MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 6Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 36.14,-89.18 Latitude: 36.14 Longitude: -89.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 SFC 996 99 20.7 19.6 94 1.1 20.0 204 14 294.2 296.8 293.3 335.9 14.60 2 950 511 19.7 18.5 93 1.2 18.9 225 36 297.1 299.7 293.9 338.4 14.25 3 900 976 16.8 15.6 93 1.2 16.0 243 46 298.8 301.1 293.1 335.2 12.49 4 850 1461 12.9 12.5 97 0.5 12.7 251 46 299.7 301.7 292.0 331.2 10.77 5 800 1968 9.6 9.1 97 0.4 9.3 259 45 301.3 303.0 291.2 328.4 9.13 6 750 2502 6.4 4.3 86 2.1 5.2 258 43 303.6 304.9 290.1 324.5 6.96 7 700 3065 3.3 -0.2 78 3.5 1.5 251 48 306.1 307.1 289.6 322.6 5.39 8 650 3663 0.1 -4.9 69 5.0 -2.2 246 51 309.1 309.9 289.3 321.9 4.08 9 600 4300 -3.3 -12.4 49 9.2 -6.8 245 53 312.4 312.8 288.8 320.3 2.45 10 550 4982 -7.6 -34.1 10 26.6 -13.2 249 58 315.1 315.2 287.6 316.5 0.39 11 500 5716 -11.8 -40.7 7 28.9 -16.7 247 62 318.6 318.6 288.5 319.4 0.22 12 450 6515 -17.2 -29.9 32 12.7 -19.9 241 67 321.6 321.8 290.0 324.1 0.71 13 400 7386 -23.5 -27.1 72 3.6 -24.2 229 72 324.5 324.7 291.2 328.1 1.04 14 350 8350 -29.3 -41.2 31 11.9 -30.7 215 81 329.3 329.4 291.8 330.4 0.30 15 300 9435 -36.3 -55.9 12 19.6 -37.5 216 79 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.5 0.07 16 250 10675 -44.8 -63.8 10 19.0 -45.4 223 76 339.4 339.4 294.2 339.5 0.03 17 200 12146 -50.6 -75.5 4 24.9 -51.1 239 65 352.6 352.6 297.2 352.6 0.01 18 150 13978 -59.8 -80.2 5 20.4 -60.0 252 58 367.0 367.0 300.0 367.0 0.00 19 100 16457 -66.5 -87.0 4 20.5 -66.6 264 38 399.3 399.3 305.1 399.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5648.90 m Freezing level: 648.15 mb = 3686.23 m = 12093.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 679.89 mb = 3300.04 m = 10826.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.52 % Est. max temperature: 26.36 C = 79.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 980.99 mb = 233.44 m = 765.86 ft T: 20.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.71 C/km ThetaE index: 21.86 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 908.79 mb = 892.42 m = 2927.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.07 C = 77.13 F Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lifted Index: -3.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.40 C Showalter Index: -1.19 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.10 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.78 C Cross Totals Index: 24.33 C K Index: 33.77 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 305.87 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.35 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 971.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 929.88 mb = 694.99 m = 2280.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 884.88 mb = 1119.75 m = 3673.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 284.88 mb = 9786.85 m = 32108.71 ft B at Equ Level: 967.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 174.88 mb = 13000.50 m = 42652.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.6 at 49.2 knts Storm direction: 277.6 at 36.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: 1.3 tot: 7.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 369.4 neg: -9.0 tot: 360.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 120.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.9 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.22 Bulk Rich Number: 9.77 Bulk Shear: 99.46 m/s