MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.82,-89.74 Latitude: 36.82 Longitude: -89.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 52 SFC 995 97 28.6 17.7 52 10.8 21.1 188 15 302.2 304.5 294.4 340.3 12.93 2 950 503 23.9 16.3 63 7.6 18.8 190 24 301.5 303.7 293.8 338.0 12.40 3 900 973 19.4 15.1 76 4.3 16.6 192 28 301.5 303.8 293.6 337.2 12.11 4 850 1462 16.1 10.0 67 6.1 12.3 202 31 303.0 304.7 291.7 330.1 9.10 5 800 1975 12.0 9.2 83 2.8 10.3 203 28 303.9 305.6 292.0 331.2 9.14 6 750 2512 8.3 7.8 97 0.4 8.0 199 28 305.6 307.2 292.4 332.4 8.91 7 700 3080 5.2 2.4 82 2.8 3.7 205 27 308.3 309.5 291.2 328.3 6.53 8 650 3682 2.6 -2.2 71 4.8 0.2 208 33 311.9 312.8 291.0 327.6 5.02 9 600 4326 -1.0 -5.0 74 4.0 -2.9 206 38 314.9 315.8 291.4 328.9 4.39 10 550 5015 -5.8 -8.7 80 2.9 -7.0 209 38 317.2 317.9 291.4 328.9 3.61 11 500 5753 -11.9 -13.3 89 1.5 -12.4 217 44 318.6 319.1 291.0 327.6 2.74 12 450 6555 -14.6 -31.9 21 17.3 -18.3 228 54 324.9 325.0 290.9 327.1 0.59 13 400 7438 -20.2 -46.2 8 25.9 -23.6 235 64 328.7 328.7 291.5 329.3 0.15 14 350 8411 -27.8 -37.1 41 9.2 -29.2 241 66 331.2 331.3 292.5 332.9 0.45 15 300 9500 -36.6 -40.0 71 3.3 -37.0 252 66 333.7 333.8 293.1 335.2 0.39 16 250 10732 -48.1 -51.7 66 3.6 -48.3 257 76 334.6 334.6 293.1 335.1 0.13 17 200 12169 -55.0 -63.9 33 8.8 -55.2 251 73 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.7 0.04 18 150 13986 -59.2 -82.4 3 23.2 -59.5 245 73 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.0 0.00 19 100 16468 -67.8 -87.0 5 19.2 -67.9 257 39 396.8 396.8 304.8 396.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.04 m Freezing level: 614.14 mb = 4144.04 m = 13595.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.85 mb = 3721.53 m = 12209.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.39 % Est. max temperature: 29.51 C = 85.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 849.74 mb = 1464.91 m = 4806.06 ft T: 16.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.39 C/km ThetaE index: 10.24 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 826.76 mb = 1696.59 m = 5566.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.85 C = 85.72 F Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lifted Index: -4.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.89 C Showalter Index: -0.69 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.81 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.96 C Cross Totals Index: 21.85 C K Index: 35.17 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 297.50 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.51 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 684.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.32 mb = 1479.04 m = 4852.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 803.32 mb = 1939.66 m = 6363.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.32 mb = 11176.53 m = 36667.96 ft B at Equ Level: 681.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 163.32 mb = 13448.67 m = 44122.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 205.4 at 32.5 knts Storm direction: 235.4 at 24.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 47.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 92.6 neg: -14.7 tot: 77.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.39 Bulk Rich Number: 26.08 Bulk Shear: 26.24 m/s