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: 35.76,-86.95 Latitude: 35.76 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 82 SFC 983 232 19.5 18.9 97 0.6 19.1 198 11 294.1 296.6 292.9 334.4 14.13 2 950 523 17.8 17.6 99 0.2 17.7 210 26 295.2 297.6 292.7 333.8 13.46 3 900 985 15.3 15.0 98 0.3 15.1 234 35 297.3 299.4 292.3 332.0 12.00 4 850 1468 12.5 12.4 99 0.1 12.4 248 39 299.3 301.2 291.9 330.5 10.69 5 800 1975 9.8 9.6 99 0.2 9.7 246 36 301.6 303.3 291.6 329.5 9.44 6 750 2510 6.9 6.7 98 0.2 6.8 243 33 304.1 305.6 291.3 328.7 8.23 7 700 3074 3.5 3.0 96 0.5 3.2 250 38 306.4 307.7 290.9 327.1 6.81 8 650 3672 0.0 -1.1 92 1.2 -0.5 249 42 309.0 310.0 290.5 325.8 5.43 9 600 4310 -3.3 -7.4 73 4.1 -5.1 247 48 312.3 313.0 289.9 323.9 3.66 10 550 4992 -7.7 -24.5 25 16.8 -12.2 250 51 314.9 315.1 288.2 318.2 0.96 11 500 5726 -11.7 -39.7 8 28.0 -16.6 242 54 318.7 318.8 288.6 319.6 0.24 12 450 6525 -16.5 -36.3 16 19.8 -20.0 235 71 322.5 322.6 289.9 323.9 0.38 13 400 7401 -21.7 -26.2 67 4.5 -22.8 223 74 326.8 327.0 291.9 330.8 1.12 14 350 8373 -27.6 -30.5 77 2.9 -28.2 211 62 331.5 331.7 293.0 334.7 0.87 15 300 9462 -36.7 -39.8 73 3.1 -37.0 203 64 333.7 333.8 293.1 335.2 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 12147 -51.9 -71.2 8 19.4 -52.2 241 68 350.6 350.6 296.8 350.7 0.01 18 150 13983 -59.1 -82.3 3 23.2 -59.3 256 54 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.2 0.00 19 100 16464 -67.2 -86.5 5 19.3 -67.3 259 37 397.8 397.8 304.9 397.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5644.11 m Freezing level: 649.29 mb = 3681.47 m = 12078.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.10 mb = 3584.67 m = 11760.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.10 % Est. max temperature: 25.42 C = 77.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 975.07 mb = 299.46 m = 982.46 ft T: 19.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.76 C/km ThetaE index: 16.18 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 924.61 mb = 754.38 m = 2474.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.63 C = 70.93 F Cap Strength: 0.11 C Lifted Index: -1.98 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.87 C Showalter Index: -0.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.41 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.28 C Cross Totals Index: 24.13 C K Index: 36.15 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 281.31 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.16 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 387.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 928.38 mb = 719.63 m = 2360.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 913.38 mb = 858.74 m = 2817.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 383.38 mb = 7710.01 m = 25295.00 ft B at Equ Level: 386.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 213.38 mb = 11725.62 m = 38469.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.1 at 42.0 knts Storm direction: 274.1 at 31.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.6 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 293.0 neg: -27.5 tot: 265.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 88.5 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: 4.26 Bulk Shear: 91.05 m/s