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: 33.44,-87.92 Latitude: 33.44 Longitude: -87.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 89 SFC 998 107 22.1 21.3 95 0.8 21.5 233 6 295.4 298.3 294.7 341.7 16.14 2 950 535 19.9 19.8 99 0.1 19.8 251 22 297.4 300.2 294.8 342.1 15.44 3 900 1001 17.5 17.4 99 0.2 17.4 274 28 299.6 302.1 294.4 340.5 14.00 4 850 1488 14.0 13.3 96 0.7 13.6 276 36 300.8 302.9 292.9 334.2 11.36 5 800 1996 10.1 6.3 77 3.9 7.9 283 41 301.9 303.3 290.0 324.2 7.48 6 750 2531 8.1 -4.2 41 12.4 2.3 281 46 305.4 306.1 287.8 316.9 3.72 7 700 3097 5.4 -11.0 29 16.4 -1.3 266 43 308.5 308.9 287.4 316.0 2.36 8 650 3699 2.4 -19.3 18 21.7 -4.9 253 47 311.7 311.9 287.4 315.9 1.27 9 600 4340 -0.6 -29.4 9 28.8 -8.2 252 54 315.5 315.6 287.9 317.4 0.56 10 550 5029 -4.9 -42.2 4 37.3 -11.9 254 55 318.3 318.3 288.4 318.9 0.17 11 500 5770 -9.9 -39.6 7 29.7 -15.3 252 54 321.0 321.1 289.3 321.9 0.25 12 450 6572 -15.8 -45.0 6 29.2 -20.0 248 56 323.4 323.4 290.0 324.0 0.15 13 400 7449 -21.5 -52.1 5 30.6 -24.7 238 60 327.1 327.1 291.0 327.4 0.08 14 350 8419 -28.4 -48.5 13 20.1 -30.3 225 70 330.5 330.5 292.0 331.0 0.13 15 300 9504 -36.4 -43.3 49 6.9 -37.1 226 74 334.1 334.1 293.1 335.1 0.28 16 250 10751 -41.9 -55.6 21 13.6 -42.6 232 83 343.7 343.7 295.3 344.0 0.08 17 200 12239 -50.1 -75.1 4 25.0 -50.5 238 80 353.4 353.4 297.4 353.5 0.01 18 150 14058 -63.4 -80.3 8 16.9 -63.5 247 67 360.9 360.9 298.9 360.9 0.00 19 100 16504 -70.2 -85.3 9 15.1 -70.2 240 32 392.2 392.2 304.1 392.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.76 m Freezing level: 609.63 mb = 4216.64 m = 13833.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 718.28 mb = 2885.39 m = 9466.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.00 % Est. max temperature: 27.52 C = 81.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 986.32 mb = 209.05 m = 685.85 ft T: 21.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.71 C/km ThetaE index: 26.17 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 937.89 mb = 645.23 m = 2116.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.58 C = 76.24 F Cap Strength: 0.13 C Lifted Index: -3.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.77 C Showalter Index: -0.57 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.02 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.85 C Cross Totals Index: 23.16 C K Index: 20.75 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 285.86 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.40 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1132.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 943.33 mb = 595.35 m = 1953.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 918.33 mb = 827.00 m = 2713.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 268.33 mb = 10266.85 m = 33683.48 ft B at Equ Level: 1131.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 148.33 mb = 14125.31 m = 46342.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.6 at 43.2 knts Storm direction: 291.6 at 32.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: 2.1 tot: 8.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 153.1 neg: -47.8 tot: 105.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.08 Bulk Rich Number: 10.30 Bulk Shear: 109.97 m/s