MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 6Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 34.61,-88.47 Latitude: 34.61 Longitude: -88.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 62 SFC 991 137 21.6 20.5 94 1.1 20.8 188 13 295.5 298.3 294.3 340.0 15.50 2 950 506 19.3 19.0 98 0.3 19.1 192 36 296.7 299.4 294.1 339.1 14.69 3 900 970 16.9 16.7 98 0.3 16.8 203 51 298.9 301.4 293.8 337.9 13.38 4 850 1458 14.9 14.8 99 0.1 14.8 222 61 301.8 304.1 294.0 338.8 12.53 5 800 1970 12.2 11.3 94 0.9 11.7 233 62 304.2 306.2 293.3 335.8 10.59 6 750 2509 9.8 8.4 91 1.4 8.9 239 61 307.2 308.9 293.1 335.2 9.26 7 700 3080 6.7 5.0 89 1.7 5.7 239 57 309.9 311.3 292.7 333.9 7.84 8 650 3686 3.1 1.5 89 1.6 2.2 238 56 312.5 313.7 292.5 332.9 6.57 9 600 4330 -0.8 -2.0 91 1.3 -1.4 231 57 315.2 316.3 292.4 332.6 5.49 10 550 5023 -4.1 -4.6 96 0.6 -4.4 228 57 319.3 320.2 293.1 335.2 4.93 11 500 5769 -8.2 -9.2 93 0.9 -8.7 226 54 323.0 323.7 293.2 335.6 3.82 12 450 6578 -14.1 -19.5 64 5.4 -15.8 230 51 325.5 325.8 292.2 331.7 1.82 13 400 7462 -19.9 -24.8 65 4.8 -21.1 232 50 329.1 329.4 292.7 333.7 1.28 14 350 8437 -26.9 -30.4 72 3.5 -27.5 234 47 332.5 332.7 293.3 335.7 0.87 15 300 9530 -35.8 -39.3 70 3.5 -36.2 244 37 334.9 335.0 293.4 336.5 0.42 16 250 10770 -44.9 -49.3 61 4.5 -45.2 238 46 339.4 339.4 294.3 340.0 0.17 17 200 12230 -53.3 -56.8 66 3.5 -53.4 242 70 348.4 348.4 296.4 348.7 0.09 18 150 14051 -61.5 -80.7 6 19.2 -61.6 252 59 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.2 0.00 19 100 16503 -69.8 -86.3 7 16.5 -69.9 250 37 392.8 392.8 304.2 392.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.68 m Freezing level: 609.98 mb = 4201.70 m = 13784.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.89 mb = 4067.74 m = 13345.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.57 % Est. max temperature: 28.29 C = 82.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 976.24 mb = 270.16 m = 886.33 ft T: 20.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.54 C/km ThetaE index: 6.13 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 929.69 mb = 691.34 m = 2268.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.74 C = 74.73 F Cap Strength: 0.13 C Lifted Index: -1.02 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.69 C Showalter Index: -0.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.17 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.16 C Cross Totals Index: 23.02 C K Index: 36.28 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 387.03 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.73 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 382.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 934.84 mb = 643.86 m = 2112.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 909.84 mb = 876.84 m = 2876.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 269.84 mb = 10250.76 m = 33630.70 ft B at Equ Level: 381.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 189.84 mb = 12560.19 m = 41207.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.0 at 54.5 knts Storm direction: 258.0 at 40.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.0 neg: 0.5 tot: 9.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 768.0 neg: -13.1 tot: 754.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 251.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.4 stream: 12.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.78 Bulk Rich Number: 2.24 Bulk Shear: 170.79 m/s