MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 12Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 35.81,-86.98 Latitude: 35.81 Longitude: -86.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 982 236 18.9 18.3 96 0.7 18.5 226 11 293.6 296.0 292.3 332.2 13.56 2 950 522 17.1 17.0 99 0.1 17.1 232 24 294.6 296.9 292.2 331.7 12.96 3 900 982 14.1 13.6 96 0.6 13.8 251 35 296.1 298.0 291.0 327.6 10.93 4 850 1462 11.2 10.7 97 0.5 10.9 272 37 297.8 299.6 290.5 325.6 9.52 5 800 1967 8.6 7.7 94 0.9 8.0 256 37 300.3 301.8 290.2 324.7 8.24 6 750 2499 5.8 4.7 92 1.2 5.2 251 48 302.9 304.2 290.0 324.3 7.14 7 700 3061 3.0 -0.1 80 3.1 1.4 248 51 305.8 306.8 289.5 322.4 5.44 8 650 3657 -0.8 -7.7 60 6.9 -3.7 243 58 308.0 308.7 288.2 318.4 3.29 9 600 4293 -2.8 -29.1 11 26.4 -9.4 245 66 312.9 313.0 287.1 314.9 0.57 10 550 4976 -7.5 -35.4 9 27.9 -13.2 251 66 315.2 315.2 287.5 316.4 0.34 11 500 5710 -12.5 -46.1 4 33.7 -17.3 259 74 317.8 317.9 288.2 318.3 0.12 12 450 6504 -18.6 -49.6 5 31.1 -22.1 261 76 319.9 319.9 288.8 320.3 0.09 13 400 7371 -24.7 -50.0 8 25.3 -27.2 252 76 322.8 322.8 289.8 323.2 0.10 14 350 8330 -30.2 -36.1 56 5.9 -31.0 228 73 328.1 328.2 291.7 329.9 0.50 15 300 9411 -37.1 -42.1 60 5.0 -37.6 221 80 333.1 333.1 292.9 334.3 0.31 16 250 10649 -45.5 -53.9 38 8.4 -45.9 226 81 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.9 0.10 17 200 12118 -49.7 -76.4 3 26.7 -50.2 242 71 354.1 354.1 297.5 354.1 0.01 18 150 13962 -59.0 -82.2 3 23.2 -59.3 259 58 368.4 368.4 300.3 368.4 0.00 19 100 16445 -66.3 -86.9 4 20.5 -66.4 248 35 399.6 399.6 305.2 399.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5627.70 m Freezing level: 660.68 mb = 3530.13 m = 11581.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 686.17 mb = 3221.89 m = 10570.39 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.11 % Est. max temperature: 24.02 C = 75.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 972.70 mb = 319.46 m = 1048.10 ft T: 18.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.84 C/km ThetaE index: 17.31 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 923.63 mb = 761.07 m = 2496.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.69 C = 69.24 F Cap Strength: 0.12 C Lifted Index: -1.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.30 C Showalter Index: 1.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.73 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.61 C Cross Totals Index: 23.12 C K Index: 31.19 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 274.64 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.39 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 323.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 926.82 mb = 731.73 m = 2400.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 911.82 mb = 870.55 m = 2856.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 361.82 mb = 8090.98 m = 26544.89 ft B at Equ Level: 322.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 251.82 mb = 10599.28 m = 34774.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.6 at 52.7 knts Storm direction: 281.6 at 39.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 3.6 tot: 8.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 236.3 neg: -1.2 tot: 235.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 78.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.5 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.41 Bulk Rich Number: 2.25 Bulk Shear: 143.78 m/s