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: 36.67,-90.01 Latitude: 36.67 Longitude: -90.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 61 SFC 996 95 28.5 15.1 44 13.4 19.5 192 16 302.0 304.0 292.9 334.2 10.90 2 950 512 24.0 13.5 52 10.4 17.1 195 24 301.5 303.4 292.2 331.9 10.30 3 900 981 19.4 12.5 65 6.9 15.0 196 26 301.5 303.3 292.2 331.5 10.18 4 850 1470 15.3 8.3 63 6.9 11.1 207 29 302.1 303.6 290.6 326.3 8.11 5 800 1981 11.7 11.0 95 0.7 11.3 224 30 303.6 305.5 292.9 334.4 10.35 6 750 2518 8.1 5.8 85 2.3 6.8 229 33 305.4 306.9 291.4 328.8 7.76 7 700 3085 5.9 -1.6 58 7.6 2.1 220 35 309.1 310.0 290.0 324.2 4.85 8 650 3690 3.2 -1.1 73 4.4 1.0 213 37 312.6 313.7 291.6 329.6 5.42 9 600 4334 -0.6 -5.2 71 4.6 -2.8 216 41 315.4 316.2 291.5 329.2 4.33 10 550 5024 -6.0 -12.8 58 6.8 -8.6 220 42 317.0 317.5 290.5 325.6 2.60 11 500 5760 -11.7 -18.6 57 6.9 -13.9 226 43 318.8 319.1 290.2 324.7 1.76 12 450 6563 -14.8 -38.5 11 23.7 -19.0 231 48 324.6 324.7 290.5 325.8 0.30 13 400 7444 -20.6 -43.2 11 22.6 -23.7 237 57 328.2 328.3 291.5 329.0 0.21 14 350 8416 -28.1 -50.3 10 22.2 -30.2 241 66 330.8 330.9 292.0 331.3 0.11 15 300 9500 -37.6 -42.3 61 4.7 -38.0 243 69 332.4 332.5 292.7 333.6 0.31 16 250 10729 -48.8 -52.0 69 3.2 -48.9 245 74 333.6 333.6 292.8 334.1 0.13 17 200 12166 -55.2 -69.4 16 14.2 -55.4 249 81 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.4 0.02 18 150 13979 -59.5 -81.2 4 21.7 -59.7 249 72 367.5 367.5 300.1 367.5 0.00 19 100 16466 -68.1 -87.3 5 19.2 -68.2 258 31 396.1 396.1 304.6 396.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.59 m Freezing level: 608.04 mb = 4230.80 m = 13880.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.24 mb = 3849.69 m = 12630.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.33 % Est. max temperature: 28.75 C = 83.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 819.30 mb = 1779.84 m = 5839.29 ft T: 13.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.60 C/km ThetaE index: 10.28 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 787.21 mb = 2115.13 m = 6939.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.58 C = 87.04 F Cap Strength: 1.46 C Lifted Index: -1.59 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.82 C Showalter Index: 1.39 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.98 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.96 C Cross Totals Index: 20.02 C K Index: 27.71 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 267.50 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.27 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 47.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 98.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 815.35 mb = 1820.66 m = 5973.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 560.35 mb = 4875.97 m = 15997.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 460.35 mb = 6389.95 m = 20964.16 ft B at Equ Level: 46.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 390.35 mb = 7621.91 m = 25005.96 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.1 at 34.7 knts Storm direction: 247.1 at 26.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.9 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 119.0 neg: -6.4 tot: 112.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 1.15 Bulk Shear: 41.53 m/s