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: 30.89,-86.00 Latitude: 30.89 Longitude: -86.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1007 53 24.5 22.5 89 2.0 23.0 198 10 297.1 300.2 296.0 347.0 17.27 1 1000 114 23.5 21.9 91 1.6 22.4 200 12 296.7 299.7 295.6 345.2 16.82 2 950 561 20.3 19.1 93 1.1 19.5 214 28 297.8 300.5 294.5 340.8 14.85 3 900 1027 18.0 15.9 87 2.1 16.6 250 30 300.1 302.4 293.7 337.4 12.74 4 850 1516 15.7 13.1 85 2.6 14.0 284 24 302.6 304.7 293.3 335.9 11.25 5 800 2029 13.3 10.2 82 3.1 11.3 285 22 305.3 307.1 293.0 334.8 9.82 6 750 2570 10.4 7.0 79 3.4 8.4 277 23 307.9 309.5 292.7 333.5 8.42 7 700 3142 7.5 3.3 75 4.2 5.1 283 25 310.7 312.1 292.3 332.2 6.95 8 650 3749 3.7 -2.1 66 5.8 0.7 287 29 313.1 314.1 291.5 329.0 5.04 9 600 4394 0.1 -11.0 43 11.0 -4.5 293 32 316.2 316.8 290.3 325.2 2.76 10 550 5086 -4.3 -18.4 32 14.1 -9.1 296 39 319.0 319.3 290.1 324.5 1.63 11 500 5829 -9.5 -12.1 81 2.7 -10.5 280 43 321.5 322.1 292.2 331.5 3.02 12 450 6635 -14.3 -17.6 76 3.4 -15.4 260 41 325.3 325.7 292.4 332.6 2.13 13 400 7521 -19.0 -22.7 73 3.7 -20.0 242 45 330.3 330.6 293.2 335.7 1.54 14 350 8499 -26.7 -32.1 60 5.4 -27.7 223 50 332.7 332.9 293.2 335.4 0.74 15 300 9592 -35.4 -47.1 29 11.6 -36.4 211 53 335.4 335.5 293.3 336.1 0.18 16 250 10837 -43.8 -64.9 8 21.0 -44.5 217 56 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.0 0.02 17 200 12306 -52.2 -72.5 7 20.3 -52.5 242 65 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.2 0.01 18 150 14110 -64.5 -77.6 15 13.1 -64.6 258 57 358.9 358.9 298.5 359.0 0.01 19 100 16544 -71.8 -86.8 9 15.0 -71.9 248 27 389.0 389.0 303.6 389.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.88 m Freezing level: 598.98 mb = 4408.53 m = 14463.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.07 mb = 3835.73 m = 12584.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.93 % Est. max temperature: 29.70 C = 85.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 978.37 mb = 304.62 m = 999.38 ft T: 22.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.30 C/km ThetaE index: 22.56 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 917.58 mb = 860.44 m = 2822.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.72 C = 80.09 F Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lifted Index: -3.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.70 C Showalter Index: -0.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.76 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.17 C Cross Totals Index: 22.60 C K Index: 34.15 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 248.89 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.91 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 665.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 936.64 mb = 683.15 m = 2241.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 821.64 mb = 1803.11 m = 5915.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 251.64 mb = 10792.68 m = 35408.63 ft B at Equ Level: 662.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 161.64 mb = 13641.16 m = 44753.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.5 at 29.3 knts Storm direction: 308.5 at 22.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.5 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 285.9 neg: -3.9 tot: 281.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 94.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.16 Bulk Rich Number: 6.04 Bulk Shear: 110.29 m/s