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: 36.95,-88.31 Latitude: 36.95 Longitude: -88.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 40 SFC 990 125 24.2 17.8 67 6.4 19.8 191 15 298.2 300.6 293.3 336.1 13.06 2 950 487 21.6 16.9 74 4.8 18.4 193 33 299.1 301.5 293.4 336.5 12.83 3 900 954 18.0 15.8 87 2.2 16.5 198 48 300.0 302.3 293.6 337.1 12.65 4 850 1441 14.6 14.4 99 0.2 14.5 204 54 301.4 303.7 293.7 337.4 12.22 5 800 1953 11.9 11.7 99 0.1 11.8 211 55 303.8 305.8 293.4 336.2 10.88 6 750 2491 8.2 8.0 99 0.1 8.0 221 53 305.4 307.1 292.4 332.6 9.02 7 700 3058 5.0 4.7 98 0.3 4.9 227 52 308.0 309.5 292.1 331.5 7.70 8 650 3660 1.5 0.6 94 0.9 1.0 221 51 310.7 311.8 291.7 329.8 6.17 9 600 4301 -2.1 -3.3 92 1.2 -2.7 213 56 313.6 314.6 291.6 329.4 5.00 10 550 4989 -5.5 -6.7 92 1.1 -6.1 213 62 317.5 318.3 292.0 331.1 4.22 11 500 5732 -8.9 -10.2 91 1.2 -9.5 224 67 322.1 322.8 292.7 333.8 3.53 12 450 6541 -13.8 -15.3 88 1.5 -14.3 233 63 325.9 326.4 293.0 334.7 2.58 13 400 7425 -19.9 -23.8 72 3.8 -21.0 235 49 329.1 329.4 292.8 334.0 1.40 14 350 8401 -27.2 -31.6 66 4.4 -28.0 233 44 332.1 332.3 293.0 335.0 0.78 15 300 9490 -36.6 -42.3 55 5.7 -37.1 232 52 333.8 333.9 293.0 335.0 0.31 16 250 10727 -45.7 -51.9 50 6.2 -46.0 235 65 338.2 338.2 294.0 338.7 0.13 17 200 12188 -51.7 -72.9 6 21.2 -52.1 247 64 350.9 350.9 296.8 351.0 0.01 18 150 14015 -61.3 -81.5 5 20.2 -61.4 248 58 364.5 364.5 299.5 364.5 0.00 19 100 16484 -67.1 -86.9 4 19.8 -67.2 254 38 398.1 398.1 304.9 398.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.32 m Freezing level: 629.34 mb = 3925.00 m = 12877.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.46 mb = 3828.80 m = 12561.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.21 % Est. max temperature: 27.90 C = 82.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 901.40 mb = 940.47 m = 3085.49 ft T: 18.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.22 C/km ThetaE index: 7.97 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 860.16 mb = 1340.13 m = 4396.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.17 C = 80.91 F Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lifted Index: -0.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.62 C Showalter Index: -1.05 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.86 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.53 C Cross Totals Index: 23.33 C K Index: 37.64 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 416.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.85 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 288.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.84 mb = 1108.49 m = 3636.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 798.84 mb = 1965.26 m = 6447.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 278.84 mb = 9986.39 m = 32763.34 ft B at Equ Level: 285.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 208.84 mb = 11905.16 m = 39058.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.0 at 53.5 knts Storm direction: 245.0 at 40.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 461.3 neg: -1.2 tot: 460.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 153.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.8 stream: 9.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.76 Bulk Rich Number: 2.42 Bulk Shear: 119.31 m/s