MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F051.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F051.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 51 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 36.39,-87.94 Latitude: 36.39 Longitude: -87.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 74 SFC 991 149 23.9 16.9 65 7.1 19.2 193 13 297.8 300.0 292.6 333.5 12.29 2 950 520 21.0 16.1 74 4.9 17.8 198 32 298.5 300.7 292.8 334.1 12.24 3 900 986 17.5 15.4 87 2.1 16.1 207 44 299.5 301.8 293.2 335.5 12.29 4 850 1473 16.3 2.7 40 13.5 8.9 225 40 303.2 304.2 288.6 319.7 5.48 5 800 1986 12.7 7.1 69 5.6 9.3 229 37 304.6 306.1 291.3 328.4 7.92 6 750 2524 8.6 7.7 94 0.9 8.1 235 40 305.9 307.6 292.4 332.6 8.86 7 700 3092 5.1 3.9 92 1.3 4.4 235 42 308.1 309.5 291.7 330.2 7.23 8 650 3694 1.8 -1.8 77 3.6 0.0 232 47 311.0 312.0 290.9 327.2 5.18 9 600 4335 -1.6 -4.5 81 2.8 -3.0 225 48 314.3 315.1 291.4 328.8 4.58 10 550 5023 -6.2 -9.8 76 3.6 -7.7 225 48 316.7 317.3 291.0 327.4 3.30 11 500 5760 -11.4 -18.1 58 6.7 -13.5 230 53 319.2 319.5 290.4 325.4 1.84 12 450 6563 -15.3 -28.8 31 13.5 -18.4 234 55 324.0 324.2 290.8 326.9 0.79 13 400 7442 -21.2 -33.3 33 12.0 -23.5 239 61 327.4 327.5 291.6 329.5 0.58 14 350 8411 -29.1 -43.5 24 14.4 -30.7 234 62 329.6 329.6 291.9 330.5 0.23 15 300 9493 -37.7 -44.7 48 7.0 -38.3 235 54 332.2 332.3 292.6 333.2 0.24 16 250 10725 -48.1 -51.5 68 3.4 -48.2 239 43 334.6 334.6 293.1 335.1 0.13 17 200 12167 -51.2 -74.9 4 23.7 -51.6 247 54 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.8 0.01 18 150 13995 -59.9 -81.5 4 21.6 -60.1 261 54 366.9 366.9 300.0 366.9 0.00 19 100 16477 -68.1 -86.3 6 18.2 -68.2 261 35 396.1 396.1 304.7 396.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.50 m Freezing level: 623.53 mb = 4033.35 m = 13232.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.67 mb = 3697.81 m = 12131.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.49 % Est. max temperature: 29.54 C = 85.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 894.10 mb = 1042.02 m = 3418.65 ft T: 17.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.17 C/km ThetaE index: 15.71 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 814.45 mb = 1834.36 m = 6018.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.32 C = 86.58 F Cap Strength: 2.71 C Lifted Index: -2.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.71 C Showalter Index: 5.14 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.73 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.63 C Cross Totals Index: 14.09 C K Index: 29.11 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 202.23 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.19 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 244.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 86.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.84 mb = 1169.47 m = 3836.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 745.84 mb = 2569.87 m = 8431.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 285.84 mb = 9819.95 m = 32217.30 ft B at Equ Level: 243.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 205.84 mb = 11980.94 m = 39307.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.9 at 43.3 knts Storm direction: 255.9 at 32.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.4 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 325.8 neg: -5.8 tot: 320.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 106.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.47 Bulk Rich Number: 3.13 Bulk Shear: 77.98 m/s