MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 18 OCT 25 Station: 34.66,-86.12 Latitude: 34.66 Longitude: -86.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 124 SFC 982 286 27.1 20.3 66 6.8 22.3 200 7 301.9 304.7 296.1 347.5 15.47 2 950 574 22.7 18.6 77 4.2 19.8 199 10 300.3 302.9 294.8 342.2 14.31 3 900 1042 18.1 17.3 95 0.8 17.6 198 11 300.2 302.7 294.6 341.1 13.97 4 850 1529 14.4 12.5 89 1.8 13.2 206 17 301.2 303.2 292.5 333.0 10.78 5 800 2040 11.4 10.0 91 1.4 10.5 198 14 303.3 305.1 292.3 332.1 9.66 6 750 2577 9.2 6.7 85 2.4 7.7 196 11 306.5 308.1 292.1 331.5 8.25 7 700 3148 6.7 1.8 71 4.9 4.0 199 14 309.9 311.1 291.5 329.2 6.25 8 650 3752 2.7 -3.3 64 6.0 -0.2 201 19 312.1 312.9 290.7 326.6 4.62 9 600 4395 -0.5 -18.1 25 17.6 -6.6 209 23 315.6 315.9 288.9 320.7 1.54 10 550 5086 -4.3 -18.0 33 13.7 -8.9 235 25 319.0 319.4 290.2 324.7 1.69 11 500 5829 -9.2 -29.6 17 20.5 -14.1 243 23 321.9 322.0 290.0 324.2 0.65 12 450 6634 -14.9 -29.0 29 14.1 -18.1 250 26 324.5 324.7 290.9 327.3 0.78 13 400 7517 -19.2 -49.5 5 30.3 -22.9 262 25 330.0 330.1 291.8 330.4 0.10 14 350 8494 -26.8 -49.9 9 23.1 -29.1 280 29 332.6 332.6 292.6 333.1 0.11 15 300 9585 -35.9 -50.3 21 14.4 -37.0 281 38 334.7 334.8 293.1 335.2 0.13 16 250 10824 -46.1 -57.8 25 11.7 -46.6 274 49 337.5 337.5 293.7 337.7 0.06 17 200 12286 -50.6 -73.9 5 23.3 -51.1 274 60 352.6 352.6 297.2 352.7 0.01 18 150 14103 -63.1 -81.2 7 18.0 -63.3 263 48 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.4 0.00 19 100 16525 -72.8 -84.8 15 12.0 -72.9 258 30 387.0 387.0 303.3 387.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.78 m Freezing level: 607.54 mb = 4297.98 m = 14100.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.53 mb = 3720.20 m = 12205.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.74 % Est. max temperature: 27.20 C = 80.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 889.50 mb = 1141.91 m = 3746.38 ft T: 17.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.92 C/km ThetaE index: 26.77 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 891.41 mb = 1123.66 m = 3686.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.61 C = 78.10 F Cap Strength: -0.12 C Lifted Index: -3.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.63 C Showalter Index: 0.70 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.17 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.51 C Cross Totals Index: 21.66 C K Index: 31.13 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 307.25 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.69 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 998.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.72 mb = 1139.79 m = 3739.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 884.72 mb = 1187.83 m = 3897.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.72 mb = 11236.89 m = 36866.00 ft B at Equ Level: 995.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 144.72 mb = 14317.12 m = 46971.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.6 at 17.7 knts Storm direction: 245.6 at 13.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 43.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.0 neg: -17.6 tot: 19.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 87.92 Bulk Shear: 11.35 m/s