MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 12Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 36.78,-89.42 Latitude: 36.78 Longitude: -89.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1010 90 5.7 2.3 79 3.4 4.1 165 4 278.1 278.8 276.8 290.3 4.47 1 1000 171 12.5 0.7 44 11.8 6.9 210 6 285.7 286.4 280.0 297.1 4.02 2 950 602 11.6 -1.3 41 12.9 5.6 199 6 289.0 289.6 281.1 299.6 3.67 3 900 1050 8.2 -7.3 32 15.6 2.0 222 6 290.0 290.4 280.1 297.2 2.44 4 850 1521 7.8 -33.0 4 40.8 -1.9 256 14 294.3 294.4 279.2 295.3 0.28 5 800 2019 7.3 -32.3 4 39.6 -2.4 290 15 299.0 299.0 281.4 300.1 0.32 6 750 2548 6.9 -21.2 11 28.2 -2.1 297 20 304.1 304.3 284.2 307.2 0.94 7 700 3112 4.6 -1.3 65 5.9 1.6 303 25 307.6 308.5 289.6 322.9 4.96 8 650 3715 2.6 -10.0 39 12.7 -2.7 305 31 311.9 312.5 289.0 320.8 2.74 9 600 4357 -0.9 -15.2 33 14.3 -6.2 297 31 315.1 315.5 289.2 321.6 1.96 10 550 5046 -5.2 -20.4 29 15.2 -10.0 292 32 317.9 318.2 289.5 322.6 1.37 11 500 5787 -10.2 -25.5 27 15.3 -14.2 290 35 320.6 320.8 290.0 324.0 0.96 12 450 6588 -16.3 -30.4 29 14.1 -19.3 290 37 322.7 322.9 290.3 325.2 0.68 13 400 7462 -23.1 -36.9 27 13.7 -25.2 293 42 324.9 325.0 290.7 326.4 0.40 14 350 8424 -30.1 -48.7 15 18.5 -31.8 296 44 328.1 328.1 291.3 328.6 0.13 15 300 9505 -38.0 -54.2 17 16.2 -39.0 297 45 331.7 331.8 292.3 332.1 0.08 16 250 10731 -48.2 -55.0 45 6.9 -48.4 295 42 334.4 334.5 293.0 334.8 0.09 17 200 12170 -56.6 -66.7 27 10.1 -56.8 276 42 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.3 0.02 18 150 13971 -61.4 -81.3 5 19.9 -61.6 275 45 364.3 364.3 299.5 364.3 0.00 19 100 16454 -67.5 -86.7 5 19.2 -67.6 263 23 397.3 397.3 304.8 397.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5616.01 m Freezing level: 612.46 mb = 4197.17 m = 13770.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 874.36 mb = 1288.15 m = 4226.16 ft Precipitable water: 0.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 30.24 % Est. max temperature: 21.13 C = 70.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.58 mb = 526.23 m = 1726.45 ft T: 11.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.53 C/km ThetaE index: 4.34 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 502.73 mb = 5744.15 m = 18845.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 48.23 C = 118.82 F Cap Strength: 19.33 C Lifted Index: 20.16 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 23.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 15.19 C Showalter Index: 21.57 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: -4.83 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 17.99 C Cross Totals Index: -22.81 C K Index: -20.94 Risk: None Sweat Index: 63.39 Risk: None Energy Index: 6.04 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16351.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 20.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 792.53 mb = 2095.57 m = 6875.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.2 at 22.5 knts Storm direction: 321.2 at 16.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 125.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 114.1 neg: -5.9 tot: 108.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.31 Bulk Shear: 70.59 m/s