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: 36.88,-88.63 Latitude: 36.88 Longitude: -88.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 54 SFC 991 132 20.4 19.4 94 1.0 19.7 204 13 294.3 296.9 293.2 335.5 14.42 2 950 496 18.2 18.1 99 0.1 18.1 215 32 295.7 298.2 293.2 335.5 13.87 3 900 958 16.0 15.1 94 1.0 15.4 233 46 298.0 300.2 292.6 333.1 12.08 4 850 1442 12.9 11.2 90 1.7 11.9 242 46 299.6 301.4 291.3 328.6 9.89 5 800 1950 9.9 8.1 89 1.8 8.8 254 40 301.7 303.2 290.8 326.9 8.50 6 750 2484 6.7 5.0 89 1.6 5.7 252 38 303.8 305.2 290.5 325.8 7.32 7 700 3048 3.5 0.7 82 2.8 2.0 248 45 306.4 307.4 289.9 323.9 5.74 8 650 3646 0.1 -4.4 72 4.5 -2.0 243 51 309.1 309.9 289.5 322.4 4.25 9 600 4282 -3.9 -16.4 37 12.5 -8.2 238 52 311.6 311.9 287.9 317.4 1.77 10 550 4963 -7.9 -32.8 11 24.9 -13.3 237 54 314.7 314.8 287.5 316.3 0.44 11 500 5698 -11.6 -40.5 7 28.9 -16.5 238 57 318.9 319.0 288.6 319.7 0.22 12 450 6496 -17.3 -33.8 22 16.5 -20.4 231 66 321.5 321.6 289.8 323.3 0.49 13 400 7369 -22.7 -31.3 46 8.6 -24.4 223 73 325.5 325.6 291.2 328.0 0.70 14 350 8332 -29.8 -35.8 56 6.0 -30.6 210 77 328.6 328.7 291.9 330.5 0.52 15 300 9414 -36.9 -53.2 17 16.3 -37.9 212 84 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.8 0.09 16 250 10650 -45.4 -62.8 12 17.4 -46.0 222 79 338.5 338.6 294.0 338.7 0.03 17 200 12120 -50.9 -77.6 3 26.8 -51.3 237 71 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.2 0.00 18 150 13957 -58.6 -81.1 4 22.5 -58.8 257 55 369.1 369.1 300.4 369.1 0.00 19 100 16446 -65.8 -86.4 4 20.6 -66.0 260 40 400.5 400.5 305.3 400.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5643.35 m Freezing level: 648.31 mb = 3667.09 m = 12031.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 674.75 mb = 3344.02 m = 10971.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.27 % Est. max temperature: 26.07 C = 78.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 976.60 mb = 258.21 m = 847.12 ft T: 19.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.69 C/km ThetaE index: 19.27 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 921.88 mb = 752.84 m = 2469.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.07 C = 73.53 F Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lifted Index: -2.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.44 C Showalter Index: 0.29 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.26 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.46 C Cross Totals Index: 22.80 C K Index: 32.84 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 284.39 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.74 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 683.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 932.34 mb = 656.21 m = 2152.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 887.34 mb = 1078.37 m = 3537.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 307.34 mb = 9244.08 m = 30327.99 ft B at Equ Level: 682.81 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 187.34 mb = 12537.96 m = 41134.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.1 at 46.8 knts Storm direction: 270.1 at 35.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 1.4 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 356.6 neg: -6.9 tot: 349.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 116.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.5 stream: 7.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.45 Bulk Rich Number: 7.36 Bulk Shear: 92.90 m/s