31 ft T: 21.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.79 C/km ThetaE index: 15.05 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 925.39 mb = 769.83 m = 2525.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.24 C = 77.42 F Cap Strength: 0.38 C Lifted Index: -2.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.06 C Showalter Index: 0.54 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.19 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.76 C Cross Totals Index: 21.43 C K Index: 31.15 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 253.77 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.04 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 813.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 938.21 mb = 651.33 m = 2136.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 893.21 mb = 1074.01 m = 3523.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.21 mb = 11248.56 m = 36904.29 ft B at Equ Level: 797.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 163.21 mb = 13545.87 m = 44441.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.8 at 31.4 knts Storm direction: 285.8 at 23.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.5 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 201.0 neg: -4.9 tot: 196.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 65.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.01 Bulk Rich Number: 19.68 Bulk Shear: 41.36 m/s