MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F051.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F051.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 51 hour NAM valid 9Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 35.74,-86.95 Latitude: 35.74 Longitude: -86.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 83 SFC 983 231 19.5 18.9 97 0.6 19.1 198 11 294.1 296.6 292.9 334.5 14.15 2 950 523 17.8 17.6 99 0.2 17.7 210 26 295.2 297.6 292.7 333.8 13.43 3 900 985 15.3 15.0 98 0.3 15.1 233 35 297.3 299.5 292.3 332.0 12.00 4 850 1468 12.5 12.4 99 0.1 12.4 248 39 299.3 301.2 291.9 330.6 10.70 5 800 1976 9.8 9.7 99 0.2 9.7 247 36 301.6 303.4 291.6 329.6 9.46 6 750 2510 6.9 6.7 98 0.2 6.8 243 33 304.1 305.6 291.4 328.8 8.24 7 700 3075 3.6 3.1 97 0.5 3.3 251 38 306.4 307.7 290.9 327.2 6.84 8 650 3673 0.0 -1.1 92 1.1 -0.5 249 41 309.0 310.0 290.5 325.9 5.46 9 600 4310 -3.3 -7.1 75 3.8 -5.0 247 48 312.3 313.0 290.0 324.1 3.73 10 550 4993 -7.7 -24.1 25 16.4 -12.2 250 51 315.0 315.1 288.2 318.3 0.99 11 500 5727 -11.8 -39.4 8 27.7 -16.6 243 54 318.7 318.8 288.6 319.6 0.25 12 450 6526 -16.5 -35.6 17 19.1 -20.0 235 71 322.5 322.6 290.0 324.0 0.41 13 400 7402 -21.7 -26.0 68 4.3 -22.7 223 74 326.8 327.1 292.0 330.9 1.15 14 350 8374 -27.6 -30.5 77 2.9 -28.1 211 62 331.5 331.7 293.0 334.7 0.87 15 300 9463 -36.7 -39.8 73 3.1 -37.0 203 63 333.7 333.8 293.1 335.2 0.40 16 250 10696 -47.6 -51.1 67 3.5 -47.8 210 73 335.3 335.3 293.3 335.9 0.14 17 200 12148 -51.9 -71.3 8 19.4 -52.2 241 68 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.6 0.01 18 150 13984 -59.1 -82.3 3 23.2 -59.3 256 54 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.2 0.00 19 100 16465 -67.2 -86.5 5 19.3 -67.4 260 37 397.8 397.8 304.9 397.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5644.42 m Freezing level: 649.28 mb = 3682.07 m = 12080.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.66 mb = 3590.60 m = 11780.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.45 % Est. max temperature: 25.45 C = 77.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 975.06 mb = 299.94 m = 984.05 ft T: 19.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.77 C/km ThetaE index: 16.14 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 924.41 mb = 756.56 m = 2482.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.66 C = 70.99 F Cap Strength: 0.11 C Lifted Index: -1.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.85 C Showalter Index: -0.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.46 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.30 C Cross Totals Index: 24.16 C K Index: 36.22 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 281.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 386.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 928.38 mb = 720.05 m = 2362.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 913.38 mb = 859.16 m = 2818.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 383.38 mb = 7710.83 m = 25297.71 ft B at Equ Level: 384.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 213.38 mb = 11726.53 m = 38472.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.2 at 42.0 knts Storm direction: 274.2 at 31.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.6 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 293.4 neg: -27.4 tot: 266.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 88.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.64 Bulk Rich Number: 4.24 Bulk Shear: 91.05 m/s