MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 37.00,-86.98 Latitude: 37.00 Longitude: -86.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 74 SFC 988 176 21.6 17.3 76 4.3 18.7 171 12 295.7 298.0 292.3 332.2 12.66 2 950 520 22.5 16.0 67 6.5 18.1 186 37 300.0 302.2 293.2 335.5 12.12 3 900 988 18.6 14.5 77 4.1 15.9 193 41 300.7 302.8 293.0 334.7 11.58 4 850 1476 14.7 12.4 86 2.3 13.2 203 41 301.5 303.5 292.5 333.0 10.68 5 800 1986 11.0 6.7 75 4.3 8.5 214 38 302.9 304.3 290.6 326.0 7.74 6 750 2522 9.9 -14.3 17 24.2 0.5 213 34 307.3 307.6 286.3 312.7 1.68 7 700 3091 6.9 -4.9 43 11.8 1.3 212 35 310.1 310.9 289.4 322.1 3.80 8 650 3697 4.0 -4.9 52 9.0 -0.3 216 34 313.5 314.3 290.7 326.5 4.07 9 600 4342 -1.0 -6.5 66 5.5 -3.6 219 35 314.9 315.7 291.0 327.5 3.90 10 550 5032 -5.0 -15.7 43 10.7 -8.9 220 38 318.1 318.5 290.2 324.9 2.05 11 500 5771 -10.9 -20.2 46 9.3 -13.7 226 43 319.7 320.0 290.2 324.9 1.53 12 450 6577 -14.5 -31.3 23 16.7 -18.2 236 47 325.0 325.1 290.9 327.2 0.62 13 400 7456 -21.1 -35.0 28 13.9 -23.5 238 56 327.5 327.6 291.5 329.3 0.49 14 350 8426 -29.2 -39.9 35 10.6 -30.6 239 66 329.3 329.4 291.9 330.6 0.34 15 300 9510 -37.7 -51.1 23 13.4 -38.6 242 76 332.2 332.2 292.4 332.7 0.12 16 250 10737 -47.5 -59.3 25 11.8 -47.9 240 79 335.4 335.4 293.2 335.6 0.05 17 200 12189 -52.6 -73.1 7 20.5 -53.0 245 68 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.5 0.01 18 150 14010 -60.8 -82.2 4 21.4 -61.0 249 65 365.3 365.4 299.7 365.4 0.00 19 100 16490 -68.1 -87.3 5 19.2 -68.2 258 36 396.1 396.1 304.7 396.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.63 m Freezing level: 610.11 mb = 4211.70 m = 13817.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.63 mb = 3589.41 m = 11776.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.46 % Est. max temperature: 27.67 C = 81.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.66 mb = 725.88 m = 2381.47 ft T: 20.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.66 C/km ThetaE index: 22.79 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 839.84 mb = 1576.71 m = 5172.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.63 C = 81.73 F Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lifted Index: -1.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.98 C Showalter Index: -1.11 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.92 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.61 C Cross Totals Index: 23.31 C K Index: 26.17 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 346.56 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.61 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 170.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 42.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.33 mb = 1293.54 m = 4243.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 803.33 mb = 1950.60 m = 6399.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 783.33 mb = 2160.68 m = 7088.76 ft B at Equ Level: 18.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 723.33 mb = 2820.76 m = 9254.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.5 at 37.0 knts Storm direction: 242.5 at 27.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.4 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 304.2 neg: -15.4 tot: 288.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 96.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.32 Bulk Rich Number: 3.95 Bulk Shear: 43.08 m/s