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: 36.8,-89.79 Latitude: 36.80 Longitude: -89.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 56 SFC 995 98 26.2 16.3 54 10.0 19.5 187 13 299.8 301.9 292.9 334.2 11.76 2 950 506 23.5 15.6 61 7.8 18.2 192 31 301.0 303.2 293.3 335.9 11.85 3 900 975 19.1 14.6 75 4.4 16.1 195 33 301.1 303.3 293.2 335.6 11.71 4 850 1464 15.1 11.7 80 3.4 12.9 202 31 301.9 303.8 292.3 332.1 10.18 5 800 1975 11.7 10.1 90 1.5 10.7 219 30 303.6 305.4 292.4 332.7 9.78 6 750 2513 8.2 7.9 98 0.4 8.0 224 29 305.5 307.2 292.4 332.4 8.93 7 700 3081 5.4 5.0 97 0.5 5.2 231 32 308.5 310.0 292.3 332.4 7.81 8 650 3684 2.3 0.5 87 1.9 1.4 223 39 311.6 312.8 291.9 330.6 6.10 9 600 4327 -0.6 -5.2 71 4.6 -2.8 222 46 315.4 316.3 291.5 329.3 4.32 10 550 5017 -5.8 -10.2 71 4.5 -7.6 225 50 317.3 317.9 291.0 327.7 3.19 11 500 5756 -10.3 -22.4 37 12.0 -13.8 232 53 320.4 320.7 290.2 324.8 1.27 12 450 6563 -13.8 -40.4 9 26.6 -18.4 238 52 325.9 325.9 290.8 326.8 0.25 13 400 7446 -20.5 -42.3 12 21.9 -23.6 243 57 328.4 328.4 291.5 329.3 0.23 14 350 8417 -28.4 -45.1 19 16.6 -30.2 243 59 330.4 330.5 292.0 331.2 0.20 15 300 9502 -37.7 -44.0 52 6.3 -38.3 242 68 332.2 332.2 292.6 333.2 0.26 16 250 10729 -48.3 -51.9 66 3.6 -48.5 243 77 334.2 334.2 293.0 334.7 0.13 17 200 12170 -55.1 -69.5 15 14.4 -55.3 247 75 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.6 0.02 18 150 13981 -59.9 -83.0 3 23.0 -60.2 247 67 366.8 366.8 300.0 366.8 0.00 19 100 16471 -67.2 -86.5 5 19.3 -67.4 251 35 397.8 397.8 304.9 397.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.50 m Freezing level: 610.02 mb = 4198.41 m = 13774.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.57 mb = 3889.84 m = 12761.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.26 % Est. max temperature: 28.53 C = 83.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 860.58 mb = 1358.03 m = 4455.42 ft T: 15.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.90 C/km ThetaE index: 7.92 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 825.00 mb = 1715.54 m = 5628.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.19 C = 84.55 F Cap Strength: 1.14 C Lifted Index: -1.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.77 C Showalter Index: -0.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.40 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.41 C Cross Totals Index: 21.99 C K Index: 36.59 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 343.66 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.43 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 234.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 27.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.73 mb = 1476.31 m = 4843.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 783.73 mb = 2146.32 m = 7041.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 443.73 mb = 6668.22 m = 21877.09 ft B at Equ Level: 142.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 193.73 mb = 12370.87 m = 40586.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.1 at 38.2 knts Storm direction: 250.1 at 28.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 179.5 neg: -0.7 tot: 178.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 59.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.24 Bulk Rich Number: 3.94 Bulk Shear: 59.52 m/s