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: 36.96,-86.83 Latitude: 36.96 Longitude: -86.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 58 SFC 986 181 23.0 17.1 69 5.9 19.0 171 16 297.3 299.6 292.7 333.5 12.51 2 950 504 21.7 16.1 70 5.6 17.9 179 38 299.2 301.4 293.0 334.9 12.21 3 900 972 18.5 14.7 79 3.8 16.0 188 50 300.6 302.8 293.1 335.2 11.79 4 850 1460 15.5 11.1 75 4.5 12.7 204 49 302.4 304.2 292.1 331.4 9.78 5 800 1972 12.3 4.6 59 7.8 7.9 214 45 304.3 305.5 290.0 324.3 6.64 6 750 2510 9.6 -1.4 46 11.0 4.0 213 44 307.0 307.9 289.1 321.2 4.61 7 700 3079 6.0 -0.6 62 6.6 2.6 216 44 309.1 310.1 290.4 325.4 5.23 8 650 3682 3.0 -5.5 53 8.5 -1.0 220 46 312.4 313.1 290.2 324.7 3.90 9 600 4325 -1.5 -10.4 51 8.9 -5.2 219 46 314.4 314.9 289.9 323.7 2.89 10 550 5014 -5.1 -17.1 38 12.0 -9.2 219 49 318.1 318.4 290.0 324.2 1.82 11 500 5754 -11.0 -20.8 44 9.8 -14.0 224 52 319.6 319.9 290.1 324.5 1.45 12 450 6560 -13.9 -20.4 58 6.5 -15.9 227 57 325.8 326.1 292.2 331.6 1.68 13 400 7445 -19.5 -21.5 84 2.0 -20.1 229 58 329.6 330.0 293.2 335.6 1.72 14 350 8421 -27.5 -31.5 68 4.0 -28.2 223 49 331.7 331.9 292.9 334.6 0.78 15 300 9512 -36.2 -39.3 73 3.1 -36.5 231 46 334.3 334.4 293.3 335.9 0.42 16 250 10747 -47.1 -50.4 69 3.3 -47.3 231 53 336.0 336.1 293.5 336.6 0.15 17 200 12200 -52.8 -71.6 9 18.8 -53.1 246 61 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.3 0.01 18 150 14015 -62.6 -80.0 8 17.3 -62.7 250 62 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.2 0.00 19 100 16491 -67.6 -86.9 5 19.2 -67.8 255 34 397.0 397.0 304.8 397.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.45 m Freezing level: 616.70 mb = 4110.41 m = 13485.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.66 mb = 3512.94 m = 11525.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.66 % Est. max temperature: 28.57 C = 83.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 904.46 mb = 929.23 m = 3048.62 ft T: 18.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.38 C/km ThetaE index: 13.99 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 819.92 mb = 1764.37 m = 5788.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.17 C = 84.51 F Cap Strength: 2.15 C Lifted Index: -1.98 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.08 C Showalter Index: -0.45 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.66 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.57 C Cross Totals Index: 22.09 C K Index: 31.01 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 351.31 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.35 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 100.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 87.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.23 mb = 1269.18 m = 4163.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 634.23 mb = 3879.60 m = 12728.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 454.23 mb = 6488.40 m = 21287.15 ft B at Equ Level: 99.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 294.23 mb = 9643.40 m = 31638.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.8 at 46.1 knts Storm direction: 242.8 at 34.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 451.6 neg: -6.0 tot: 445.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 148.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.6 stream: 8.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.28 Bulk Rich Number: 1.09 Bulk Shear: 92.92 m/s