MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 36.89,-86.61 Latitude: 36.89 Longitude: -86.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 87 SFC 989 186 22.3 17.1 73 5.1 18.8 178 8 296.4 298.6 292.4 332.5 12.52 2 950 537 23.6 15.7 61 7.9 18.2 194 26 301.1 303.3 293.3 336.0 11.86 3 900 1006 19.0 14.7 76 4.3 16.2 196 27 301.1 303.3 293.3 335.7 11.77 4 850 1494 14.3 13.3 94 1.0 13.7 196 27 301.2 303.3 293.0 334.7 11.40 5 800 2004 11.8 3.1 55 8.8 7.1 220 26 303.8 304.9 289.3 321.8 5.97 6 750 2541 9.8 -23.8 7 33.6 -0.9 222 29 307.2 307.3 285.2 309.7 0.75 7 700 3110 7.2 -14.2 20 21.4 -1.1 219 30 310.5 310.8 287.6 316.4 1.82 8 650 3715 4.1 -13.9 26 18.0 -2.9 221 29 313.6 314.0 288.8 320.2 2.01 9 600 4360 -0.4 -11.0 44 10.7 -4.8 224 26 315.7 316.2 290.2 324.6 2.74 10 550 5050 -5.5 -13.5 53 8.0 -8.5 228 28 317.6 318.0 290.5 325.6 2.45 11 500 5789 -10.5 -29.2 20 18.7 -14.9 231 33 320.3 320.4 289.6 322.7 0.68 12 450 6592 -14.2 -37.5 12 23.3 -18.5 238 39 325.3 325.4 290.7 326.6 0.34 13 400 7475 -20.2 -41.2 13 21.1 -23.3 247 47 328.8 328.8 291.6 329.8 0.26 14 350 8447 -28.3 -50.2 10 21.8 -30.3 245 52 330.6 330.6 292.0 331.0 0.11 15 300 9532 -37.4 -50.3 25 12.9 -38.3 244 57 332.6 332.7 292.6 333.1 0.13 16 250 10761 -48.2 -52.6 60 4.4 -48.4 243 67 334.3 334.4 293.0 334.8 0.12 17 200 12206 -54.2 -71.3 10 17.2 -54.4 251 73 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.1 0.01 18 150 14020 -60.5 -82.0 4 21.5 -60.6 243 73 365.9 365.9 299.8 365.9 0.00 19 100 16491 -68.6 -86.4 6 17.9 -68.7 250 40 395.2 395.2 304.5 395.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.55 m Freezing level: 604.17 mb = 4306.15 m = 14127.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 755.43 mb = 2480.52 m = 8138.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.36 % Est. max temperature: 27.61 C = 81.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.91 mb = 844.17 m = 2769.54 ft T: 20.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.61 C/km ThetaE index: 26.28 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 841.02 mb = 1583.03 m = 5193.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.50 C = 81.49 F Cap Strength: 1.08 C Lifted Index: -1.66 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.08 C Showalter Index: -1.43 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.65 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.83 C Cross Totals Index: 23.83 C K Index: 16.76 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 342.07 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.37 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 149.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 98.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 858.45 mb = 1409.22 m = 4623.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 593.45 mb = 4446.99 m = 14589.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 403.45 mb = 7411.07 m = 24314.25 ft B at Equ Level: 103.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 213.45 mb = 11784.23 m = 38661.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.1 at 28.0 knts Storm direction: 248.1 at 21.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.2 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 144.7 neg: -2.4 tot: 142.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 47.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 6.31 Bulk Shear: 23.76 m/s