MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 15Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 31.30,-87.19 Latitude: 31.30 Longitude: -87.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1005 89 24.4 22.5 89 2.0 23.0 218 6 297.2 300.3 296.0 347.3 17.31 1 1000 130 23.5 22.0 91 1.6 22.5 218 5 296.7 299.7 295.6 345.4 16.86 2 950 576 19.8 19.2 96 0.6 19.4 226 17 297.3 300.0 294.4 340.5 14.93 3 900 1042 17.4 16.7 96 0.7 17.0 241 23 299.5 301.9 294.0 338.8 13.45 4 850 1529 14.8 14.3 97 0.4 14.5 255 27 301.6 303.8 293.7 337.5 12.17 5 800 2040 11.7 11.0 95 0.8 11.2 287 26 303.6 305.5 292.9 334.4 10.33 6 750 2579 9.1 7.7 91 1.4 8.3 283 27 306.4 308.1 292.6 333.1 8.84 7 700 3148 6.3 4.7 90 1.6 5.4 270 27 309.4 310.9 292.5 333.0 7.68 8 650 3754 3.2 1.2 86 2.1 2.1 265 31 312.6 313.8 292.4 332.7 6.42 9 600 4399 -0.1 -3.1 80 3.0 -1.6 262 38 316.0 317.0 292.3 332.2 5.09 10 550 5091 -4.1 -15.4 41 11.4 -8.2 266 40 319.3 319.7 290.6 326.3 2.09 11 500 5836 -8.3 -31.2 14 22.9 -13.7 283 35 322.9 323.0 290.2 324.9 0.56 12 450 6645 -13.8 -37.5 12 23.7 -18.2 291 33 325.9 325.9 290.9 327.1 0.34 13 400 7526 -20.9 -37.8 20 16.9 -23.6 263 43 327.9 327.9 291.5 329.2 0.37 14 350 8498 -27.7 -45.4 17 17.7 -29.7 243 51 331.4 331.4 292.3 332.1 0.19 15 300 9586 -36.2 -55.5 12 19.3 -37.4 231 55 334.3 334.4 293.0 334.6 0.07 16 250 10833 -42.3 -61.1 11 18.8 -43.1 241 60 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.3 0.04 17 200 12311 -52.4 -71.9 8 19.5 -52.8 248 56 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.8 0.01 18 150 14116 -63.9 -81.0 8 17.1 -64.1 263 51 359.9 359.9 298.7 359.9 0.00 19 100 16541 -72.7 -85.3 13 12.6 -72.8 253 32 387.3 387.3 303.4 387.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.16 m Freezing level: 601.38 mb = 4381.25 m = 14374.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.16 mb = 4119.68 m = 13515.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.93 % Est. max temperature: 28.66 C = 83.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 976.76 mb = 334.35 m = 1096.95 ft T: 21.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.43 C/km ThetaE index: 22.39 C Layer 1000.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 939.06 mb = 675.75 m = 2217.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.03 C = 77.06 F Cap Strength: 0.06 C Lifted Index: -2.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.89 C Showalter Index: -0.49 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.75 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.09 C Cross Totals Index: 22.66 C K Index: 35.85 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 260.57 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.46 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 841.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 941.89 mb = 649.85 m = 2132.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 926.89 mb = 788.07 m = 2585.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 266.89 mb = 10385.95 m = 34074.23 ft B at Equ Level: 841.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 156.89 mb = 13834.39 m = 45387.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 266.9 at 29.3 knts Storm direction: 296.9 at 22.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 1.3 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 171.1 neg: -11.9 tot: 159.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.90 Bulk Rich Number: 12.64 Bulk Shear: 66.57 m/s