MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 36.8,-89.29 Latitude: 36.80 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 58 SFC 996 95 26.2 17.0 57 9.3 19.9 182 13 299.8 302.0 293.2 335.7 12.29 2 950 508 23.6 15.9 62 7.7 18.4 191 31 301.1 303.3 293.4 336.6 12.06 3 900 977 19.0 14.8 77 4.2 16.3 193 32 301.1 303.3 293.3 336.0 11.86 4 850 1465 14.6 13.4 92 1.2 13.8 196 32 301.4 303.5 293.1 335.2 11.43 5 800 1976 12.0 1.9 50 10.1 6.5 214 33 303.9 304.9 288.9 320.5 5.48 6 750 2512 7.5 4.9 84 2.6 6.1 209 34 304.7 306.1 290.7 326.6 7.27 7 700 3078 4.9 1.6 79 3.3 3.2 218 36 307.9 309.1 290.8 326.8 6.17 8 650 3680 2.0 1.0 93 1.0 1.5 219 41 311.2 312.4 292.0 330.9 6.34 9 600 4323 -1.4 -2.7 91 1.3 -2.1 216 47 314.5 315.5 292.0 331.0 5.23 10 550 5011 -5.9 -8.3 83 2.4 -6.9 214 48 317.1 317.8 291.5 329.2 3.73 11 500 5750 -10.9 -15.0 72 4.1 -12.3 220 52 319.8 320.3 291.0 327.7 2.39 12 450 6556 -13.8 -25.9 35 12.0 -17.0 238 54 325.9 326.1 291.6 329.5 1.03 13 400 7440 -20.1 -38.8 17 18.7 -23.1 242 57 328.9 328.9 291.7 330.1 0.33 14 350 8413 -27.8 -43.0 22 15.2 -29.6 245 57 331.3 331.4 292.3 332.3 0.25 15 300 9499 -37.4 -47.4 34 10.0 -38.2 251 59 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.4 0.18 16 250 10728 -48.3 -52.9 59 4.6 -48.5 249 67 334.2 334.3 293.0 334.7 0.11 17 200 12173 -53.7 -72.5 8 18.8 -54.0 251 71 347.8 347.8 296.1 347.8 0.01 18 150 13995 -60.6 -81.8 4 21.3 -60.7 254 59 365.7 365.7 299.8 365.7 0.00 19 100 16477 -67.5 -86.9 5 19.4 -67.6 250 36 397.4 397.4 304.9 397.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5692.19 m Freezing level: 620.58 mb = 4058.18 m = 13314.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.30 mb = 3939.93 m = 12926.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.82 % Est. max temperature: 28.14 C = 82.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 869.50 mb = 1271.39 m = 4171.16 ft T: 16.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.91 C/km ThetaE index: 16.11 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 837.70 mb = 1587.98 m = 5209.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.52 C = 83.34 F Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lifted Index: -2.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.55 C Showalter Index: -1.98 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.73 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.48 C Cross Totals Index: 24.25 C K Index: 35.59 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 367.52 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.54 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 380.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 852.58 mb = 1439.27 m = 4721.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 787.58 mb = 2105.67 m = 6908.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.58 mb = 11057.93 m = 36278.84 ft B at Equ Level: 366.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 187.58 mb = 12579.12 m = 41269.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.0 at 39.1 knts Storm direction: 242.0 at 29.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.4 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 184.6 neg: -0.9 tot: 183.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 61.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.39 Bulk Rich Number: 7.31 Bulk Shear: 52.01 m/s