MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 33.74,-88.90 Latitude: 33.74 Longitude: -88.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 80 SFC 999 91 25.2 19.1 69 6.1 20.9 174 14 298.4 301.0 294.1 339.2 14.05 2 950 529 21.5 18.5 83 3.0 19.5 181 34 299.0 301.6 294.4 340.6 14.27 3 900 996 18.3 16.2 87 2.1 16.9 191 42 300.4 302.8 293.9 338.5 12.99 4 850 1485 16.1 11.0 71 5.2 12.9 201 37 303.1 304.8 292.3 332.0 9.72 5 800 1998 12.7 7.7 71 5.1 9.7 208 32 304.7 306.3 291.6 329.5 8.25 6 750 2538 10.2 9.9 98 0.4 10.0 218 34 307.7 309.6 294.0 338.7 10.24 7 700 3111 7.5 7.2 98 0.2 7.3 224 38 310.7 312.5 294.0 338.8 9.15 8 650 3719 3.5 2.9 96 0.6 3.1 224 38 312.9 314.3 293.2 335.5 7.27 9 600 4365 0.6 -2.3 81 2.9 -0.9 222 39 316.8 317.8 292.8 334.0 5.40 10 550 5058 -3.6 -10.4 59 6.7 -6.5 220 40 319.8 320.4 291.7 330.2 3.16 11 500 5803 -8.7 -22.5 32 13.8 -12.8 230 40 322.4 322.7 290.8 326.8 1.26 12 450 6615 -12.5 -27.8 27 15.3 -16.4 238 45 327.6 327.7 291.9 330.7 0.87 13 400 7503 -19.1 -28.2 45 9.1 -21.2 240 52 330.1 330.3 292.7 333.5 0.94 14 350 8480 -26.8 -30.4 72 3.5 -27.5 240 52 332.6 332.7 293.3 335.8 0.87 15 300 9574 -35.4 -38.9 71 3.4 -35.8 247 56 335.4 335.5 293.6 337.1 0.44 16 250 10814 -44.8 -53.1 39 8.3 -45.2 253 59 339.5 339.5 294.3 340.0 0.11 17 200 12280 -52.0 -67.8 13 15.8 -52.3 251 70 350.4 350.5 296.7 350.5 0.02 18 150 14095 -63.0 -81.9 6 18.8 -63.1 244 62 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.5 0.00 19 100 16543 -69.6 -86.1 7 16.5 -69.7 262 35 393.2 393.2 304.3 393.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5722.82 m Freezing level: 592.96 mb = 4462.23 m = 14639.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.78 mb = 4220.84 m = 13847.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.40 % Est. max temperature: 29.84 C = 85.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.12 mb = 861.58 m = 2826.67 ft T: 19.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.01 C/km ThetaE index: 11.07 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 857.81 mb = 1407.00 m = 4616.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.37 C = 84.86 F Cap Strength: 1.11 C Lifted Index: -1.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.13 C Showalter Index: 1.57 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.55 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.86 C Cross Totals Index: 19.69 C K Index: 35.59 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 331.29 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.97 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 313.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 32.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.83 mb = 988.07 m = 3241.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 795.83 mb = 2041.84 m = 6698.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 255.83 mb = 10657.70 m = 34965.78 ft B at Equ Level: 310.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 195.83 mb = 12413.41 m = 40725.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 214.3 at 36.9 knts Storm direction: 244.3 at 27.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 292.1 neg: -5.6 tot: 286.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 95.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.49 Bulk Rich Number: 5.03 Bulk Shear: 62.38 m/s