MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.57,-89.90 Latitude: 36.57 Longitude: -89.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 80 SFC 999 88 27.8 18.4 57 9.4 21.2 201 14 301.0 303.5 294.4 340.5 13.43 2 950 531 22.6 16.9 70 5.7 18.7 205 20 300.1 302.4 293.7 337.7 12.84 3 900 999 19.1 14.0 72 5.2 15.7 221 28 301.2 303.3 292.9 334.2 11.20 4 850 1488 15.7 10.8 73 4.9 12.6 224 27 302.6 304.3 292.0 331.1 9.61 5 800 1999 11.6 11.3 98 0.3 11.4 226 26 303.5 305.5 293.1 335.1 10.59 6 750 2536 7.9 4.5 79 3.3 6.0 226 22 305.1 306.5 290.7 326.5 7.08 7 700 3103 6.9 -4.9 43 11.8 1.3 207 20 310.1 310.9 289.4 322.1 3.81 8 650 3710 3.8 -6.7 46 10.6 -1.0 208 22 313.3 314.0 290.2 324.7 3.55 9 600 4354 -0.5 -11.1 45 10.6 -4.8 210 27 315.5 316.1 290.1 324.5 2.74 10 550 5043 -5.8 -12.1 61 6.3 -8.2 221 33 317.2 317.7 290.6 326.2 2.76 11 500 5781 -11.5 -16.9 64 5.4 -13.3 229 37 319.1 319.5 290.5 325.9 2.04 12 450 6581 -15.4 -32.6 22 17.1 -19.0 235 37 323.8 323.9 290.5 325.8 0.55 13 400 7462 -20.5 -40.8 14 20.3 -23.5 244 44 328.3 328.4 291.5 329.4 0.27 14 350 8434 -28.6 -50.0 11 21.4 -30.6 242 51 330.2 330.2 291.9 330.6 0.11 15 300 9518 -37.2 -51.2 22 13.9 -38.2 248 60 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.4 0.12 16 250 10749 -47.9 -52.2 61 4.2 -48.1 250 71 334.8 334.8 293.2 335.3 0.12 17 200 12197 -53.0 -69.9 11 16.9 -53.4 252 86 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.8 0.02 18 150 14018 -60.9 -81.2 5 20.2 -61.1 252 74 365.1 365.1 299.7 365.1 0.00 19 100 16477 -69.6 -86.3 7 16.7 -69.7 251 34 393.2 393.2 304.3 393.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.06 m Freezing level: 605.76 mb = 4279.80 m = 14041.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.08 mb = 3436.39 m = 11274.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.26 % Est. max temperature: 29.34 C = 84.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 871.47 mb = 1274.37 m = 4180.94 ft T: 17.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.86 C/km ThetaE index: 12.93 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 835.84 mb = 1629.57 m = 5346.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.60 C = 85.29 F Cap Strength: 1.53 C Lifted Index: -3.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.04 C Showalter Index: -0.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.36 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.12 C Cross Totals Index: 22.25 C K Index: 26.13 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 265.65 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.03 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 559.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 863.03 mb = 1357.60 m = 4454.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 808.03 mb = 1915.05 m = 6282.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 688.03 mb = 3244.42 m = 10644.30 ft B at Equ Level: 40.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 178.03 mb = 12932.99 m = 42430.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.8 at 26.2 knts Storm direction: 248.8 at 19.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 1.6 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 25.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 66.3 neg: -23.1 tot: 43.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 37.75 Bulk Shear: 14.81 m/s