MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 35.26,-89.96 Latitude: 35.26 Longitude: -89.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 76 SFC 999 82 26.2 17.5 59 8.7 20.2 188 10 299.4 301.7 293.4 336.4 12.67 2 950 527 23.3 15.9 63 7.4 18.4 196 26 300.8 303.1 293.4 336.3 12.05 3 900 996 18.9 14.8 77 4.1 16.1 200 28 301.0 303.1 293.2 335.7 11.82 4 850 1484 15.4 7.8 61 7.6 10.9 214 27 302.3 303.8 290.5 325.7 7.86 5 800 1996 12.5 11.0 91 1.5 11.5 238 30 304.4 306.3 293.2 335.3 10.34 6 750 2535 9.1 7.1 87 2.0 7.9 239 33 306.5 308.0 292.3 332.1 8.47 7 700 3104 5.6 3.0 83 2.6 4.1 232 36 308.6 309.9 291.6 329.4 6.78 8 650 3708 3.6 -3.2 61 6.8 0.3 227 40 313.1 313.9 291.1 327.8 4.65 9 600 4353 -0.7 -5.9 68 5.2 -3.1 224 40 315.3 316.0 291.3 328.4 4.10 10 550 5042 -5.3 -11.8 60 6.5 -7.9 225 41 317.7 318.3 290.9 327.0 2.81 11 500 5783 -10.2 -19.4 47 9.2 -13.1 234 46 320.6 320.9 290.6 326.2 1.65 12 450 6588 -14.3 -34.4 16 20.1 -18.3 243 48 325.3 325.4 290.9 327.0 0.46 13 400 7470 -20.7 -38.6 19 17.9 -23.5 242 54 328.1 328.1 291.5 329.3 0.34 14 350 8441 -28.3 -40.0 32 11.6 -29.8 236 59 330.6 330.6 292.2 331.9 0.34 15 300 9527 -37.5 -42.3 61 4.8 -37.9 236 65 332.5 332.6 292.7 333.7 0.31 16 250 10755 -47.1 -54.9 41 7.7 -47.4 241 73 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.4 0.09 17 200 12213 -52.3 -74.1 5 21.8 -52.7 254 65 349.9 349.9 296.6 350.0 0.01 18 150 14030 -62.1 -80.3 7 18.2 -62.2 256 59 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.1 0.00 19 100 16495 -69.9 -87.0 6 17.2 -69.9 261 34 392.7 392.7 304.2 392.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.47 m Freezing level: 608.55 mb = 4242.86 m = 13919.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.26 mb = 3754.93 m = 12319.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.64 % Est. max temperature: 29.13 C = 84.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 880.02 mb = 1187.48 m = 3895.88 ft T: 17.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.88 C/km ThetaE index: 10.69 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 821.88 mb = 1768.20 m = 5801.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.28 C = 86.51 F Cap Strength: 1.51 C Lifted Index: -1.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.91 C Showalter Index: 3.15 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.65 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.62 C Cross Totals Index: 18.03 C K Index: 30.87 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 260.38 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.16 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 275.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 45.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.56 mb = 1408.20 m = 4620.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 752.56 mb = 2506.31 m = 8222.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 652.56 mb = 3676.37 m = 12061.44 ft B at Equ Level: 23.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 202.56 mb = 12130.22 m = 39796.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.5 at 34.8 knts Storm direction: 255.5 at 26.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.7 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 167.4 neg: -3.3 tot: 164.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 54.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.28 Bulk Rich Number: 4.71 Bulk Shear: 58.46 m/s