MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 35.71,-89.83 Latitude: 35.71 Longitude: -89.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 74 SFC 999 80 28.8 17.2 49 11.6 20.8 194 15 302.0 304.3 294.0 338.7 12.42 2 950 526 23.5 15.8 62 7.7 18.4 195 21 301.0 303.2 293.4 336.3 12.00 3 900 995 19.0 14.9 77 4.1 16.3 196 22 301.1 303.3 293.4 336.2 11.93 4 850 1483 15.6 5.7 52 9.9 9.9 208 25 302.5 303.7 289.6 322.8 6.77 5 800 1995 12.4 8.8 78 3.6 10.2 218 26 304.4 306.1 292.0 331.1 8.92 6 750 2533 8.4 2.4 66 6.0 5.1 225 28 305.7 306.8 290.0 324.1 6.06 7 700 3103 7.6 -3.2 46 10.8 2.2 220 30 310.9 311.7 290.1 324.4 4.31 8 650 3710 4.1 -2.6 62 6.7 0.7 219 32 313.6 314.5 291.5 329.0 4.88 9 600 4355 -0.4 -5.4 69 5.0 -2.8 224 34 315.6 316.4 291.5 329.3 4.27 10 550 5045 -5.7 -12.7 58 7.0 -8.4 229 35 317.3 317.8 290.5 325.9 2.61 11 500 5783 -11.5 -19.7 51 8.1 -14.0 233 38 319.0 319.3 290.1 324.4 1.61 12 450 6586 -14.5 -40.6 9 26.1 -18.9 234 43 325.0 325.0 290.5 325.9 0.24 13 400 7468 -20.1 -46.0 8 25.8 -23.5 238 49 328.8 328.8 291.6 329.4 0.15 14 350 8442 -27.6 -49.7 10 22.0 -29.7 240 57 331.5 331.5 292.2 331.9 0.12 15 300 9529 -36.9 -49.2 27 12.3 -37.8 244 61 333.4 333.4 292.8 334.0 0.14 16 250 10760 -48.2 -51.8 67 3.5 -48.4 246 68 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.9 0.13 17 200 12202 -54.5 -71.6 10 17.1 -54.7 251 77 346.5 346.5 295.8 346.6 0.01 18 150 14014 -60.7 -81.0 5 20.3 -60.9 252 73 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.6 0.00 19 100 16486 -68.7 -86.8 6 18.1 -68.8 257 31 395.1 395.1 304.5 395.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.50 m Freezing level: 604.73 mb = 4294.35 m = 14088.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.72 mb = 3838.41 m = 12593.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.63 % Est. max temperature: 29.31 C = 84.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 843.96 mb = 1543.35 m = 5063.41 ft T: 15.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.13 C/km ThetaE index: 15.89 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 818.75 mb = 1799.48 m = 5903.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.48 C = 86.86 F Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lifted Index: -3.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.87 C Showalter Index: 3.32 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.40 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.15 C Cross Totals Index: 17.26 C K Index: 22.09 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 233.13 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.42 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 358.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 27.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 847.56 mb = 1507.37 m = 4945.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 782.56 mb = 2178.81 m = 7148.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 712.56 mb = 2955.84 m = 9697.54 ft B at Equ Level: 14.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 662.56 mb = 3553.02 m = 11656.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.0 at 29.7 knts Storm direction: 250.0 at 22.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 87.4 neg: -1.4 tot: 86.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 11.55 Bulk Shear: 31.05 m/s