MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.03,-86.56 Latitude: 36.03 Longitude: -86.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 94 SFC 990 184 27.8 17.7 54 10.0 20.8 200 10 301.8 304.2 294.4 340.2 13.02 2 950 545 23.7 16.3 63 7.4 18.7 203 17 301.2 303.5 293.7 337.5 12.34 3 900 1014 19.1 15.4 79 3.7 16.6 204 18 301.2 303.4 293.7 337.4 12.31 4 850 1502 14.7 13.2 91 1.5 13.7 213 21 301.5 303.6 293.0 334.8 11.30 5 800 2013 10.9 6.8 76 4.1 8.5 229 26 302.8 304.2 290.6 325.9 7.77 6 750 2549 9.4 -1.2 48 10.5 4.0 228 30 306.8 307.6 289.1 321.2 4.69 7 700 3118 7.2 -10.6 27 17.8 -0.3 227 30 310.5 310.9 288.2 318.3 2.44 8 650 3725 4.7 -9.1 36 13.8 -1.4 229 29 314.2 314.8 289.9 323.8 2.95 9 600 4371 -0.4 -6.9 61 6.5 -3.4 230 30 315.6 316.4 291.1 327.8 3.79 10 550 5060 -5.6 -12.7 57 7.1 -8.3 240 27 317.5 318.0 290.6 326.1 2.62 11 500 5799 -10.8 -23.8 33 13.0 -14.4 243 28 319.9 320.1 289.9 323.7 1.12 12 450 6601 -15.1 -37.2 13 22.0 -19.1 242 32 324.2 324.3 290.4 325.5 0.35 13 400 7483 -20.2 -46.1 8 25.9 -23.6 250 34 328.7 328.7 291.5 329.3 0.15 14 350 8456 -27.9 -47.9 13 20.0 -29.9 250 41 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.7 0.14 15 300 9543 -36.9 -49.9 25 12.9 -37.8 256 45 333.3 333.4 292.7 333.9 0.13 16 250 10775 -47.5 -53.2 52 5.7 -47.7 258 56 335.4 335.5 293.3 335.9 0.11 17 200 12220 -54.2 -69.6 13 15.4 -54.5 260 71 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.0 0.02 18 150 14036 -61.4 -81.6 5 20.2 -61.6 256 61 364.3 364.3 299.5 364.3 0.00 19 100 16482 -70.0 -86.4 7 16.4 -70.1 255 32 392.4 392.4 304.2 392.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.44 m Freezing level: 604.01 mb = 4318.96 m = 14169.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 703.19 mb = 3080.41 m = 10106.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.28 % Est. max temperature: 27.73 C = 81.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 855.42 mb = 1448.12 m = 4750.99 ft T: 15.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.72 C/km ThetaE index: 21.89 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.20 mb = 1500.50 m = 4922.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.49 C = 81.48 F Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lifted Index: -3.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.16 C Showalter Index: -1.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.47 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.46 C Cross Totals Index: 24.00 C K Index: 20.88 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 325.99 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.20 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 517.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 852.85 mb = 1473.82 m = 4835.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 847.85 mb = 1523.73 m = 4999.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 707.85 mb = 3025.91 m = 9927.42 ft B at Equ Level: 32.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 167.85 mb = 13325.79 m = 43719.25 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.6 at 26.0 knts Storm direction: 258.6 at 19.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 89.3 neg: -2.0 tot: 87.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.27 Bulk Rich Number: 18.37 Bulk Shear: 28.15 m/s