MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 36.75,-88.92 Latitude: 36.75 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 58 SFC 993 123 24.8 16.3 59 8.5 19.1 177 12 298.6 300.7 292.5 333.0 11.82 2 950 507 23.5 15.4 60 8.1 18.1 186 33 301.0 303.1 293.1 335.2 11.64 3 900 976 18.9 14.4 75 4.5 16.0 188 34 301.0 303.1 293.0 334.9 11.53 4 850 1464 15.1 9.2 68 5.9 11.5 195 33 302.0 303.6 291.0 327.6 8.62 5 800 1976 12.4 8.4 77 4.0 10.0 212 30 304.4 306.0 291.8 330.4 8.70 6 750 2514 8.7 4.9 77 3.8 6.6 220 34 306.0 307.4 291.2 328.1 7.28 7 700 3082 6.0 -0.0 65 6.0 2.8 225 36 309.1 310.1 290.6 326.0 5.46 8 650 3686 3.4 -5.8 51 9.2 -0.9 224 41 312.9 313.6 290.3 325.0 3.83 9 600 4331 -0.9 -4.7 75 3.8 -2.7 225 47 315.1 316.0 291.6 329.5 4.50 10 550 5020 -5.4 -10.7 66 5.3 -7.6 226 48 317.7 318.3 291.0 327.7 3.07 11 500 5760 -10.5 -16.7 60 6.2 -12.6 231 52 320.3 320.7 290.9 327.2 2.07 12 450 6566 -13.8 -38.7 10 24.9 -18.3 238 53 325.9 325.9 290.9 327.0 0.30 13 400 7450 -19.7 -43.7 10 24.0 -23.1 239 55 329.3 329.4 291.7 330.1 0.20 14 350 8424 -27.9 -47.3 14 19.4 -29.9 240 57 331.1 331.2 292.2 331.7 0.15 15 300 9510 -37.8 -45.8 43 8.0 -38.4 240 60 332.1 332.2 292.5 333.0 0.21 16 250 10736 -48.1 -57.8 32 9.7 -48.5 245 61 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.7 0.06 17 200 12181 -54.5 -70.4 12 15.9 -54.7 248 73 346.5 346.5 295.9 346.6 0.01 18 150 13995 -60.9 -81.2 5 20.2 -61.1 253 65 365.1 365.1 299.7 365.1 0.00 19 100 16478 -67.1 -86.4 5 19.3 -67.2 261 36 398.0 398.0 304.9 398.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.91 m Freezing level: 610.09 mb = 4200.54 m = 13781.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.64 mb = 3541.47 m = 11618.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.29 % Est. max temperature: 28.52 C = 83.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 876.70 mb = 1200.15 m = 3937.46 ft T: 17.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.13 C/km ThetaE index: 7.68 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 808.79 mb = 1883.69 m = 6180.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.14 C = 86.25 F Cap Strength: 1.42 C Lifted Index: -1.41 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.01 C Showalter Index: 1.93 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.25 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.58 C Cross Totals Index: 19.67 C K Index: 28.79 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 326.25 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.04 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 82.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 54.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 849.37 mb = 1470.45 m = 4824.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 744.37 mb = 2576.03 m = 8451.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 714.37 mb = 2914.46 m = 9561.76 ft B at Equ Level: 9.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 634.37 mb = 3882.19 m = 12736.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.0 at 39.3 knts Storm direction: 248.0 at 29.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 232.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 232.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 77.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 1.18 Bulk Shear: 70.21 m/s