MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 15Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 35.90,-85.12 Latitude: 35.90 Longitude: -85.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 87 1 950 525 SFC 948 544 17.2 16.3 94 0.9 16.7 225 13 294.9 297.1 291.8 330.4 12.41 3 900 985 14.0 13.8 99 0.1 13.9 236 36 295.9 297.9 291.1 327.9 11.11 4 850 1465 10.6 10.5 99 0.1 10.6 251 45 297.3 299.0 290.2 324.7 9.41 5 800 1969 7.9 7.4 97 0.5 7.6 259 42 299.6 301.1 289.8 323.5 8.12 6 750 2500 5.3 3.5 89 1.7 4.4 245 48 302.3 303.5 289.4 322.0 6.59 7 700 3061 2.8 -2.9 66 5.7 0.1 237 58 305.6 306.4 288.5 319.1 4.41 8 650 3657 -0.9 -3.7 81 2.8 -2.2 235 66 307.9 308.8 289.3 321.8 4.48 9 600 4293 -3.6 -14.5 42 11.0 -7.5 237 71 312.0 312.4 288.3 318.7 2.06 10 550 4974 -7.9 -41.7 5 33.8 -13.8 251 76 314.7 314.7 287.2 315.3 0.18 11 500 5707 -12.5 -44.2 5 31.6 -17.3 261 90 317.8 317.8 288.2 318.3 0.15 12 450 6502 -18.4 -44.0 9 25.5 -21.8 256 88 320.1 320.1 289.0 320.7 0.17 13 400 7369 -24.6 -53.5 5 28.9 -27.2 257 87 323.0 323.0 289.8 323.3 0.07 14 350 8327 -30.8 -45.2 23 14.4 -32.2 226 80 327.2 327.2 291.1 327.9 0.19 15 300 9404 -38.1 -48.6 32 10.6 -38.8 223 83 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.3 0.15 16 250 10639 -44.3 -62.7 11 18.5 -44.9 230 86 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.4 0.03 17 200 12120 -49.2 -74.4 4 25.2 -49.8 241 72 354.8 354.8 297.7 354.8 0.01 18 150 13966 -59.1 -82.3 3 23.2 -59.3 241 50 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.3 0.00 19 100 16461 -65.2 -87.3 3 22.1 -65.4 243 35 401.7 401.7 305.5 401.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5620.20 m Freezing level: 662.38 mb = 3509.55 m = 11514.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 698.29 mb = 3080.69 m = 10107.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.89 % Est. max temperature: 21.98 C = 71.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 935.50 mb = 656.17 m = 2152.75 ft T: 16.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.79 C/km ThetaE index: 11.28 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 892.38 mb = 1056.56 m = 3466.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.48 C = 65.26 F Cap Strength: 0.04 C Lifted Index: -0.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.64 C Showalter Index: 1.37 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.19 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.17 C Cross Totals Index: 23.02 C K Index: 27.93 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 306.90 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.22 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 139.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.41 mb = 1046.85 m = 3434.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 888.41 mb = 1094.02 m = 3589.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 398.41 mb = 7397.33 m = 24269.17 ft B at Equ Level: 138.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 298.41 mb = 9439.94 m = 30970.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.0 at 62.6 knts Storm direction: 278.0 at 47.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 5.1 tot: 10.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 381.9 neg: -14.9 tot: 367.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 122.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.0 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.26 Bulk Rich Number: 0.72 Bulk Shear: 191.96 m/s