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: 36,-87.9 Latitude: 36.00 Longitude: -87.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 992 153 24.0 15.8 60 8.2 18.5 173 9 297.8 299.9 292.0 331.1 11.44 2 950 526 22.5 14.8 62 7.7 17.4 183 30 300.0 302.0 292.5 332.8 11.19 3 900 994 18.4 14.1 76 4.3 15.6 190 38 300.5 302.6 292.7 333.7 11.29 4 850 1481 14.2 12.9 92 1.2 13.4 204 38 301.0 303.0 292.7 333.7 11.10 5 800 1990 10.8 6.6 75 4.2 8.3 209 40 302.7 304.1 290.4 325.5 7.64 6 750 2527 10.0 -7.4 29 17.4 2.1 220 35 307.4 307.9 287.6 316.6 2.92 7 700 3096 6.5 0.5 65 6.0 3.3 228 32 309.7 310.8 290.9 327.3 5.68 8 650 3702 3.6 -0.8 73 4.4 1.3 224 36 313.0 314.0 291.8 330.4 5.54 9 600 4347 -0.4 -6.6 63 6.2 -3.3 222 38 315.7 316.4 291.2 328.2 3.89 10 550 5037 -5.3 -11.5 62 6.1 -7.8 224 39 317.8 318.3 290.9 327.2 2.89 11 500 5777 -10.5 -19.4 48 8.9 -13.3 228 45 320.2 320.5 290.5 325.8 1.64 12 450 6583 -13.3 -43.5 6 30.2 -18.2 233 46 326.5 326.5 290.9 327.2 0.18 13 400 7468 -19.8 -46.9 7 27.1 -23.3 237 49 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.8 0.14 14 350 8442 -27.7 -48.6 12 20.9 -29.8 238 56 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.9 0.13 15 300 9530 -37.0 -45.1 43 8.1 -37.7 238 62 333.2 333.2 292.8 334.0 0.23 16 250 10761 -48.0 -51.5 67 3.5 -48.1 241 72 334.8 334.8 293.2 335.3 0.13 17 200 12203 -54.4 -69.8 13 15.4 -54.6 244 71 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.7 0.02 18 150 14019 -60.0 -83.0 3 23.0 -60.2 252 64 366.7 366.7 299.9 366.7 0.00 19 100 16498 -67.9 -87.1 5 19.2 -68.1 266 32 396.5 396.5 304.7 396.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.84 m Freezing level: 604.95 mb = 4283.37 m = 14052.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.14 mb = 3875.72 m = 12715.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.31 % Est. max temperature: 27.39 C = 81.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 879.21 mb = 1193.04 m = 3914.12 ft T: 16.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.36 C/km ThetaE index: 17.08 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 829.49 mb = 1686.23 m = 5532.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.79 C = 82.02 F Cap Strength: 1.80 C Lifted Index: -0.60 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.22 C Showalter Index: -1.01 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.20 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.71 C Cross Totals Index: 23.49 C K Index: 31.65 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 353.59 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.58 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 147.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 852.93 mb = 1451.72 m = 4762.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 547.93 mb = 5066.65 m = 16622.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 477.93 mb = 6122.31 m = 20086.09 ft B at Equ Level: 18.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 447.93 mb = 6617.58 m = 21710.96 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.4 at 36.8 knts Storm direction: 246.4 at 27.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 308.8 neg: -0.6 tot: 308.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 102.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.31 Bulk Shear: 66.07 m/s