MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 31.57,-84.14 Latitude: 31.57 Longitude: -84.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1006 70 22.0 21.3 96 0.7 21.5 202 5 294.7 297.6 294.5 340.6 16.05 1 1000 123 22.4 21.1 93 1.2 21.5 205 7 295.5 298.4 294.7 341.5 15.99 2 950 570 20.0 19.9 99 0.1 19.9 232 20 297.5 300.3 295.0 342.6 15.56 3 900 1035 17.1 16.0 93 1.1 16.4 285 19 299.1 301.5 293.4 336.5 12.81 4 850 1521 13.8 10.6 81 3.2 11.8 293 20 300.6 302.3 291.3 328.5 9.46 5 800 2030 12.4 -0.1 42 12.6 5.9 281 23 304.4 305.3 288.3 318.8 4.73 6 750 2570 11.5 -18.5 11 29.9 0.6 279 29 309.0 309.2 286.4 312.9 1.19 7 700 3141 8.9 -31.1 4 40.1 -2.3 291 29 312.4 312.4 286.6 313.8 0.41 8 650 3749 5.1 -35.4 3 40.4 -5.0 289 26 314.7 314.8 287.3 315.8 0.29 9 600 4395 0.5 -33.7 6 34.3 -7.9 302 33 316.7 316.8 288.1 318.0 0.37 10 550 5086 -3.9 -40.1 4 36.2 -11.2 296 38 319.4 319.4 288.8 320.2 0.21 11 500 5830 -9.3 -50.0 2 40.7 -15.3 295 42 321.7 321.7 289.3 322.0 0.08 12 450 6633 -16.0 -43.8 7 27.8 -20.1 289 43 323.1 323.2 289.9 323.8 0.17 13 400 7508 -22.1 -47.9 8 25.7 -25.1 275 49 326.2 326.3 290.8 326.7 0.13 14 350 8476 -29.0 -48.3 14 19.3 -30.9 258 54 329.6 329.7 291.7 330.2 0.14 15 300 9561 -36.9 -43.9 48 7.0 -37.5 240 52 333.4 333.4 292.9 334.4 0.26 16 250 10803 -44.2 -64.2 9 20.0 -44.9 231 60 340.4 340.4 294.4 340.5 0.03 17 200 12270 -52.3 -72.6 7 20.3 -52.7 241 67 350.0 350.0 296.6 350.0 0.01 18 150 14080 -63.1 -80.4 8 17.3 -63.3 257 61 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.3 0.00 19 100 16534 -69.5 -86.3 7 16.8 -69.6 252 31 393.4 393.4 304.3 393.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.45 m Freezing level: 594.36 mb = 4473.28 m = 14675.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 739.66 mb = 2684.73 m = 8808.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.80 % Est. max temperature: 27.79 C = 82.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 995.62 mb = 161.58 m = 530.12 ft T: 22.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.78 C/km ThetaE index: 29.64 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 936.33 mb = 694.44 m = 2278.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.32 C = 77.58 F Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lifted Index: -2.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.93 C Showalter Index: 2.67 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.00 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.11 C Cross Totals Index: 19.89 C K Index: -6.37 Risk: None Sweat Index: 208.30 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.12 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 890.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 946.80 mb = 598.69 m = 1964.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 921.80 mb = 829.08 m = 2720.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 771.80 mb = 2330.30 m = 7645.26 ft B at Equ Level: 57.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 151.80 mb = 14004.56 m = 45946.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 288.5 at 28.0 knts Storm direction: 318.5 at 21.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 1.9 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 194.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 194.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 64.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.90 Bulk Rich Number: 10.44 Bulk Shear: 85.27 m/s