MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 35.96,-88.87 Latitude: 35.96 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 71 SFC 995 118 21.9 17.6 76 4.4 19.0 177 12 295.5 297.8 292.3 332.3 12.79 2 950 518 21.8 15.6 68 6.2 17.7 187 36 299.3 301.5 292.7 333.7 11.79 3 900 985 18.0 16.3 90 1.7 16.9 196 43 300.1 302.5 293.9 338.3 13.06 4 850 1472 14.5 12.5 88 1.9 13.2 207 40 301.3 303.3 292.6 333.1 10.80 5 800 1982 12.6 1.8 48 10.8 6.8 217 28 304.6 305.6 289.1 321.2 5.46 6 750 2521 9.3 2.5 62 6.8 5.6 226 27 306.7 307.9 290.4 325.4 6.13 7 700 3091 6.2 1.7 73 4.5 3.8 225 32 309.4 310.6 291.3 328.5 6.21 8 650 3695 2.9 -3.2 64 6.1 -0.1 224 40 312.2 313.1 290.8 326.9 4.65 9 600 4339 -0.9 -4.8 75 3.9 -2.8 224 42 315.1 315.9 291.5 329.3 4.45 10 550 5028 -5.5 -11.2 64 5.7 -7.8 224 46 317.5 318.1 290.9 327.2 2.95 11 500 5767 -10.8 -19.0 51 8.2 -13.4 228 50 319.8 320.1 290.5 325.6 1.70 12 450 6573 -13.9 -36.5 13 22.6 -18.2 234 49 325.8 325.9 290.9 327.2 0.37 13 400 7456 -20.4 -36.4 23 15.9 -23.2 237 52 328.4 328.5 291.7 330.0 0.43 14 350 8428 -28.4 -33.4 62 5.0 -29.2 239 57 330.4 330.6 292.5 332.8 0.65 15 300 9515 -36.5 -39.7 72 3.2 -36.8 237 63 333.9 334.0 293.2 335.4 0.40 16 250 10749 -48.0 -51.4 68 3.4 -48.1 237 70 334.7 334.7 293.1 335.2 0.13 17 200 12193 -53.1 -72.0 8 18.9 -53.4 247 66 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.7 0.01 18 150 14015 -60.5 -80.9 5 20.4 -60.7 256 60 365.9 365.9 299.8 365.9 0.00 19 100 16495 -67.7 -86.9 5 19.2 -67.8 268 30 397.0 397.0 304.8 397.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.56 m Freezing level: 611.91 mb = 4185.22 m = 13730.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.26 mb = 3679.15 m = 12070.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.52 % Est. max temperature: 28.03 C = 82.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.54 mb = 678.09 m = 2224.69 ft T: 20.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.38 C/km ThetaE index: 17.13 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 852.93 mb = 1443.12 m = 4734.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.61 C = 81.70 F Cap Strength: 1.67 C Lifted Index: -1.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.24 C Showalter Index: -1.08 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.69 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.31 C Cross Totals Index: 23.38 C K Index: 33.34 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 348.88 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.52 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 115.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 78.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.19 mb = 1136.03 m = 3727.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 649.19 mb = 3704.95 m = 12155.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 449.19 mb = 6586.57 m = 21609.23 ft B at Equ Level: 102.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 229.19 mb = 11311.31 m = 37110.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.0 at 38.2 knts Storm direction: 248.0 at 28.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.8 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 306.8 neg: -31.8 tot: 275.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 91.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.3 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 1.89 Bulk Shear: 60.94 m/s