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: 36.89,-86.80 Latitude: 36.89 Longitude: -86.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 983 188 22.5 16.1 67 6.4 18.2 189 18 297.1 299.2 292.0 331.1 11.78 2 950 483 20.3 15.4 73 4.9 17.0 190 33 297.8 299.9 292.1 331.5 11.63 3 900 949 17.6 14.5 82 3.1 15.5 196 54 299.6 301.8 292.7 333.5 11.58 4 850 1435 14.3 13.5 95 0.9 13.7 203 58 301.1 303.2 293.0 334.9 11.48 5 800 1946 11.4 10.1 92 1.3 10.6 210 52 303.3 305.1 292.3 332.3 9.75 6 750 2483 7.9 4.9 82 2.9 6.2 213 49 305.1 306.5 290.9 327.1 7.28 7 700 3049 5.0 2.4 84 2.5 3.6 213 55 308.0 309.2 291.2 328.0 6.53 8 650 3650 1.0 -0.1 93 1.1 0.4 211 58 310.1 311.2 291.2 328.2 5.86 9 600 4290 -2.8 -3.9 93 1.0 -3.3 208 64 312.8 313.8 291.1 328.0 4.79 10 550 4975 -6.4 -7.6 91 1.2 -6.9 206 65 316.5 317.3 291.5 329.2 3.93 11 500 5716 -9.3 -10.6 90 1.3 -9.9 211 60 321.6 322.3 292.5 332.9 3.40 12 450 6525 -13.5 -15.1 88 1.6 -14.1 217 62 326.3 326.8 293.1 335.2 2.63 13 400 7411 -19.1 -21.2 84 2.0 -19.7 221 65 330.1 330.5 293.4 336.4 1.77 14 350 8390 -26.2 -29.4 74 3.2 -26.9 226 62 333.4 333.6 293.6 336.9 0.95 15 300 9484 -35.9 -40.4 63 4.5 -36.4 229 61 334.7 334.8 293.3 336.1 0.38 16 250 10720 -46.9 -51.2 61 4.4 -47.1 236 77 336.4 336.4 293.6 336.9 0.14 17 200 12174 -51.0 -68.5 11 17.6 -51.4 249 67 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.1 0.02 18 150 14003 -61.4 -80.5 6 19.2 -61.5 249 53 364.4 364.4 299.5 364.4 0.00 19 100 16476 -66.8 -87.3 4 20.5 -66.9 249 36 398.7 398.7 305.0 398.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5676.34 m Freezing level: 637.17 mb = 3814.41 m = 12514.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.27 mb = 3721.04 m = 12208.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.50 % Est. max temperature: 27.23 C = 81.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 895.17 mb = 994.50 m = 3262.77 ft T: 17.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.37 C/km ThetaE index: 7.83 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 833.20 mb = 1603.65 m = 5261.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.22 C = 81.00 F Cap Strength: 1.83 C Lifted Index: 0.77 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.21 C Showalter Index: -0.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.45 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.65 C Cross Totals Index: 22.80 C K Index: 34.57 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 380.34 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.54 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 87.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 52.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.45 mb = 1193.96 m = 3917.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 749.45 mb = 2488.74 m = 8165.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 519.45 mb = 5419.39 m = 17779.94 ft B at Equ Level: 87.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 419.45 mb = 7053.91 m = 23142.48 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 207.6 at 55.6 knts Storm direction: 237.6 at 41.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.7 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 411.1 neg: -6.5 tot: 404.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 134.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.1 stream: 8.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 0.85 Bulk Shear: 103.31 m/s