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: 36.69,-89.95 Latitude: 36.69 Longitude: -89.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 77 SFC 998 95 29.4 18.3 51 11.1 21.6 205 16 302.7 305.2 294.9 342.3 13.38 2 950 529 23.6 16.9 66 6.6 19.1 207 22 301.1 303.5 294.1 339.0 12.89 3 900 999 19.0 15.9 82 3.2 16.9 210 24 301.1 303.5 294.0 338.5 12.71 4 850 1487 15.4 11.5 78 3.9 12.9 218 27 302.3 304.1 292.3 332.1 10.08 5 800 1998 10.9 10.2 96 0.6 10.5 218 20 302.8 304.6 292.3 332.0 9.85 6 750 2534 7.8 5.8 87 2.0 6.6 222 28 305.0 306.5 291.2 328.3 7.72 7 700 3101 6.0 1.8 75 4.2 3.7 218 26 309.1 310.3 291.3 328.4 6.25 8 650 3707 3.9 -2.2 65 6.1 0.8 211 27 313.4 314.3 291.5 329.2 5.02 9 600 4352 -0.6 -6.1 66 5.5 -3.1 217 32 315.4 316.2 291.3 328.4 4.04 10 550 5041 -5.6 -13.9 52 8.3 -8.7 226 33 317.4 317.9 290.3 325.3 2.37 11 500 5780 -11.2 -17.6 59 6.3 -13.3 229 37 319.3 319.7 290.5 325.8 1.92 12 450 6581 -15.0 -40.9 9 25.9 -19.3 236 38 324.3 324.4 290.3 325.2 0.24 13 400 7463 -20.3 -45.1 9 24.8 -23.7 243 48 328.5 328.6 291.5 329.2 0.17 14 350 8434 -28.6 -49.3 12 20.6 -30.6 245 51 330.1 330.2 291.9 330.6 0.12 15 300 9518 -37.2 -50.3 24 13.1 -38.1 251 61 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.4 0.13 16 250 10750 -47.9 -52.0 62 4.1 -48.1 252 70 334.8 334.8 293.2 335.3 0.12 17 200 12195 -53.5 -69.1 13 15.6 -53.8 255 85 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.02 18 150 14013 -61.5 -80.7 6 19.1 -61.7 253 75 364.1 364.1 299.5 364.1 0.00 19 100 16478 -68.6 -86.7 6 18.1 -68.7 243 32 395.2 395.2 304.5 395.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.54 m Freezing level: 606.79 mb = 4264.52 m = 13991.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.05 mb = 3831.33 m = 12569.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.98 % Est. max temperature: 28.97 C = 84.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 849.43 mb = 1493.09 m = 4898.54 ft T: 15.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.44 C/km ThetaE index: 14.03 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 848.44 mb = 1502.98 m = 4930.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.97 C = 84.14 F Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lifted Index: -4.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.58 C Showalter Index: -1.02 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.40 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.64 C Cross Totals Index: 22.76 C K Index: 33.97 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 283.87 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.28 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 939.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 858.50 mb = 1402.37 m = 4600.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 833.50 mb = 1652.57 m = 5421.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 223.50 mb = 11475.13 m = 37647.61 ft B at Equ Level: 920.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 153.50 mb = 13867.20 m = 45495.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.2 at 27.9 knts Storm direction: 249.2 at 20.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 46.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 73.1 neg: -27.3 tot: 45.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.32 Bulk Rich Number: 74.28 Bulk Shear: 12.65 m/s