MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 6Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 36,-86.19 Latitude: 36.00 Longitude: -86.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 60 SFC 981 231 22.2 15.7 66 6.6 17.9 175 16 297.1 299.1 291.8 330.3 11.48 2 950 504 20.5 15.1 71 5.4 16.9 180 33 298.0 300.0 292.0 331.1 11.39 3 900 970 17.6 14.8 84 2.8 15.7 191 53 299.6 301.8 292.9 334.2 11.82 4 850 1456 14.2 12.6 90 1.6 13.2 199 51 301.1 303.1 292.6 333.1 10.86 5 800 1968 12.4 9.1 80 3.4 10.4 209 42 304.4 306.1 292.2 331.7 9.10 6 750 2506 9.5 0.9 55 8.7 4.9 215 43 306.9 307.9 289.9 323.6 5.43 7 700 3076 6.6 -2.3 53 8.9 2.2 223 44 309.8 310.7 290.0 324.3 4.63 8 650 3680 2.9 -4.0 60 6.9 -0.4 224 48 312.3 313.1 290.6 326.1 4.38 9 600 4324 -0.3 -11.3 43 10.9 -4.8 219 51 315.7 316.2 290.1 324.5 2.69 10 550 5014 -4.6 -17.1 37 12.5 -9.0 216 56 318.6 318.9 290.2 324.7 1.82 11 500 5755 -10.5 -19.8 46 9.3 -13.4 215 52 320.2 320.5 290.5 325.6 1.58 12 450 6561 -14.5 -27.3 33 12.9 -17.6 215 51 325.0 325.2 291.2 328.2 0.90 13 400 7444 -19.4 -21.7 82 2.3 -20.0 224 61 329.8 330.2 293.3 335.8 1.69 14 350 8423 -26.4 -28.9 80 2.5 -26.9 234 63 333.2 333.4 293.6 336.9 1.01 15 300 9519 -35.4 -38.3 74 3.0 -35.7 238 54 335.5 335.6 293.6 337.3 0.47 16 250 10756 -46.9 -50.5 66 3.6 -47.0 242 59 336.4 336.4 293.6 337.0 0.15 17 200 12207 -51.0 -70.4 8 19.3 -51.5 252 60 351.9 351.9 297.1 352.0 0.01 18 150 14026 -62.0 -81.1 6 19.1 -62.2 247 55 363.2 363.2 299.3 363.2 0.00 19 100 16490 -68.1 -86.9 5 18.8 -68.2 250 34 396.2 396.2 304.7 396.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.28 m Freezing level: 605.18 mb = 4257.01 m = 13966.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.05 mb = 3579.46 m = 11743.48 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.91 % Est. max temperature: 27.50 C = 81.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 889.91 mb = 1065.61 m = 3496.06 ft T: 16.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.41 C/km ThetaE index: 10.58 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 810.94 mb = 1853.01 m = 6079.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.80 C = 83.85 F Cap Strength: 1.81 C Lifted Index: -0.42 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.47 C Showalter Index: -0.78 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.95 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.79 C Cross Totals Index: 23.16 C K Index: 28.50 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 364.82 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.49 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 196.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 871.38 mb = 1244.72 m = 4083.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 516.38 mb = 5504.71 m = 18059.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 476.38 mb = 6125.56 m = 20096.73 ft B at Equ Level: 12.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 446.38 mb = 6621.80 m = 21724.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 211.9 at 47.6 knts Storm direction: 241.9 at 35.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 446.4 neg: -13.3 tot: 433.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 144.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.1 stream: 8.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.15 Bulk Shear: 91.54 m/s