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: 36.27,-89.41 Latitude: 36.27 Longitude: -89.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 61 SFC 996 96 23.3 19.2 78 4.1 20.5 175 14 296.8 299.4 293.8 337.9 14.23 2 950 508 22.2 16.5 70 5.7 18.4 189 40 299.7 302.0 293.4 336.4 12.55 3 900 975 18.2 16.1 88 2.0 16.8 201 43 300.2 302.6 293.9 338.1 12.91 4 850 1462 14.3 12.8 90 1.6 13.3 205 40 301.1 303.2 292.6 333.5 10.96 5 800 1974 12.3 10.7 90 1.6 11.3 220 27 304.2 306.1 292.9 334.6 10.16 6 750 2513 9.0 7.3 89 1.7 8.0 225 30 306.3 307.9 292.3 332.3 8.60 7 700 3081 5.2 1.0 74 4.2 2.9 224 35 308.2 309.3 290.6 326.3 5.89 8 650 3684 3.0 -7.4 46 10.4 -1.7 223 43 312.4 313.0 289.7 323.1 3.37 9 600 4327 -1.0 -8.3 58 7.3 -4.2 223 47 314.9 315.6 290.6 325.9 3.41 10 550 5016 -6.1 -9.6 76 3.5 -7.6 223 50 316.8 317.4 291.0 327.7 3.34 11 500 5754 -10.7 -18.4 53 7.8 -13.2 229 53 320.0 320.4 290.6 326.1 1.79 12 450 6558 -15.1 -25.8 39 10.7 -17.8 236 57 324.3 324.5 291.1 327.9 1.04 13 400 7438 -21.0 -31.4 39 10.3 -23.1 237 67 327.7 327.8 291.7 330.2 0.70 14 350 8409 -27.7 -36.9 41 9.1 -29.1 237 70 331.4 331.4 292.6 333.1 0.46 15 300 9498 -37.0 -42.4 57 5.5 -37.5 237 64 333.3 333.3 292.9 334.4 0.30 16 250 10728 -47.8 -51.4 66 3.7 -47.9 239 71 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.6 0.13 17 200 12176 -52.7 -72.5 7 19.8 -53.1 247 65 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.3 0.01 18 150 14004 -60.1 -81.7 4 21.6 -60.3 259 57 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.5 0.00 19 100 16490 -67.6 -85.9 6 18.3 -67.7 266 31 397.1 397.1 304.8 397.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5693.20 m Freezing level: 612.56 mb = 4165.68 m = 13666.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.14 mb = 3459.70 m = 11350.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.11 % Est. max temperature: 27.89 C = 82.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.17 mb = 615.89 m = 2020.62 ft T: 21.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.93 C/km ThetaE index: 11.44 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 867.68 mb = 1286.98 m = 4222.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.32 C = 81.18 F Cap Strength: 1.19 C Lifted Index: -2.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.64 C Showalter Index: -1.02 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.41 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.98 C Cross Totals Index: 23.43 C K Index: 33.57 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 363.49 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.49 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 514.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 22.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.16 mb = 1088.11 m = 3569.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 843.16 mb = 1530.56 m = 5021.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 823.16 mb = 1733.08 m = 5685.88 ft B at Equ Level: 13.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 183.16 mb = 12734.94 m = 41780.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.3 at 41.0 knts Storm direction: 248.3 at 30.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.7 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 319.6 neg: -40.1 tot: 279.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 93.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.95 Bulk Rich Number: 7.92 Bulk Shear: 64.89 m/s