MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 35.68,-88.87 Latitude: 35.68 Longitude: -88.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 79 SFC 994 127 21.9 19.8 88 2.1 20.4 169 5 295.5 298.1 293.8 337.9 14.76 2 950 528 23.2 16.8 67 6.4 18.8 185 24 300.7 303.0 293.9 338.1 12.75 3 900 996 18.9 15.1 79 3.8 16.4 188 27 301.0 303.2 293.4 336.6 12.09 4 850 1485 15.1 11.6 80 3.5 12.9 197 29 302.0 303.8 292.3 332.1 10.17 5 800 1996 11.7 7.4 75 4.3 9.2 203 33 303.6 305.1 291.1 327.9 8.12 6 750 2533 9.5 2.2 60 7.3 5.5 218 30 306.9 308.0 290.3 325.3 6.01 7 700 3103 7.1 0.3 62 6.8 3.5 230 28 310.3 311.4 291.1 327.8 5.61 8 650 3710 3.6 1.6 87 2.0 2.5 229 32 313.1 314.4 292.7 333.8 6.63 9 600 4355 -0.2 -4.6 72 4.4 -2.3 227 34 315.9 316.8 291.9 330.5 4.55 10 550 5047 -4.9 -11.1 62 6.1 -7.4 231 36 318.2 318.8 291.2 328.0 2.99 11 500 5787 -10.2 -20.3 43 10.1 -13.3 236 41 320.6 320.9 290.5 325.8 1.53 12 450 6594 -13.2 -39.5 9 26.3 -17.9 236 42 326.7 326.7 291.0 327.7 0.27 13 400 7480 -19.6 -45.6 8 26.0 -23.1 240 48 329.5 329.5 291.7 330.1 0.16 14 350 8455 -27.3 -52.0 8 24.7 -29.6 241 56 331.9 332.0 292.3 332.3 0.09 15 300 9544 -36.6 -51.8 19 15.2 -37.6 243 62 333.8 333.9 292.9 334.3 0.11 16 250 10777 -47.4 -53.9 47 6.5 -47.7 242 68 335.6 335.6 293.3 336.0 0.10 17 200 12225 -53.9 -69.9 12 16.0 -54.2 248 78 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.5 0.02 18 150 14036 -61.5 -82.6 4 21.1 -61.7 250 70 364.1 364.1 299.5 364.1 0.00 19 100 16495 -69.3 -87.0 6 17.8 -69.4 251 37 393.9 393.9 304.3 393.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.43 m Freezing level: 602.08 mb = 4328.57 m = 14201.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.57 mb = 4044.46 m = 13269.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.89 % Est. max temperature: 28.52 C = 83.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.86 mb = 391.80 m = 1285.41 ft T: 22.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.44 C/km ThetaE index: 12.85 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 853.42 mb = 1450.52 m = 4758.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.28 C = 82.91 F Cap Strength: 1.63 C Lifted Index: -2.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.15 C Showalter Index: 0.06 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.15 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.31 C Cross Totals Index: 21.83 C K Index: 30.19 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 343.54 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.22 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 301.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 41.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.58 mb = 1173.13 m = 3848.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 816.58 mb = 1822.87 m = 5980.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 716.58 mb = 2909.71 m = 9546.18 ft B at Equ Level: 30.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 186.58 mb = 12661.90 m = 41541.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.7 at 31.5 knts Storm direction: 249.7 at 23.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 231.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 231.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 77.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.39 Bulk Rich Number: 5.37 Bulk Shear: 56.18 m/s