MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 6Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 36.12,-87.59 Latitude: 36.12 Longitude: -87.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 67 SFC 984 208 22.7 16.3 67 6.4 18.5 189 14 297.2 299.4 292.2 331.8 11.96 2 950 511 20.7 16.0 74 4.7 17.5 196 32 298.2 300.4 292.6 333.4 12.11 3 900 977 17.3 16.5 95 0.8 16.7 206 48 299.3 301.7 293.8 337.8 13.20 4 850 1463 13.8 12.9 94 0.9 13.2 217 54 300.6 302.6 292.6 333.1 11.05 5 800 1972 10.3 6.8 79 3.5 8.3 219 48 302.1 303.5 290.3 325.2 7.77 6 750 2508 8.7 5.0 78 3.6 6.6 227 39 306.0 307.4 291.2 328.2 7.32 7 700 3076 5.4 2.5 82 2.9 3.8 228 40 308.5 309.7 291.3 328.6 6.57 8 650 3679 2.3 -3.4 66 5.7 -0.4 225 44 311.6 312.5 290.6 326.0 4.59 9 600 4321 -1.6 -5.7 73 4.2 -3.5 217 46 314.3 315.1 291.0 327.6 4.16 10 550 5009 -5.9 -10.5 70 4.6 -7.8 214 47 317.1 317.7 290.9 327.3 3.14 11 500 5748 -10.8 -17.7 57 6.9 -13.0 217 51 319.9 320.3 290.7 326.4 1.91 12 450 6553 -14.5 -19.0 69 4.5 -15.9 226 50 325.0 325.4 292.1 331.5 1.90 13 400 7435 -20.6 -23.1 80 2.5 -21.2 231 53 328.3 328.6 292.7 333.5 1.49 14 350 8406 -28.6 -31.7 74 3.1 -29.2 235 66 330.2 330.3 292.5 333.0 0.77 15 300 9495 -35.9 -38.8 74 2.9 -36.2 233 79 334.8 334.9 293.4 336.5 0.44 16 250 10732 -47.2 -50.6 68 3.4 -47.4 237 68 335.9 335.9 293.4 336.5 0.15 17 200 12181 -51.5 -71.8 7 20.2 -52.0 246 60 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.2 0.01 18 150 14007 -61.2 -80.4 6 19.2 -61.4 253 58 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.7 0.00 19 100 16483 -67.3 -86.6 5 19.3 -67.4 256 28 397.7 397.7 304.9 397.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5681.20 m Freezing level: 620.08 mb = 4062.98 m = 13329.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.25 mb = 3613.39 m = 11854.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.24 % Est. max temperature: 26.52 C = 79.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 896.16 mb = 1013.53 m = 3325.18 ft T: 17.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.05 C/km ThetaE index: 12.59 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 867.97 mb = 1285.42 m = 4217.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.57 C = 78.03 F Cap Strength: 1.03 C Lifted Index: -1.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.59 C Showalter Index: -0.96 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.18 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.54 C Cross Totals Index: 23.64 C K Index: 34.53 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 313.27 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.38 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 200.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.27 mb = 1088.79 m = 3572.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 843.27 mb = 1530.14 m = 5020.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 323.27 mb = 8967.40 m = 29420.25 ft B at Equ Level: 197.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 223.27 mb = 11466.22 m = 37618.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.5 at 44.9 knts Storm direction: 247.5 at 33.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 366.2 neg: -27.1 tot: 339.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 113.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.2 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.45 Bulk Rich Number: 3.26 Bulk Shear: 61.69 m/s