MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F063.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F063.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 63 hour NAM valid 9Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 36.10,-88.92 Latitude: 36.10 Longitude: -88.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 58 SFC 994 110 21.8 18.3 80 3.5 19.4 204 14 295.4 297.9 292.8 333.9 13.41 2 950 502 20.3 17.0 81 3.3 18.1 209 37 297.8 300.2 293.2 335.4 12.96 3 900 969 18.2 15.9 87 2.3 16.7 224 57 300.2 302.5 293.7 337.5 12.72 4 850 1456 14.4 13.9 97 0.5 14.1 233 62 301.2 303.4 293.3 336.2 11.86 5 800 1967 11.0 10.8 98 0.2 10.9 240 59 302.9 304.8 292.6 333.3 10.23 6 750 2503 8.1 7.4 95 0.7 7.7 241 54 305.4 307.0 292.1 331.4 8.64 7 700 3070 4.7 3.8 94 0.8 4.2 241 52 307.6 309.0 291.6 329.6 7.20 8 650 3671 1.0 -0.0 93 1.0 0.5 240 53 310.1 311.2 291.2 328.4 5.89 9 600 4311 -3.0 -5.9 80 3.0 -4.3 240 57 312.7 313.5 290.5 325.7 4.09 10 550 4993 -8.5 -14.9 59 6.5 -10.7 240 56 314.0 314.5 289.1 321.2 2.18 11 500 5723 -14.1 -19.1 66 4.9 -15.6 237 56 315.8 316.1 289.2 321.4 1.69 12 450 6516 -18.3 -21.2 78 2.9 -19.1 238 58 320.3 320.6 290.5 325.6 1.57 13 400 7387 -22.8 -25.4 79 2.6 -23.4 243 61 325.3 325.6 291.6 329.6 1.21 14 350 8355 -28.9 -31.8 76 2.9 -29.4 250 63 329.8 329.9 292.4 332.5 0.76 15 300 9439 -37.3 -40.5 73 3.1 -37.7 254 64 332.7 332.8 292.9 334.2 0.37 16 250 10671 -47.8 -51.2 67 3.5 -47.9 252 67 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.6 0.14 17 200 12114 -51.2 -65.5 17 14.3 -51.6 242 86 351.6 351.7 297.0 351.8 0.03 18 150 13962 -58.0 -81.4 3 23.4 -58.3 260 65 370.1 370.1 300.6 370.1 0.00 19 100 16461 -66.6 -86.0 5 19.4 -66.7 259 39 399.0 399.0 305.0 399.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5664.80 m Freezing level: 637.24 mb = 3834.23 m = 12579.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.92 mb = 3733.79 m = 12249.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.50 % Est. max temperature: 27.77 C = 81.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.17 mb = 555.50 m = 1822.50 ft T: 20.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.09 C/km ThetaE index: 16.30 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 865.72 mb = 1299.89 m = 4264.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.25 C = 81.05 F Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lifted Index: -5.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.63 C Showalter Index: -5.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 56.63 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.55 C Cross Totals Index: 28.09 C K Index: 41.64 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 535.53 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.00 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 814.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 35.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.17 mb = 947.90 m = 3109.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 827.17 mb = 1685.50 m = 5529.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 247.17 mb = 10744.53 m = 35250.64 ft B at Equ Level: 805.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 177.17 mb = 12892.91 m = 42299.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.2 at 53.6 knts Storm direction: 266.2 at 40.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 578.0 neg: -21.7 tot: 556.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 185.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.2 stream: 9.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.94 Bulk Rich Number: 6.19 Bulk Shear: 131.56 m/s