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: 36.46,-88.61 Latitude: 36.46 Longitude: -88.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 64 SFC 991 142 20.6 19.8 95 0.8 20.1 205 14 294.5 297.2 293.6 337.0 14.85 2 950 506 18.6 18.5 99 0.1 18.5 216 34 296.1 298.6 293.6 337.1 14.23 3 900 970 16.3 15.7 96 0.6 15.9 237 48 298.3 300.6 293.0 334.9 12.57 4 850 1454 12.9 12.0 95 0.9 12.3 246 50 299.6 301.5 291.7 330.2 10.43 5 800 1961 9.9 8.2 89 1.7 8.9 255 44 301.7 303.2 290.9 327.0 8.55 6 750 2495 6.8 5.0 88 1.8 5.8 254 41 304.0 305.3 290.6 326.0 7.33 7 700 3060 3.6 0.7 81 2.9 2.1 250 45 306.5 307.6 290.0 324.1 5.77 8 650 3658 0.4 -3.7 74 4.1 -1.6 245 49 309.4 310.3 289.8 323.4 4.49 9 600 4295 -3.5 -17.0 34 13.5 -8.1 244 50 312.1 312.4 287.9 317.6 1.68 10 550 4977 -7.3 -29.9 15 22.6 -12.7 243 57 315.4 315.5 287.9 317.4 0.58 11 500 5713 -11.6 -30.0 20 18.4 -15.8 240 66 318.8 319.0 289.0 321.1 0.63 12 450 6512 -16.6 -30.2 30 13.7 -19.5 233 71 322.4 322.6 290.2 324.9 0.69 13 400 7386 -22.9 -30.5 50 7.7 -24.4 224 73 325.3 325.4 291.2 328.0 0.75 14 350 8350 -29.6 -38.6 41 9.0 -30.8 215 79 328.8 328.9 291.8 330.3 0.39 15 300 9435 -37.0 -43.4 51 6.4 -37.5 214 87 333.3 333.3 292.9 334.3 0.27 16 250 10669 -45.5 -63.8 11 18.4 -46.0 221 79 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.6 0.03 17 200 12137 -51.1 -74.0 5 22.8 -51.5 239 68 351.8 351.8 297.0 351.9 0.01 18 150 13971 -59.4 -79.9 5 20.5 -59.6 254 56 367.7 367.7 300.1 367.7 0.00 19 100 16455 -66.2 -86.8 4 20.6 -66.3 260 36 399.8 399.8 305.2 399.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5648.45 m Freezing level: 644.93 mb = 3722.84 m = 12213.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.50 mb = 3395.31 m = 11139.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.10 % Est. max temperature: 26.06 C = 78.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 979.55 mb = 242.35 m = 795.10 ft T: 20.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.75 C/km ThetaE index: 19.64 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 927.73 mb = 709.42 m = 2327.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.14 C = 73.64 F Cap Strength: 0.18 C Lifted Index: -3.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.85 C Showalter Index: -0.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.17 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.52 C Cross Totals Index: 23.66 C K Index: 33.64 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 310.61 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.83 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 844.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 934.72 mb = 645.14 m = 2116.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 899.72 mb = 972.24 m = 3189.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 279.72 mb = 9908.66 m = 32508.32 ft B at Equ Level: 841.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 179.72 mb = 12818.39 m = 42054.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.3 at 49.2 knts Storm direction: 273.3 at 36.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.9 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 396.1 neg: -10.8 tot: 385.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 128.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.4 stream: 7.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.06 Bulk Rich Number: 8.06 Bulk Shear: 104.75 m/s