MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.23,-89.29 Latitude: 36.23 Longitude: -89.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 SFC 996 99 28.8 17.3 50 11.5 20.9 188 14 302.3 304.6 294.2 339.4 12.56 2 950 520 24.1 15.7 59 8.4 18.5 189 21 301.7 303.9 293.5 336.8 11.93 3 900 990 19.6 14.9 74 4.7 16.5 189 22 301.7 303.9 293.5 336.8 11.92 4 850 1479 15.2 12.2 82 3.0 13.3 194 24 302.1 304.0 292.6 333.4 10.59 5 800 1990 12.2 2.8 53 9.4 7.1 207 27 304.1 305.2 289.3 321.9 5.85 6 750 2527 7.4 5.4 87 2.0 6.2 205 25 304.6 305.9 290.9 327.2 7.51 7 700 3094 6.3 -5.4 43 11.7 0.8 210 30 309.5 310.2 289.0 321.0 3.66 8 650 3699 4.3 -7.0 44 11.3 -0.9 211 32 313.8 314.5 290.3 325.0 3.48 9 600 4345 -0.4 -4.6 73 4.2 -2.4 214 34 315.7 316.6 291.7 330.2 4.54 10 550 5035 -5.4 -9.4 74 4.0 -7.1 218 35 317.6 318.3 291.3 328.7 3.40 11 500 5775 -10.9 -15.8 67 5.0 -12.6 225 39 319.8 320.2 290.9 327.2 2.22 12 450 6578 -14.3 -33.3 18 19.0 -18.2 230 46 325.3 325.4 290.9 327.2 0.51 13 400 7462 -19.7 -50.4 5 30.7 -23.3 239 52 329.4 329.4 291.6 329.7 0.09 14 350 8436 -27.8 -51.2 9 23.5 -29.9 240 58 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.7 0.10 15 300 9523 -36.8 -50.2 24 13.4 -37.7 245 66 333.6 333.6 292.8 334.1 0.13 16 250 10755 -47.7 -53.5 52 5.7 -48.0 248 73 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.5 0.11 17 200 12202 -53.6 -70.2 11 16.6 -53.9 251 79 347.9 347.9 296.2 347.9 0.01 18 150 14020 -61.2 -81.4 5 20.2 -61.4 247 74 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.6 0.00 19 100 16484 -69.2 -85.5 8 16.3 -69.3 251 36 394.1 394.1 304.4 394.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.86 m Freezing level: 603.98 mb = 4293.90 m = 14087.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.10 mb = 3377.51 m = 11080.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.87 % Est. max temperature: 28.76 C = 83.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 842.45 mb = 1554.30 m = 5099.35 ft T: 14.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.42 C/km ThetaE index: 17.56 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 825.78 mb = 1722.87 m = 5652.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.60 C = 85.29 F Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lifted Index: -3.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.53 C Showalter Index: -1.21 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.16 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.06 C Cross Totals Index: 23.10 C K Index: 26.57 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 326.64 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.25 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 409.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 840.79 mb = 1570.99 m = 5154.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 795.79 mb = 2034.25 m = 6673.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 665.79 mb = 3503.21 m = 11493.32 ft B at Equ Level: 52.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 185.79 mb = 12667.53 m = 41559.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.2 at 29.5 knts Storm direction: 240.2 at 22.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.2 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 95.5 neg: -8.9 tot: 86.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 14.87 Bulk Shear: 27.50 m/s