MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 6Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 36.82,-89.29 Latitude: 36.82 Longitude: -89.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 SFC 997 94 20.5 19.9 96 0.6 20.1 223 13 294.0 296.6 293.4 336.3 14.84 2 950 508 17.7 17.4 98 0.3 17.5 239 30 295.2 297.5 292.6 333.3 13.32 3 900 969 15.2 11.9 80 3.3 13.1 257 37 297.2 298.9 290.4 325.4 9.74 4 850 1451 11.6 9.2 85 2.4 10.2 258 39 298.3 299.9 289.8 323.5 8.63 5 800 1956 8.7 6.4 85 2.4 7.4 252 44 300.5 301.8 289.6 322.8 7.54 6 750 2488 6.2 2.1 75 4.2 4.0 252 45 303.3 304.4 289.1 321.2 5.93 7 700 3050 2.9 -1.6 72 4.5 0.7 256 47 305.7 306.6 288.9 320.5 4.85 8 650 3647 -1.1 -4.0 81 2.9 -2.4 255 47 307.7 308.6 289.2 321.3 4.38 9 600 4279 -5.3 -8.3 79 3.0 -6.5 247 52 310.0 310.6 289.0 320.8 3.40 10 550 4958 -8.7 -26.1 23 17.4 -13.1 245 56 313.8 314.0 287.6 316.6 0.83 11 500 5690 -12.5 -39.4 9 26.9 -17.1 239 60 317.8 317.9 288.3 318.7 0.25 12 450 6486 -17.2 -39.8 12 22.6 -20.8 227 66 321.6 321.6 289.5 322.6 0.27 13 400 7360 -22.7 -42.8 14 20.2 -25.3 218 73 325.5 325.6 290.7 326.4 0.22 14 350 8325 -28.9 -56.0 6 27.0 -31.0 211 80 329.7 329.7 291.7 330.0 0.06 15 300 9411 -36.4 -64.9 4 28.4 -37.7 210 79 334.0 334.1 292.8 334.1 0.02 16 250 10650 -44.7 -69.0 5 24.3 -45.4 218 79 339.6 339.6 294.2 339.6 0.01 17 200 12120 -50.6 -77.4 3 26.8 -51.1 245 77 352.6 352.6 297.2 352.7 0.01 18 150 13964 -58.3 -80.4 4 22.1 -58.6 248 59 369.6 369.6 300.5 369.6 0.00 19 100 16458 -66.2 -86.8 4 20.6 -66.4 250 34 399.8 399.8 305.2 399.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5624.20 m Freezing level: 663.62 mb = 3484.03 m = 11430.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 689.30 mb = 3173.98 m = 10413.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.03 % Est. max temperature: 25.00 C = 77.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 988.01 mb = 169.95 m = 557.56 ft T: 20.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.82 C/km ThetaE index: 15.73 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 917.58 mb = 803.99 m = 2637.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.01 C = 73.42 F Cap Strength: 0.43 C Lifted Index: -2.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.06 C Showalter Index: 2.02 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.79 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.09 C Cross Totals Index: 21.70 C K Index: 28.78 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 247.42 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.92 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 478.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 931.04 mb = 679.73 m = 2230.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 886.04 mb = 1100.90 m = 3611.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 376.04 mb = 7806.29 m = 25610.87 ft B at Equ Level: 477.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 226.04 mb = 11313.90 m = 37118.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.2 at 46.4 knts Storm direction: 278.2 at 34.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 1.4 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 192.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 192.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 64.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.52 Bulk Rich Number: 6.03 Bulk Shear: 79.44 m/s