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: 37.09,-86.46 Latitude: 37.09 Longitude: -86.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 58 SFC 987 172 21.6 16.4 72 5.2 18.2 176 17 295.9 298.1 291.8 330.4 11.97 2 950 502 20.6 15.3 71 5.4 17.1 184 39 298.1 300.2 292.2 331.8 11.57 3 900 968 18.2 13.4 73 4.8 15.1 197 54 300.3 302.2 292.2 331.9 10.78 4 850 1455 14.0 11.7 86 2.3 12.6 204 51 300.8 302.7 292.0 330.9 10.24 5 800 1964 10.8 7.6 80 3.3 8.9 208 47 302.7 304.2 290.9 327.1 8.19 6 750 2500 9.7 -5.5 34 15.2 2.6 211 43 307.1 307.7 288.0 317.6 3.38 7 700 3069 6.4 -2.9 52 9.2 1.8 214 38 309.5 310.4 289.8 323.4 4.43 8 650 3674 2.8 -0.1 81 2.9 1.3 215 43 312.2 313.3 291.8 330.4 5.85 9 600 4317 -1.3 -5.3 74 4.0 -3.1 214 45 314.7 315.5 291.2 328.4 4.30 10 550 5006 -6.0 -10.0 73 4.0 -7.7 215 46 317.0 317.6 291.0 327.6 3.26 11 500 5743 -11.7 -16.2 69 4.5 -13.2 222 52 318.8 319.2 290.6 326.0 2.16 12 450 6546 -14.7 -36.7 14 21.9 -18.8 229 51 324.7 324.8 290.6 326.1 0.37 13 400 7427 -20.8 -40.1 16 19.3 -23.7 225 53 328.0 328.0 291.5 329.1 0.29 14 350 8397 -28.6 -39.4 35 10.8 -30.0 224 59 330.2 330.3 292.2 331.6 0.36 15 300 9483 -37.2 -40.4 72 3.2 -37.5 232 66 333.0 333.0 292.9 334.4 0.38 16 250 10713 -47.8 -51.5 66 3.7 -48.0 235 70 334.9 335.0 293.2 335.5 0.13 17 200 12158 -52.7 -68.5 13 15.8 -53.0 242 69 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.4 0.02 18 150 13985 -60.3 -81.8 4 21.5 -60.5 255 56 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.2 0.00 19 100 16470 -67.0 -86.3 5 19.3 -67.1 254 33 398.2 398.2 305.0 398.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5685.12 m Freezing level: 615.44 mb = 4118.45 m = 13511.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.54 mb = 3854.64 m = 12646.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.42 % Est. max temperature: 27.00 C = 80.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.82 mb = 836.89 m = 2745.68 ft T: 18.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.75 C/km ThetaE index: 14.27 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 833.20 mb = 1622.84 m = 5324.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.14 C = 80.85 F Cap Strength: 1.96 C Lifted Index: -1.20 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.49 C Showalter Index: -0.90 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.06 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.66 C Cross Totals Index: 23.40 C K Index: 28.17 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 358.49 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.00 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 45.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 160.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.15 mb = 1275.37 m = 4184.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 553.15 mb = 4960.42 m = 16274.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 473.15 mb = 6163.61 m = 20221.56 ft B at Equ Level: 45.08 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 403.15 mb = 7367.98 m = 24172.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.5 at 45.1 knts Storm direction: 240.5 at 33.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 390.1 neg: -25.0 tot: 365.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 121.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 0.71 Bulk Shear: 63.35 m/s