MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 35.15,-89.94 Latitude: 35.15 Longitude: -89.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 SFC 998 85 21.9 21.3 97 0.5 21.5 234 12 295.2 298.2 294.7 341.8 16.24 2 950 509 19.5 19.4 99 0.1 19.4 229 28 296.9 299.7 294.4 340.5 15.07 3 900 975 17.5 17.4 99 0.1 17.5 223 39 299.5 302.1 294.4 340.6 14.04 4 850 1463 15.0 14.8 99 0.1 14.9 221 43 301.8 304.1 294.0 338.9 12.57 5 800 1975 12.1 11.9 99 0.2 12.0 223 46 304.0 306.1 293.6 336.9 11.02 6 750 2514 9.2 9.0 99 0.2 9.1 224 44 306.6 308.4 293.3 335.8 9.67 7 700 3083 5.9 5.6 98 0.4 5.7 226 45 309.0 310.6 292.8 334.0 8.16 8 650 3688 2.2 1.9 98 0.3 2.1 226 46 311.5 312.8 292.4 332.5 6.78 9 600 4330 -1.5 -1.7 98 0.3 -1.6 227 46 314.4 315.5 292.3 332.2 5.62 10 550 5020 -4.6 -5.1 96 0.6 -4.8 233 47 318.6 319.6 292.8 334.0 4.75 11 500 5766 -8.0 -8.9 93 0.9 -8.4 237 50 323.3 324.0 293.3 336.1 3.89 12 450 6578 -13.0 -14.4 89 1.4 -13.5 241 53 327.0 327.5 293.4 336.4 2.79 13 400 7467 -18.6 -20.5 85 1.9 -19.2 244 57 330.8 331.2 293.7 337.4 1.87 14 350 8448 -25.9 -28.4 79 2.6 -26.4 245 61 333.9 334.1 293.7 337.7 1.05 15 300 9544 -35.1 -38.0 74 3.0 -35.4 242 66 336.0 336.1 293.8 337.8 0.48 16 250 10785 -46.5 -50.0 68 3.4 -46.7 235 68 336.9 336.9 293.7 337.5 0.16 17 200 12236 -52.5 -68.4 13 15.9 -52.8 249 71 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.7 0.02 18 150 14063 -60.1 -81.9 4 21.8 -60.3 256 48 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.5 0.00 19 100 16531 -69.0 -86.2 7 17.2 -69.1 258 36 394.5 394.5 304.5 394.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.67 m Freezing level: 619.75 mb = 4076.29 m = 13373.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.95 mb = 4041.60 m = 13259.68 ft Precipitable water: 2.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.72 % Est. max temperature: 28.58 C = 83.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 990.19 mb = 150.21 m = 492.80 ft T: 21.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.19 C/km ThetaE index: 8.37 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 946.09 mb = 544.74 m = 1787.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.79 C = 74.82 F Cap Strength: -0.04 C Lifted Index: -1.58 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.01 C Showalter Index: -0.76 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.82 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.98 C Cross Totals Index: 22.84 C K Index: 37.46 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 374.32 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.68 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 645.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 944.55 mb = 558.83 m = 1833.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 939.55 mb = 604.52 m = 1983.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.55 mb = 11339.65 m = 37203.13 ft B at Equ Level: 632.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 159.55 mb = 13671.11 m = 44852.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.7 at 43.3 knts Storm direction: 257.7 at 32.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 5.6 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 151.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 151.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.58 Bulk Rich Number: 10.06 Bulk Shear: 64.13 m/s