MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161200F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161200F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 35.33,-89.96 Latitude: 35.33 Longitude: -89.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1001 83 28.5 17.7 52 10.8 21.1 192 14 301.5 303.9 294.1 339.3 12.83 1 1000 95 28.1 17.3 52 10.8 20.6 192 12 301.2 303.5 293.8 338.0 12.49 2 950 546 23.4 16.1 64 7.3 18.4 195 20 300.9 303.1 293.5 336.6 12.17 3 900 1015 18.8 14.6 77 4.2 16.1 200 23 300.9 303.0 293.2 335.4 11.72 4 850 1504 16.0 9.1 64 6.8 11.8 232 27 302.9 304.5 291.3 328.5 8.59 5 800 2016 12.2 10.9 92 1.3 11.4 235 29 304.1 306.0 293.0 334.8 10.29 6 750 2554 9.1 4.0 70 5.1 6.2 243 30 306.5 307.7 290.9 327.2 6.80 7 700 3125 7.4 0.5 62 6.9 3.7 245 25 310.7 311.8 291.2 328.3 5.68 8 650 3732 3.9 -5.9 49 9.9 -0.7 247 29 313.4 314.1 290.4 325.4 3.77 9 600 4377 -0.2 -9.3 51 9.0 -4.1 247 33 315.9 316.5 290.6 326.1 3.16 10 550 5067 -5.7 -11.8 62 6.1 -8.2 245 37 317.3 317.8 290.7 326.5 2.81 11 500 5805 -10.9 -28.8 21 17.9 -15.2 246 37 319.7 319.8 289.4 322.2 0.71 12 450 6607 -15.2 -39.4 11 24.3 -19.3 249 36 324.2 324.2 290.3 325.2 0.28 13 400 7487 -20.9 -42.8 12 21.9 -23.9 253 46 327.8 327.9 291.3 328.7 0.22 14 350 8458 -28.4 -49.0 12 20.6 -30.4 254 56 330.4 330.5 292.0 330.9 0.13 15 300 9543 -37.0 -48.1 31 11.1 -37.8 257 63 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.9 0.16 16 250 10775 -47.6 -51.7 62 4.1 -47.7 258 73 335.4 335.4 293.3 335.9 0.13 17 200 12220 -54.7 -67.1 20 12.4 -55.0 260 80 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.2 0.02 18 150 14034 -61.1 -79.9 7 18.8 -61.3 261 73 364.8 364.8 299.6 364.8 0.00 19 100 16486 -69.9 -86.4 7 16.5 -70.0 255 30 392.6 392.6 304.2 392.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.44 m Freezing level: 602.75 mb = 4341.52 m = 14243.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.78 mb = 3634.45 m = 11923.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.85 % Est. max temperature: 29.77 C = 85.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 855.91 mb = 1444.39 m = 4738.74 ft T: 16.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.84 C/km ThetaE index: 10.89 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 820.70 mb = 1800.08 m = 5905.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.55 C = 87.00 F Cap Strength: 1.72 C Lifted Index: -2.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.76 C Showalter Index: 1.05 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.98 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.90 C Cross Totals Index: 20.08 C K Index: 29.15 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 255.36 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.15 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 367.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 33.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 852.17 mb = 1481.77 m = 4861.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 777.17 mb = 2257.52 m = 7406.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 727.17 mb = 2810.15 m = 9219.53 ft B at Equ Level: 2.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 707.17 mb = 3040.89 m = 9976.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.0 at 29.1 knts Storm direction: 268.0 at 21.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 143.5 neg: -7.8 tot: 135.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 45.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.31 Bulk Rich Number: 6.50 Bulk Shear: 56.55 m/s