MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 36.07,-90.36 Latitude: 36.07 Longitude: -90.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 82 SFC 1000 83 20.8 20.1 96 0.7 20.4 217 11 294.0 296.6 293.5 336.8 15.00 2 950 526 19.8 17.4 86 2.4 18.2 242 28 297.3 299.7 293.2 335.7 13.27 3 900 991 17.4 12.1 71 5.2 14.1 259 28 299.4 301.2 291.3 328.5 9.92 4 850 1477 14.5 8.4 67 6.1 10.8 272 32 301.3 302.8 290.4 325.4 8.14 5 800 1987 10.9 6.0 72 4.9 8.1 276 38 302.8 304.2 290.2 324.8 7.35 6 750 2522 7.1 3.8 80 3.3 5.3 270 41 304.3 305.5 290.2 324.6 6.73 7 700 3085 3.5 -0.5 75 4.0 1.4 260 46 306.3 307.3 289.5 322.5 5.27 8 650 3683 -0.6 -5.0 72 4.4 -2.6 248 52 308.3 309.1 289.0 321.0 4.06 9 600 4317 -4.5 -8.7 72 4.2 -6.2 240 58 310.9 311.5 289.2 321.4 3.30 10 550 4999 -7.6 -9.5 86 1.9 -8.4 232 60 315.1 315.7 290.6 326.0 3.38 11 500 5735 -11.5 -12.8 90 1.3 -12.0 221 61 319.0 319.5 291.3 328.4 2.85 12 450 6536 -16.3 -21.0 67 4.8 -17.6 215 66 322.8 323.1 291.2 328.2 1.59 13 400 7413 -21.6 -33.8 32 12.2 -23.8 213 73 326.9 327.0 291.4 328.9 0.55 14 350 8383 -28.3 -41.5 27 13.2 -29.9 213 82 330.6 330.6 292.2 331.7 0.29 15 300 9469 -36.9 -47.6 32 10.6 -37.8 214 82 333.3 333.3 292.8 334.0 0.17 16 250 10706 -45.1 -65.1 9 19.9 -45.7 228 63 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.0 0.02 17 200 12169 -52.5 -73.7 6 21.1 -52.9 243 72 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.6 0.01 18 150 13999 -59.7 -81.4 4 21.6 -59.9 255 58 367.2 367.2 300.1 367.2 0.00 19 100 16482 -66.5 -87.0 4 20.5 -66.7 263 32 399.2 399.2 305.1 399.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5653.10 m Freezing level: 656.95 mb = 3599.99 m = 11810.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 682.10 mb = 3294.26 m = 10807.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.60 % Est. max temperature: 28.14 C = 82.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 990.46 mb = 165.30 m = 542.32 ft T: 20.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.67 C/km ThetaE index: 15.76 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 866.80 mb = 1310.83 m = 4300.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.49 C = 81.47 F Cap Strength: 1.75 C Lifted Index: -2.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.28 C Showalter Index: 1.98 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.88 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.99 C Cross Totals Index: 19.89 C K Index: 30.35 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 226.15 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.52 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 479.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 45.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.54 mb = 862.77 m = 2830.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 808.54 mb = 1897.40 m = 6224.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 348.54 mb = 8412.02 m = 27598.17 ft B at Equ Level: 479.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 208.54 mb = 11894.75 m = 39024.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.7 at 45.6 knts Storm direction: 275.7 at 34.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 2.3 tot: 8.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 107.7 neg: -21.2 tot: 86.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.32 Bulk Rich Number: 5.53 Bulk Shear: 86.83 m/s