MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 9Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 36.75,-86.83 Latitude: 36.75 Longitude: -86.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 984 194 20.0 18.6 92 1.4 19.1 198 18 294.5 297.0 292.8 334.1 13.85 2 950 495 17.8 17.7 99 0.1 17.7 204 34 295.3 297.7 292.8 334.0 13.51 3 900 957 15.7 14.8 95 0.9 15.1 222 48 297.6 299.8 292.3 332.0 11.83 4 850 1441 12.9 11.6 92 1.3 12.1 239 47 299.6 301.5 291.5 329.4 10.13 5 800 1948 9.8 8.9 94 0.9 9.3 243 45 301.6 303.2 291.2 328.2 8.98 6 750 2482 6.7 5.4 92 1.2 5.9 241 43 303.8 305.2 290.7 326.4 7.53 7 700 3046 3.3 1.7 89 1.6 2.5 244 43 306.1 307.3 290.3 325.1 6.21 8 650 3644 -0.3 -2.1 88 1.7 -1.2 246 50 308.6 309.5 290.0 324.2 5.06 9 600 4279 -4.2 -6.3 85 2.2 -5.1 243 53 311.3 312.1 289.9 323.8 3.97 10 550 4961 -8.2 -10.8 82 2.5 -9.2 240 57 314.3 314.9 290.0 324.2 3.06 11 500 5693 -13.5 -19.9 58 6.4 -15.3 238 62 316.6 316.9 289.3 321.9 1.58 12 450 6488 -17.8 -34.0 23 16.2 -20.8 241 70 320.8 320.9 289.5 322.6 0.48 13 400 7358 -23.5 -43.8 14 20.3 -26.0 235 77 324.5 324.5 290.3 325.2 0.20 14 350 8323 -28.3 -41.0 28 12.7 -29.9 218 92 330.6 330.7 292.2 331.8 0.30 15 300 9410 -36.6 -40.9 64 4.4 -37.0 210 89 333.8 333.9 293.1 335.2 0.36 16 250 10645 -46.3 -53.6 43 7.3 -46.6 216 90 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.7 0.10 17 200 12109 -50.4 -76.5 3 26.1 -50.9 240 72 352.9 352.9 297.3 353.0 0.01 18 150 13949 -58.9 -80.9 4 22.0 -59.2 253 54 368.5 368.5 300.3 368.5 0.00 19 100 16442 -66.0 -86.8 4 20.8 -66.1 249 33 400.3 400.3 305.2 400.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5638.87 m Freezing level: 654.62 mb = 3588.35 m = 11772.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.40 mb = 3442.67 m = 11294.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.52 % Est. max temperature: 25.72 C = 78.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.66 mb = 363.45 m = 1192.40 ft T: 18.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.34 C/km ThetaE index: 10.27 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 913.67 mb = 828.04 m = 2716.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.45 C = 72.41 F Cap Strength: 0.26 C Lifted Index: -3.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.11 C Showalter Index: -1.96 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.43 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.36 C Cross Totals Index: 25.07 C K Index: 36.39 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 344.52 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.54 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 585.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 924.49 mb = 727.45 m = 2386.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 879.49 mb = 1151.98 m = 3779.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 359.49 mb = 8129.56 m = 26671.46 ft B at Equ Level: 584.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 209.49 mb = 11805.01 m = 38729.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.3 at 49.5 knts Storm direction: 268.3 at 37.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.2 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 422.6 neg: -15.4 tot: 407.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 135.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.4 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.49 Bulk Rich Number: 5.05 Bulk Shear: 115.89 m/s