MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 36.62,-89.05 Latitude: 36.62 Longitude: -89.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 53 SFC 994 110 28.4 18.1 54 10.3 21.2 181 15 302.1 304.5 294.6 341.2 13.24 2 950 504 23.9 16.8 64 7.2 19.1 183 22 301.5 303.8 294.1 339.0 12.73 3 900 974 19.4 15.8 80 3.6 17.0 184 24 301.5 303.8 294.0 338.7 12.64 4 850 1463 14.8 13.9 94 1.0 14.2 186 24 301.7 303.8 293.4 336.5 11.80 5 800 1975 13.1 -2.6 33 15.7 5.3 198 26 305.1 305.8 287.8 317.2 3.93 6 750 2512 9.1 -8.6 28 17.7 1.4 200 29 306.5 307.0 287.1 314.9 2.67 7 700 3080 6.8 -9.9 29 16.6 -0.3 206 33 310.0 310.5 288.2 318.2 2.58 8 650 3686 4.1 -3.8 56 7.9 0.2 210 33 313.6 314.4 291.0 327.6 4.43 9 600 4332 -0.4 -2.1 88 1.8 -1.3 211 36 315.7 316.8 292.5 333.0 5.45 10 550 5022 -5.7 -9.6 74 3.9 -7.4 216 37 317.3 318.0 291.2 328.2 3.35 11 500 5760 -11.3 -15.9 69 4.6 -12.9 221 41 319.3 319.7 290.7 326.7 2.22 12 450 6563 -14.4 -28.9 28 14.5 -17.8 225 47 325.1 325.3 291.1 327.9 0.78 13 400 7446 -20.1 -44.8 9 24.7 -23.5 236 56 328.8 328.9 291.6 329.5 0.18 14 350 8418 -27.8 -53.0 7 25.2 -30.0 237 60 331.2 331.3 292.2 331.6 0.08 15 300 9507 -36.3 -47.7 30 11.5 -37.2 243 67 334.3 334.3 293.0 334.9 0.17 16 250 10744 -46.5 -49.9 69 3.3 -46.7 248 67 336.9 336.9 293.7 337.5 0.16 17 200 12189 -55.4 -63.3 37 7.9 -55.6 255 71 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.2 0.04 18 150 14007 -60.3 -74.8 13 14.6 -60.4 248 74 366.2 366.3 299.9 366.3 0.01 19 100 16471 -68.4 -86.6 6 18.2 -68.5 252 42 395.5 395.5 304.6 395.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.55 m Freezing level: 604.01 mb = 4280.00 m = 14041.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 709.44 mb = 2969.84 m = 9743.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.23 % Est. max temperature: 28.40 C = 83.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 854.99 mb = 1412.91 m = 4635.46 ft T: 15.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.74 C/km ThetaE index: 26.32 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 853.91 mb = 1423.74 m = 4671.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.95 C = 82.32 F Cap Strength: 0.37 C Lifted Index: -4.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.68 C Showalter Index: -3.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.23 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.10 C Cross Totals Index: 25.14 C K Index: 23.32 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 396.67 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.99 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 650.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.77 mb = 1415.11 m = 4642.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 849.77 mb = 1465.25 m = 4807.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 829.77 mb = 1666.30 m = 5466.80 ft B at Equ Level: 3.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 159.77 mb = 13608.17 m = 44645.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 206.0 at 31.3 knts Storm direction: 236.0 at 23.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 104.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 104.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.28 Bulk Rich Number: 20.68 Bulk Shear: 31.48 m/s