MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 36.65,-89.61 Latitude: 36.65 Longitude: -89.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 59 SFC 997 87 25.6 17.8 62 7.8 20.3 192 15 299.1 301.4 293.6 336.9 12.97 2 950 509 23.0 17.0 69 6.1 18.9 197 33 300.6 302.9 293.9 338.4 12.90 3 900 977 18.6 16.1 85 2.5 17.0 199 38 300.7 303.1 294.0 338.6 12.90 4 850 1466 16.8 -0.6 31 17.3 7.8 218 39 303.7 304.5 287.7 316.9 4.31 5 800 1978 13.1 0.9 43 12.2 6.6 226 41 305.1 306.0 288.9 320.7 5.10 6 750 2516 8.6 7.0 90 1.6 7.6 233 44 305.9 307.5 292.1 331.3 8.42 7 700 3084 4.9 1.0 76 3.9 2.8 232 44 307.9 309.0 290.6 326.0 5.90 8 650 3686 2.5 -5.8 54 8.4 -1.3 228 48 311.8 312.6 289.9 323.9 3.81 9 600 4329 -1.3 -4.7 77 3.4 -2.9 224 51 314.6 315.5 291.4 329.0 4.49 10 550 5017 -5.9 -9.9 73 4.0 -7.6 226 53 317.1 317.7 291.0 327.7 3.27 11 500 5755 -11.5 -19.2 53 7.7 -13.9 228 55 319.0 319.3 290.2 324.7 1.68 12 450 6557 -15.1 -38.3 12 23.2 -19.1 234 55 324.3 324.3 290.4 325.4 0.31 13 400 7437 -21.2 -39.6 17 18.4 -24.0 242 64 327.4 327.4 291.3 328.5 0.31 14 350 8406 -28.8 -37.3 44 8.5 -30.0 242 63 330.0 330.1 292.2 331.6 0.44 15 300 9491 -37.4 -41.8 64 4.3 -37.9 255 54 332.6 332.7 292.7 333.8 0.32 16 250 10719 -48.8 -52.5 65 3.7 -49.0 260 51 333.5 333.5 292.8 334.0 0.12 17 200 12152 -54.3 -71.5 10 17.1 -54.6 254 54 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.8 0.01 18 150 13975 -59.3 -81.0 4 21.7 -59.5 252 55 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.0 0.00 19 100 16463 -67.8 -87.0 5 19.2 -67.9 249 32 396.7 396.7 304.8 396.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.13 m Freezing level: 616.70 mb = 4114.18 m = 13497.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.96 mb = 3488.94 m = 11446.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.94 % Est. max temperature: 30.36 C = 86.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 889.12 mb = 1081.25 m = 3547.35 ft T: 18.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.14 C/km ThetaE index: 21.69 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 821.88 mb = 1750.09 m = 5741.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.04 C = 87.87 F Cap Strength: 2.09 C Lifted Index: -3.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.15 C Showalter Index: 6.64 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.17 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 28.26 C Cross Totals Index: 10.91 C K Index: 23.79 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 181.31 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.65 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 804.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 58.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.02 mb = 1237.39 m = 4059.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 778.02 mb = 2210.46 m = 7252.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.02 mb = 11309.96 m = 37105.73 ft B at Equ Level: 793.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 158.02 mb = 13645.12 m = 44766.90 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.4 at 44.8 knts Storm direction: 253.4 at 33.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.1 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 293.1 neg: -2.5 tot: 290.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 96.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.36 Bulk Rich Number: 9.70 Bulk Shear: 83.02 m/s