MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510190000F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510190000F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 12Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 32.69,-87.51 Latitude: 32.69 Longitude: -87.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1003 71 22.5 21.8 96 0.7 22.1 236 8 295.4 298.4 295.1 343.1 16.63 1 1000 100 22.4 21.7 96 0.7 21.9 236 7 295.6 298.6 295.1 343.3 16.59 2 950 546 19.7 19.4 98 0.3 19.5 249 28 297.1 299.9 294.5 340.7 15.08 3 900 1011 16.8 15.6 93 1.2 16.0 270 37 298.8 301.1 293.1 335.2 12.50 4 850 1496 13.8 10.4 80 3.4 11.7 291 35 300.6 302.3 291.2 328.2 9.35 5 800 2006 12.3 3.5 55 8.9 7.4 284 37 304.3 305.4 289.6 322.9 6.14 6 750 2544 9.7 3.6 66 6.0 6.3 273 36 307.1 308.3 290.9 327.3 6.64 7 700 3114 6.4 2.2 75 4.1 4.1 263 39 309.6 310.8 291.6 329.4 6.44 8 650 3719 2.3 -1.0 79 3.3 0.6 256 42 311.5 312.6 291.3 328.7 5.49 9 600 4361 -0.8 -8.5 56 7.7 -4.1 256 47 315.2 315.8 290.6 326.0 3.36 10 550 5051 -4.6 -13.2 51 8.6 -7.9 247 49 318.7 319.2 290.9 327.0 2.51 11 500 5795 -8.8 -46.0 3 37.2 -14.9 237 52 322.4 322.4 289.6 322.8 0.12 12 450 6601 -14.4 -31.7 21 17.3 -18.1 233 53 325.1 325.2 290.9 327.3 0.60 13 400 7484 -20.4 -37.3 21 16.9 -23.2 234 56 328.5 328.6 291.7 330.0 0.39 14 350 8455 -27.6 -56.4 5 28.8 -29.9 228 67 331.5 331.5 292.2 331.7 0.05 15 300 9545 -36.0 -54.5 13 18.5 -37.1 217 75 334.7 334.7 293.0 335.0 0.08 16 250 10793 -41.7 -62.8 8 21.1 -42.5 230 75 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.2 0.03 17 200 12274 -52.3 -73.0 7 20.6 -52.7 236 71 349.9 349.9 296.6 349.9 0.01 18 150 14079 -63.4 -80.2 9 16.8 -63.5 253 56 360.9 360.9 298.9 360.9 0.00 19 100 16519 -70.8 -83.3 14 12.5 -70.9 244 28 391.0 391.0 303.9 391.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.51 m Freezing level: 613.04 mb = 4193.41 m = 13757.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.62 mb = 3797.91 m = 12460.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.87 % Est. max temperature: 27.63 C = 81.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 993.73 mb = 154.84 m = 508.00 ft T: 22.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.65 C/km ThetaE index: 20.41 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 939.45 mb = 641.80 m = 2105.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.62 C = 76.32 F Cap Strength: 0.20 C Lifted Index: -2.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.37 C Showalter Index: 3.36 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.71 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.57 C Cross Totals Index: 19.15 C K Index: 28.82 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 247.02 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.92 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 688.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 945.40 mb = 587.51 m = 1927.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 930.40 mb = 725.01 m = 2378.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 270.40 mb = 10256.03 m = 33647.97 ft B at Equ Level: 677.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 170.40 mb = 13278.62 m = 43564.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.8 at 40.0 knts Storm direction: 288.8 at 30.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 3.0 tot: 8.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 189.3 neg: -26.0 tot: 163.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 54.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.4 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.81 Bulk Rich Number: 9.91 Bulk Shear: 69.47 m/s