MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 36.82,-86.85 Latitude: 36.82 Longitude: -86.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 73 SFC 987 191 23.7 17.8 70 5.8 19.6 173 12 298.0 300.3 293.3 336.0 13.11 2 950 522 23.3 16.6 66 6.8 18.8 181 31 300.9 303.2 293.8 337.8 12.57 3 900 991 19.0 15.5 80 3.5 16.6 185 34 301.1 303.3 293.7 337.4 12.37 4 850 1479 14.9 12.0 83 2.9 13.0 194 35 301.7 303.6 292.4 332.5 10.42 5 800 1990 12.5 4.2 57 8.3 7.8 205 36 304.5 305.7 290.0 324.0 6.45 6 750 2529 9.2 -0.5 51 9.7 4.2 203 36 306.6 307.5 289.3 321.7 4.93 7 700 3097 5.8 -4.2 49 10.0 1.0 208 40 308.9 309.6 289.2 321.4 4.00 8 650 3700 3.2 -15.6 24 18.8 -3.8 213 40 312.6 312.9 288.2 318.3 1.75 9 600 4343 -0.5 -17.2 27 16.7 -6.4 215 37 315.5 315.8 289.0 321.0 1.65 10 550 5034 -4.4 -17.9 34 13.5 -9.0 213 34 318.9 319.2 290.2 324.7 1.70 11 500 5776 -9.9 -17.5 54 7.6 -12.5 222 42 320.9 321.3 291.0 327.5 1.94 12 450 6582 -13.4 -36.4 13 23.0 -17.9 237 48 326.4 326.5 291.1 327.8 0.38 13 400 7468 -19.7 -47.4 7 27.7 -23.2 242 55 329.4 329.4 291.7 329.9 0.13 14 350 8441 -27.8 -42.2 24 14.4 -29.6 245 58 331.2 331.3 292.3 332.2 0.27 15 300 9530 -36.4 -39.7 71 3.3 -36.7 252 55 334.1 334.2 293.2 335.6 0.40 16 250 10765 -47.6 -51.0 68 3.4 -47.8 259 52 335.3 335.3 293.3 335.8 0.14 17 200 12208 -54.8 -65.4 26 10.7 -55.0 254 67 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.1 0.03 18 150 14017 -60.5 -82.0 4 21.5 -60.6 248 69 365.9 365.9 299.8 365.9 0.00 19 100 16492 -68.4 -87.5 5 19.1 -68.5 259 35 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.83 m Freezing level: 606.91 mb = 4254.22 m = 13957.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 689.43 mb = 3220.45 m = 10565.64 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.80 % Est. max temperature: 28.12 C = 82.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 905.60 mb = 937.39 m = 3075.40 ft T: 19.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.86 C/km ThetaE index: 19.48 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 848.05 mb = 1498.78 m = 4917.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.51 C = 81.52 F Cap Strength: 1.03 C Lifted Index: -1.98 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.04 C Showalter Index: 0.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.72 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.79 C Cross Totals Index: 21.93 C K Index: 26.83 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 338.87 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.02 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 287.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 30.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.13 mb = 1328.74 m = 4359.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 770.13 mb = 2307.80 m = 7571.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 240.13 mb = 11025.69 m = 36173.08 ft B at Equ Level: 282.30 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 190.13 mb = 12526.32 m = 41096.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 207.6 at 36.6 knts Storm direction: 237.6 at 27.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 242.4 neg: -3.5 tot: 239.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 79.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.39 Bulk Rich Number: 6.45 Bulk Shear: 44.57 m/s