MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 18Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 35.11,-85.17 Latitude: 35.11 Longitude: -85.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 91 SFC 977 287 20.0 16.9 83 3.0 17.9 202 9 295.1 297.3 292.0 331.0 12.52 2 950 530 16.7 15.8 94 0.9 16.1 206 15 294.2 296.3 291.3 328.4 11.97 3 900 989 13.2 12.8 97 0.4 13.0 240 25 295.2 297.0 290.3 325.0 10.37 4 850 1468 10.4 9.1 92 1.3 9.6 250 30 297.0 298.6 289.3 321.9 8.56 5 800 1970 7.4 5.4 87 2.0 6.3 252 32 299.1 300.3 288.7 319.8 7.04 6 750 2500 4.6 2.6 87 2.0 3.5 252 39 301.6 302.7 288.7 319.9 6.14 7 700 3059 1.6 -2.4 74 4.1 -0.3 247 46 304.3 305.1 288.2 318.2 4.57 8 650 3654 0.3 -15.5 29 15.9 -5.3 252 60 309.3 309.6 287.1 315.0 1.75 9 600 4292 -1.8 -43.4 2 41.7 -9.6 260 69 314.1 314.1 286.9 314.6 0.14 10 550 4979 -6.0 -39.3 5 33.4 -12.4 261 80 317.0 317.1 288.1 317.9 0.23 11 500 5714 -12.6 -44.8 5 32.3 -17.4 255 79 317.7 317.8 288.2 318.3 0.14 12 450 6510 -17.6 -51.9 3 34.3 -21.5 256 81 321.1 321.1 289.2 321.4 0.07 13 400 7382 -22.7 -52.6 5 29.9 -25.6 243 86 325.5 325.5 290.5 325.8 0.07 14 350 8348 -29.0 -53.7 7 24.7 -31.0 229 91 329.7 329.7 291.7 330.0 0.07 15 300 9432 -36.9 -63.1 5 26.2 -38.1 224 91 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.5 0.03 16 250 10670 -45.1 -52.5 43 7.4 -45.5 227 99 339.0 339.0 294.2 339.5 0.12 17 200 12143 -47.7 -78.0 2 30.2 -48.3 246 77 357.2 357.2 298.1 357.2 0.00 18 150 13990 -60.1 -81.8 4 21.7 -60.3 234 57 366.6 366.6 299.9 366.6 0.00 19 100 16477 -66.8 -87.2 4 20.5 -66.9 237 33 398.8 398.8 305.0 398.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5623.34 m Freezing level: 642.44 mb = 3750.28 m = 12303.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 704.29 mb = 3009.84 m = 9874.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.08 % Est. max temperature: 22.84 C = 73.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.64 mb = 668.45 m = 2193.05 ft T: 15.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.34 C/km ThetaE index: 11.15 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 912.50 mb = 871.86 m = 2860.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.84 C = 67.71 F Cap Strength: 2.03 C Lifted Index: 0.19 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.58 C Showalter Index: 2.77 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.59 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.94 C Cross Totals Index: 21.65 C K Index: 27.98 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 284.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.65 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 108.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.33 mb = 864.16 m = 2835.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 908.33 mb = 910.74 m = 2987.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 658.33 mb = 3551.71 m = 11652.47 ft B at Equ Level: 108.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 488.33 mb = 5892.57 m = 19332.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.0 at 52.7 knts Storm direction: 284.0 at 39.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 2.6 tot: 7.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 302.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 302.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 100.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 0.45 Bulk Shear: 240.80 m/s