MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 18Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 30.21,-85.61 Latitude: 30.21 Longitude: -85.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1013 7 24.3 23.0 92 1.3 23.4 198 7 296.3 299.5 296.1 347.5 17.73 1 1000 124 23.2 22.5 96 0.7 22.8 201 12 296.4 299.5 295.9 346.7 17.43 2 950 572 20.0 19.4 96 0.6 19.6 207 24 297.4 300.2 294.6 341.1 15.07 3 900 1037 17.5 16.5 94 1.0 16.8 232 30 299.6 302.0 293.9 338.3 13.25 4 850 1525 15.1 13.8 91 1.4 14.3 257 28 302.0 304.2 293.5 336.6 11.72 5 800 2037 12.5 10.9 90 1.6 11.5 262 26 304.5 306.4 293.1 335.3 10.29 6 750 2577 9.8 7.9 88 1.9 8.6 264 24 307.2 308.9 292.9 334.3 8.95 7 700 3148 6.6 4.6 87 2.1 5.5 273 25 309.8 311.3 292.6 333.2 7.61 8 650 3754 3.1 1.3 88 1.8 2.1 274 28 312.5 313.8 292.4 332.7 6.49 9 600 4398 -0.7 -1.9 91 1.2 -1.3 271 32 315.3 316.4 292.5 332.9 5.55 10 550 5090 -4.0 -5.1 92 1.1 -4.6 270 34 319.3 320.2 293.0 334.7 4.77 11 500 5837 -7.6 -8.4 93 0.9 -7.9 274 34 323.8 324.6 293.6 337.2 4.04 12 450 6651 -12.0 -12.7 95 0.7 -12.3 267 37 328.1 328.7 294.1 339.0 3.20 13 400 7542 -18.4 -22.2 72 3.9 -19.5 255 39 331.1 331.4 293.5 336.8 1.61 14 350 8522 -26.5 -35.2 43 8.8 -27.9 246 39 333.1 333.2 293.1 335.1 0.55 15 300 9616 -34.2 -38.5 65 4.3 -34.7 232 37 337.2 337.3 294.1 339.0 0.46 16 250 10870 -43.9 -47.3 69 3.4 -44.1 216 36 340.8 340.9 294.7 341.7 0.21 17 200 12328 -54.1 -70.7 11 16.6 -54.4 244 55 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.2 0.01 18 150 14122 -64.5 -77.6 15 13.1 -64.6 259 55 358.9 358.9 298.5 358.9 0.01 19 100 16553 -73.6 -86.1 13 12.5 -73.6 255 26 385.6 385.6 303.1 385.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.48 m Freezing level: 608.83 mb = 4284.39 m = 14056.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.21 mb = 4144.53 m = 13597.36 ft Precipitable water: 2.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.10 % Est. max temperature: 29.34 C = 84.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 994.69 mb = 170.25 m = 558.56 ft T: 22.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.28 C/km ThetaE index: 14.76 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 952.15 mb = 551.93 m = 1810.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.39 C = 77.70 F Cap Strength: 0.04 C Lifted Index: -1.96 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.94 C Showalter Index: 0.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.03 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.71 C Cross Totals Index: 21.32 C K Index: 34.41 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 253.86 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.01 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 722.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 953.40 mb = 540.47 m = 1773.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 948.40 mb = 586.18 m = 1923.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.40 mb = 11180.02 m = 36679.42 ft B at Equ Level: 719.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 138.40 mb = 14604.39 m = 47914.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.4 at 27.8 knts Storm direction: 291.4 at 20.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 239.7 neg: -3.2 tot: 236.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 78.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.06 Bulk Rich Number: 9.87 Bulk Shear: 73.13 m/s