MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.37,-90.97 Latitude: 36.37 Longitude: -90.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 55 SFC 993 118 28.6 16.7 48 12.0 20.5 192 15 302.4 304.6 293.9 338.2 12.11 2 950 507 24.4 15.1 56 9.3 18.2 195 25 302.0 304.1 293.3 335.9 11.46 3 900 977 19.9 14.2 70 5.6 16.1 197 27 302.0 304.1 293.2 335.7 11.42 4 850 1466 15.4 12.6 83 2.9 13.6 205 30 302.3 304.3 292.9 334.4 10.83 5 800 1978 11.9 11.2 95 0.7 11.5 221 32 303.9 305.8 293.1 335.2 10.52 6 750 2517 8.7 7.4 92 1.3 8.0 219 35 306.1 307.7 292.3 332.3 8.68 7 700 3085 5.5 2.7 82 2.8 4.0 224 37 308.6 309.9 291.5 329.1 6.66 8 650 3688 2.7 -0.6 79 3.2 1.0 220 41 312.0 313.1 291.6 329.7 5.65 9 600 4332 -0.6 -3.6 80 3.1 -2.1 216 45 315.5 316.4 292.0 331.0 4.88 10 550 5023 -5.3 -11.1 63 5.9 -7.7 219 47 317.9 318.4 291.0 327.6 2.97 11 500 5762 -11.1 -14.9 73 3.8 -12.5 225 50 319.5 319.9 291.0 327.4 2.40 12 450 6565 -14.5 -35.5 15 21.0 -18.6 234 55 325.0 325.0 290.7 326.5 0.41 13 400 7448 -19.9 -44.7 9 24.8 -23.3 240 59 329.1 329.1 291.6 329.8 0.18 14 350 8422 -27.7 -49.2 11 21.6 -29.7 247 60 331.5 331.5 292.2 332.0 0.12 15 300 9509 -37.6 -44.7 48 7.1 -38.2 251 64 332.4 332.4 292.6 333.3 0.24 16 250 10735 -48.5 -53.7 55 5.2 -48.7 251 66 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.3 0.10 17 200 12176 -55.1 -72.1 10 17.0 -55.4 249 80 345.5 345.5 295.6 345.5 0.01 18 150 13990 -60.2 -81.6 4 21.4 -60.4 249 74 366.4 366.4 299.9 366.4 0.00 19 100 16466 -68.3 -86.4 6 18.1 -68.4 248 37 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.03 m Freezing level: 608.85 mb = 4218.33 m = 13839.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.29 mb = 3885.13 m = 12746.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.65 % Est. max temperature: 28.78 C = 83.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 834.35 mb = 1623.19 m = 5325.36 ft T: 14.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.23 C/km ThetaE index: 6.18 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 813.57 mb = 1836.16 m = 6024.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.69 C = 85.44 F Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lifted Index: -2.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.93 C Showalter Index: -1.95 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.29 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.58 C Cross Totals Index: 23.71 C K Index: 36.33 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 354.71 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.42 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 334.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 829.93 mb = 1668.04 m = 5472.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 784.93 mb = 2136.81 m = 7010.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.93 mb = 11136.86 m = 36537.82 ft B at Equ Level: 323.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 184.93 mb = 12670.15 m = 41568.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.0 at 37.9 knts Storm direction: 247.0 at 28.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.4 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 150.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 150.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.27 Bulk Rich Number: 6.25 Bulk Shear: 53.55 m/s