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: 36.2,-90.01 Latitude: 36.20 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 63 SFC 998 79 25.8 16.5 56 9.3 19.5 186 11 299.1 301.3 292.7 333.9 11.91 2 950 514 23.5 15.2 60 8.3 18.0 196 30 301.1 303.2 293.0 335.0 11.52 3 900 983 19.2 13.9 72 5.2 15.7 201 32 301.3 303.3 292.9 334.2 11.18 4 850 1471 15.1 10.3 73 4.8 12.1 212 30 302.0 303.7 291.6 329.5 9.29 5 800 1982 11.6 10.4 92 1.2 10.9 230 34 303.5 305.4 292.6 333.2 9.96 6 750 2520 8.5 6.3 86 2.2 7.2 234 36 305.8 307.3 291.7 330.0 8.02 7 700 3087 4.8 3.6 92 1.1 4.1 231 41 307.7 309.1 291.6 329.4 7.10 8 650 3689 2.3 -2.2 72 4.5 0.1 225 45 311.6 312.5 290.9 327.3 5.01 9 600 4332 -1.2 -6.0 69 4.9 -3.4 222 50 314.8 315.5 291.1 327.8 4.06 10 550 5020 -5.8 -10.5 69 4.8 -7.7 221 51 317.3 317.9 291.0 327.4 3.11 11 500 5760 -10.4 -17.6 56 7.2 -12.8 232 56 320.4 320.7 290.8 326.9 1.92 12 450 6566 -14.1 -29.8 25 15.7 -17.7 240 55 325.5 325.7 291.2 328.1 0.72 13 400 7449 -20.6 -40.8 15 20.2 -23.7 242 56 328.2 328.2 291.5 329.2 0.27 14 350 8419 -29.0 -43.3 24 14.4 -30.6 240 60 329.7 329.7 291.9 330.6 0.24 15 300 9500 -38.5 -48.4 34 10.0 -39.2 236 68 331.1 331.2 292.2 331.8 0.16 16 250 10725 -47.7 -60.5 22 12.7 -48.1 241 68 335.1 335.1 293.1 335.3 0.04 17 200 12179 -52.3 -75.3 5 23.0 -52.7 250 67 350.0 350.0 296.6 350.0 0.01 18 150 13997 -61.7 -80.8 6 19.1 -61.9 257 58 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.8 0.00 19 100 16479 -67.7 -86.9 5 19.2 -67.8 259 32 396.9 396.9 304.8 396.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.58 m Freezing level: 616.70 mb = 4117.21 m = 13507.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.89 mb = 3702.94 m = 12148.62 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.99 % Est. max temperature: 28.75 C = 83.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 871.07 mb = 1261.73 m = 4139.49 ft T: 16.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.66 C/km ThetaE index: 5.91 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 818.36 mb = 1790.92 m = 5875.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.66 C = 85.38 F Cap Strength: 1.39 C Lifted Index: -1.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.13 C Showalter Index: 1.07 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.21 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.53 C Cross Totals Index: 20.68 C K Index: 34.68 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 306.13 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.54 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 193.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 40.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 845.66 mb = 1514.12 m = 4967.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 760.66 mb = 2402.06 m = 7880.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 450.66 mb = 6555.25 m = 21506.45 ft B at Equ Level: 120.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 210.66 mb = 11840.67 m = 38846.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.8 at 41.1 knts Storm direction: 252.8 at 30.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.8 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 218.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 218.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 72.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.24 Bulk Rich Number: 2.45 Bulk Shear: 79.11 m/s