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: 37.00,-86.64 Latitude: 37.00 Longitude: -86.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 50 SFC 986 176 19.9 18.4 91 1.5 18.9 200 18 294.3 296.7 292.6 333.2 13.60 2 950 491 17.8 17.4 97 0.5 17.5 206 35 295.3 297.6 292.6 333.2 13.23 3 900 952 15.6 14.5 93 1.1 14.9 222 50 297.6 299.7 292.1 331.3 11.62 4 850 1436 12.8 11.6 92 1.2 12.1 242 49 299.6 301.4 291.5 329.3 10.15 5 800 1944 9.8 8.8 94 1.0 9.2 245 46 301.5 303.2 291.1 328.0 8.91 6 750 2477 6.8 5.1 89 1.7 5.8 241 45 304.0 305.3 290.6 326.0 7.35 7 700 3042 3.6 0.7 81 2.9 2.1 244 48 306.5 307.5 290.0 324.1 5.76 8 650 3639 -0.2 -5.4 68 5.2 -2.6 243 52 308.7 309.5 289.0 321.0 3.93 9 600 4275 -4.2 -12.3 53 8.1 -7.2 240 55 311.3 311.8 288.5 319.3 2.48 10 550 4956 -8.2 -20.5 37 12.2 -11.9 238 57 314.4 314.6 288.4 318.9 1.37 11 500 5688 -13.1 -26.2 32 13.1 -16.3 235 61 317.1 317.3 288.8 320.2 0.90 12 450 6482 -18.3 -40.6 12 22.3 -21.6 236 67 320.3 320.3 289.1 321.2 0.25 13 400 7352 -23.2 -47.9 9 24.7 -25.9 230 78 324.8 324.8 290.3 325.3 0.13 14 350 8317 -28.4 -40.0 32 11.6 -29.9 217 92 330.5 330.6 292.2 331.8 0.34 15 300 9404 -36.6 -40.1 69 3.6 -37.0 210 89 333.8 333.9 293.2 335.3 0.39 16 250 10638 -46.5 -52.9 48 6.4 -46.8 216 92 337.0 337.0 293.7 337.4 0.11 17 200 12103 -50.1 -77.0 3 26.9 -50.6 241 74 353.4 353.4 297.4 353.4 0.01 18 150 13945 -58.7 -81.4 4 22.6 -59.0 251 50 368.9 368.9 300.4 368.9 0.00 19 100 16439 -65.7 -87.7 3 22.0 -65.8 248 35 400.8 400.8 305.3 400.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5637.93 m Freezing level: 652.52 mb = 3609.08 m = 11840.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.63 mb = 3303.55 m = 10838.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.97 % Est. max temperature: 25.75 C = 78.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.62 mb = 368.37 m = 1208.53 ft T: 18.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.30 C/km ThetaE index: 14.30 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 905.47 mb = 900.65 m = 2954.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.96 C = 73.32 F Cap Strength: 0.44 C Lifted Index: -3.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.59 C Showalter Index: -1.56 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.61 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.92 C Cross Totals Index: 24.69 C K Index: 34.65 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 331.16 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.85 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 493.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 922.49 mb = 741.58 m = 2432.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 857.49 mb = 1361.86 m = 4467.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 367.49 mb = 7964.23 m = 26129.05 ft B at Equ Level: 492.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 217.49 mb = 11552.60 m = 37901.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.1 at 50.8 knts Storm direction: 267.1 at 38.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: 0.4 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 445.8 neg: -18.0 tot: 427.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 142.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.2 stream: 8.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.30 Bulk Rich Number: 4.46 Bulk Shear: 110.63 m/s