MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.37,-88.92 Latitude: 36.37 Longitude: -88.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 89 SFC 997 113 28.8 19.1 56 9.7 21.9 208 15 302.2 304.8 295.2 343.7 14.06 2 950 541 23.0 17.5 71 5.5 19.2 210 20 300.5 303.0 294.3 339.7 13.38 3 900 1009 18.6 15.6 83 3.0 16.6 215 25 300.6 302.9 293.6 337.3 12.48 4 850 1497 14.7 12.0 84 2.7 13.0 216 27 301.6 303.5 292.3 332.4 10.43 5 800 2007 11.1 7.1 76 4.0 8.8 214 26 303.0 304.5 290.7 326.7 7.93 6 750 2542 7.6 6.1 90 1.5 6.8 215 31 304.9 306.3 291.3 328.7 7.91 7 700 3110 7.3 -14.3 20 21.6 -1.1 215 27 310.6 310.9 287.6 316.5 1.80 8 650 3717 4.8 -10.9 31 15.8 -1.9 214 25 314.4 314.9 289.6 322.7 2.55 9 600 4363 -0.5 -5.7 68 5.2 -2.9 219 26 315.5 316.3 291.4 328.9 4.17 10 550 5052 -5.3 -14.4 49 9.1 -8.7 230 28 317.8 318.2 290.4 325.4 2.28 11 500 5792 -10.5 -25.8 27 15.2 -14.5 237 30 320.2 320.4 289.8 323.5 0.94 12 450 6595 -14.8 -38.5 11 23.8 -19.0 241 34 324.7 324.7 290.5 325.8 0.30 13 400 7478 -19.9 -45.0 9 25.1 -23.3 248 41 329.1 329.1 291.6 329.8 0.17 14 350 8450 -28.4 -48.2 13 19.9 -30.3 249 46 330.5 330.5 292.0 331.1 0.14 15 300 9536 -37.0 -51.9 20 14.8 -38.0 255 54 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.6 0.11 16 250 10769 -47.5 -54.3 46 6.8 -47.8 255 64 335.4 335.4 293.3 335.8 0.10 17 200 12216 -53.2 -69.9 11 16.7 -53.5 258 78 348.5 348.5 296.3 348.5 0.02 18 150 14033 -61.9 -80.1 7 18.2 -62.1 257 70 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.4 0.00 19 100 16487 -69.7 -85.5 8 15.8 -69.8 244 36 393.1 393.1 304.2 393.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.92 m Freezing level: 604.77 mb = 4301.23 m = 14111.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 706.96 mb = 3028.14 m = 9934.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.77 % Est. max temperature: 28.26 C = 82.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 866.16 mb = 1336.27 m = 4384.05 ft T: 15.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.65 C/km ThetaE index: 17.00 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 865.82 mb = 1339.57 m = 4394.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.90 C = 82.22 F Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lifted Index: -3.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.36 C Showalter Index: -0.41 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.79 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.24 C Cross Totals Index: 22.55 C K Index: 15.66 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 297.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.73 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 858.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 870.36 mb = 1294.97 m = 4248.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 855.36 mb = 1443.35 m = 4735.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 655.36 mb = 3649.66 m = 11973.80 ft B at Equ Level: 101.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 155.36 mb = 13811.44 m = 45312.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.0 at 26.4 knts Storm direction: 250.0 at 19.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.1 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 50.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 63.5 neg: -19.6 tot: 43.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.26 Bulk Rich Number: 74.60 Bulk Shear: 11.51 m/s