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: 37.00,-86.51 Latitude: 37.00 Longitude: -86.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 990 174 22.4 17.2 72 5.3 18.9 177 7 296.4 298.7 292.4 332.6 12.53 2 950 536 23.6 15.6 61 8.0 18.2 195 26 301.1 303.3 293.3 335.9 11.83 3 900 1005 19.0 14.6 76 4.4 16.1 197 27 301.1 303.3 293.2 335.6 11.72 4 850 1493 14.4 13.3 93 1.0 13.7 197 27 301.2 303.3 293.0 334.8 11.39 5 800 2004 11.7 4.3 60 7.4 7.6 219 25 303.7 304.9 289.8 323.4 6.54 6 750 2540 9.7 -22.9 8 32.6 -0.9 222 29 307.1 307.2 285.2 309.8 0.80 7 700 3109 7.1 -13.6 21 20.7 -1.0 219 30 310.4 310.7 287.6 316.6 1.91 8 650 3715 4.1 -13.3 27 17.4 -2.8 221 30 313.6 314.0 288.9 320.5 2.11 9 600 4359 -0.4 -10.5 46 10.1 -4.6 223 26 315.7 316.2 290.3 325.0 2.87 10 550 5049 -5.6 -13.0 56 7.4 -8.4 228 29 317.4 317.9 290.5 325.9 2.56 11 500 5788 -10.6 -30.0 18 19.5 -15.1 230 33 320.2 320.3 289.5 322.4 0.63 12 450 6590 -14.3 -39.3 10 25.0 -18.7 237 39 325.2 325.3 290.6 326.3 0.28 13 400 7474 -20.2 -41.6 13 21.5 -23.3 246 47 328.8 328.8 291.6 329.7 0.25 14 350 8446 -28.4 -50.0 11 21.6 -30.3 245 52 330.5 330.5 292.0 331.0 0.11 15 300 9530 -37.5 -50.1 26 12.7 -38.3 244 56 332.6 332.6 292.6 333.1 0.13 16 250 10759 -48.3 -52.6 61 4.3 -48.5 243 68 334.2 334.3 293.0 334.7 0.12 17 200 12203 -54.3 -71.1 11 16.7 -54.6 251 73 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.8 0.01 18 150 14018 -60.3 -81.9 4 21.5 -60.5 243 73 366.1 366.1 299.9 366.1 0.00 19 100 16490 -68.5 -86.6 6 18.2 -68.6 251 39 395.4 395.4 304.6 395.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.74 m Freezing level: 604.28 mb = 4304.09 m = 14120.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 755.09 mb = 2484.00 m = 8149.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.68 % Est. max temperature: 27.67 C = 81.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.38 mb = 849.03 m = 2785.49 ft T: 20.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.60 C/km ThetaE index: 26.14 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 839.65 mb = 1596.55 m = 5237.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.69 C = 81.84 F Cap Strength: 1.10 C Lifted Index: -1.73 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.01 C Showalter Index: -1.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.83 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.93 C Cross Totals Index: 23.89 C K Index: 17.52 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 339.18 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.42 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 152.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 97.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 858.03 mb = 1413.19 m = 4636.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 593.03 mb = 4451.94 m = 14605.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 413.03 mb = 7233.58 m = 23731.93 ft B at Equ Level: 107.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 213.03 mb = 11794.33 m = 38694.82 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.0 at 27.9 knts Storm direction: 248.0 at 20.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.2 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 141.8 neg: -1.3 tot: 140.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.8 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: 6.51 Bulk Shear: 23.36 m/s