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: 36.47,-90.12 Latitude: 36.47 Longitude: -90.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 59 SFC 996 91 25.1 15.6 55 9.5 18.8 190 11 298.6 300.6 292.1 331.4 11.25 2 950 509 23.6 14.6 57 9.0 17.7 199 30 301.2 303.2 292.7 333.8 11.07 3 900 978 19.3 13.6 70 5.7 15.6 204 33 301.4 303.4 292.7 333.6 10.94 4 850 1466 15.2 9.4 68 5.9 11.6 215 33 302.1 303.7 291.2 328.0 8.71 5 800 1977 11.1 10.9 98 0.2 10.9 230 34 303.0 304.9 292.6 333.4 10.26 6 750 2514 8.1 7.8 98 0.3 7.9 231 35 305.3 307.0 292.3 332.1 8.90 7 700 3081 4.9 3.8 92 1.1 4.3 231 40 307.9 309.3 291.7 329.9 7.20 8 650 3683 1.7 -1.7 78 3.4 -0.0 225 46 310.9 311.9 290.9 327.1 5.21 9 600 4324 -1.5 -5.0 77 3.5 -3.2 221 53 314.4 315.2 291.2 328.3 4.38 10 550 5012 -5.9 -10.1 72 4.2 -7.6 220 56 317.1 317.7 291.0 327.7 3.24 11 500 5752 -10.3 -16.4 61 6.1 -12.4 230 60 320.5 320.9 291.0 327.6 2.13 12 450 6558 -14.0 -23.3 46 9.2 -16.6 237 57 325.6 325.8 291.7 330.2 1.31 13 400 7441 -20.8 -36.0 24 15.2 -23.4 240 57 327.9 328.0 291.6 329.6 0.44 14 350 8410 -29.0 -47.0 16 18.0 -30.8 238 56 329.7 329.7 291.8 330.3 0.16 15 300 9491 -38.5 -52.4 22 13.9 -39.4 239 63 331.1 331.1 292.1 331.5 0.10 16 250 10716 -48.1 -60.8 22 12.7 -48.4 242 62 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.8 0.04 17 200 12168 -52.3 -74.1 6 21.8 -52.7 249 65 350.0 350.0 296.6 350.0 0.01 18 150 13987 -61.4 -80.6 6 19.2 -61.6 257 59 364.3 364.3 299.5 364.3 0.00 19 100 16474 -67.2 -87.6 4 20.4 -67.4 260 36 397.8 397.8 304.9 397.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5692.74 m Freezing level: 623.64 mb = 4021.19 m = 13192.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.45 mb = 3677.46 m = 12065.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.39 % Est. max temperature: 28.71 C = 83.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 866.37 mb = 1303.54 m = 4276.64 ft T: 16.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.71 C/km ThetaE index: 6.32 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 813.48 mb = 1836.43 m = 6024.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.27 C = 84.69 F Cap Strength: 1.59 C Lifted Index: -0.57 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.54 C Showalter Index: 1.92 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.22 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.56 C Cross Totals Index: 19.66 C K Index: 33.78 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 295.62 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.09 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 84.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 46.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 838.23 mb = 1583.98 m = 5196.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 773.23 mb = 2260.30 m = 7415.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 473.23 mb = 6173.21 m = 20253.06 ft B at Equ Level: 74.99 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 243.23 mb = 10894.70 m = 35743.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.7 at 42.9 knts Storm direction: 252.7 at 32.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.8 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 225.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 225.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 75.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 1.02 Bulk Shear: 82.89 m/s