MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 6Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 36.82,-86.54 Latitude: 36.82 Longitude: -86.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 SFC 986 194 20.9 16.7 77 4.2 18.1 178 15 295.3 297.5 291.9 330.5 12.25 2 950 513 20.4 15.5 73 4.9 17.2 188 37 297.9 300.1 292.3 332.1 11.75 3 900 979 18.1 13.2 73 4.9 14.9 200 52 300.1 302.1 292.1 331.4 10.65 4 850 1466 14.1 10.5 79 3.6 11.9 205 49 300.9 302.6 291.3 328.7 9.41 5 800 1975 11.4 5.1 65 6.4 7.8 207 44 303.3 304.6 290.0 324.0 6.87 6 750 2512 9.2 -3.5 41 12.7 3.1 212 43 306.6 307.3 288.3 318.8 3.93 7 700 3080 5.3 -0.3 67 5.6 2.4 215 40 308.4 309.4 290.2 324.9 5.35 8 650 3682 2.7 -10.3 38 13.0 -2.7 215 40 312.0 312.6 288.9 320.7 2.68 9 600 4324 -1.6 -10.2 52 8.6 -5.2 212 39 314.3 314.8 289.9 323.7 2.93 10 550 5012 -5.4 -16.0 43 10.7 -9.2 216 40 317.7 318.1 290.0 324.3 1.99 11 500 5752 -10.4 -16.2 62 5.8 -12.4 217 42 320.4 320.8 291.0 327.6 2.16 12 450 6556 -15.0 -20.1 65 5.1 -16.6 227 39 324.3 324.7 291.7 330.2 1.72 13 400 7436 -21.3 -23.3 84 2.0 -21.8 238 48 327.3 327.6 292.4 332.4 1.46 14 350 8407 -28.2 -39.2 34 11.1 -29.6 241 57 330.8 330.9 292.3 332.2 0.36 15 300 9495 -36.5 -45.8 38 9.2 -37.3 242 70 333.9 333.9 293.0 334.7 0.21 16 250 10731 -46.8 -51.1 61 4.4 -47.0 232 88 336.5 336.6 293.6 337.1 0.14 17 200 12185 -52.7 -71.5 9 18.8 -53.0 244 68 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.4 0.01 18 150 14003 -61.7 -80.9 6 19.1 -61.9 253 63 363.7 363.7 299.4 363.7 0.00 19 100 16473 -68.0 -86.2 6 18.2 -68.1 253 33 396.3 396.3 304.7 396.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5683.00 m Freezing level: 618.58 mb = 4085.43 m = 13403.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.66 mb = 3355.08 m = 11007.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.65 % Est. max temperature: 27.20 C = 80.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.52 mb = 728.71 m = 2390.75 ft T: 19.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.86 C/km ThetaE index: 13.30 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 826.95 mb = 1696.64 m = 5566.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.62 C = 81.72 F Cap Strength: 2.12 C Lifted Index: 0.16 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.47 C Showalter Index: 1.51 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.32 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.47 C Cross Totals Index: 20.86 C K Index: 29.35 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 317.99 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.22 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5197.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 871.43 mb = 1253.73 m = 4113.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.1 at 41.7 knts Storm direction: 240.1 at 31.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 338.8 neg: -11.9 tot: 326.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 109.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.46 Bulk Shear: 40.88 m/s