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: 36.82,-90.91 Latitude: 36.82 Longitude: -90.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 60 SFC 984 198 18.5 17.6 94 0.9 17.9 241 7 293.0 295.3 291.7 329.9 12.99 2 950 499 16.6 16.3 98 0.3 16.4 254 22 294.1 296.3 291.6 329.5 12.40 3 900 958 14.3 12.6 90 1.6 13.3 274 34 296.2 298.1 290.5 325.9 10.27 4 850 1439 10.9 10.4 97 0.5 10.6 276 36 297.5 299.2 290.2 324.8 9.36 5 800 1943 8.6 7.1 90 1.5 7.8 269 32 300.3 301.8 289.9 323.8 7.95 6 750 2475 6.0 3.5 84 2.5 4.6 264 36 303.0 304.3 289.6 322.8 6.57 7 700 3038 3.0 0.0 81 3.0 1.5 261 42 305.8 306.8 289.5 322.6 5.48 8 650 3634 -0.9 -4.7 76 3.7 -2.7 259 44 307.9 308.7 289.0 320.8 4.16 9 600 4269 -4.6 -16.0 41 11.4 -8.5 256 41 310.8 311.2 287.7 316.8 1.83 10 550 4948 -8.4 -28.0 19 19.6 -13.2 247 41 314.1 314.2 287.6 316.5 0.69 11 500 5680 -12.8 -29.1 24 16.4 -16.5 240 56 317.4 317.6 288.7 319.8 0.69 12 450 6478 -15.6 -19.4 73 3.8 -16.7 216 69 323.7 324.0 291.7 329.9 1.83 13 400 7361 -20.0 -22.3 83 2.2 -20.7 205 68 328.9 329.3 292.9 334.6 1.60 14 350 8336 -26.9 -29.6 78 2.7 -27.5 205 68 332.5 332.7 293.3 335.9 0.94 15 300 9428 -35.8 -38.9 73 3.1 -36.2 210 75 334.9 334.9 293.4 336.5 0.44 16 250 10665 -47.2 -50.7 67 3.5 -47.4 213 81 335.9 335.9 293.4 336.5 0.15 17 200 12117 -51.8 -71.2 8 19.3 -52.2 241 83 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.7 0.01 18 150 13958 -57.3 -82.7 3 25.4 -57.6 261 59 371.3 371.3 300.8 371.3 0.00 19 100 16462 -65.8 -86.5 4 20.6 -66.0 247 37 400.5 400.5 305.3 400.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5620.04 m Freezing level: 661.86 mb = 3492.69 m = 11458.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 682.16 mb = 3245.77 m = 10648.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.79 % Est. max temperature: 23.90 C = 75.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.31 mb = 309.41 m = 1015.10 ft T: 17.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.98 C/km ThetaE index: 13.47 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 905.86 mb = 903.30 m = 2963.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.47 C = 70.64 F Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lifted Index: -0.62 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.58 C Showalter Index: 1.02 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.88 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.67 C Cross Totals Index: 23.21 C K Index: 31.10 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 253.52 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.99 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 158.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 921.24 mb = 760.16 m = 2493.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 876.24 mb = 1183.38 m = 3882.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 486.24 mb = 5891.62 m = 19329.22 ft B at Equ Level: 157.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 396.24 mb = 7429.73 m = 24375.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.0 at 40.1 knts Storm direction: 285.0 at 30.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 2.1 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 121.3 neg: -12.7 tot: 108.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 2.61 Bulk Shear: 60.66 m/s