MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510190000F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510190000F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0000Z 19 OCT 25 Station: 36.20,-89.02 Latitude: 36.20 Longitude: -89.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 61 SFC 995 105 24.2 19.6 75 4.7 21.0 169 7 297.8 300.5 294.3 340.0 14.55 2 950 511 23.8 17.1 66 6.7 19.2 189 27 301.3 303.7 294.2 339.7 13.02 3 900 981 19.2 15.3 78 3.9 16.6 193 32 301.3 303.6 293.6 337.3 12.22 4 850 1470 15.0 12.9 87 2.2 13.6 196 35 301.9 303.9 292.9 334.5 11.04 5 800 1981 11.7 10.2 91 1.5 10.7 203 41 303.6 305.4 292.5 332.9 9.82 6 750 2518 7.7 7.0 95 0.7 7.3 208 43 304.9 306.5 291.7 330.2 8.41 7 700 3085 5.6 2.7 81 3.0 4.0 216 38 308.7 310.0 291.5 329.1 6.64 8 650 3689 3.3 -4.3 58 7.6 -0.4 219 38 312.7 313.5 290.6 326.2 4.28 9 600 4334 -0.8 -5.6 70 4.8 -3.1 217 40 315.1 315.9 291.3 328.6 4.19 10 550 5023 -5.8 -11.3 65 5.5 -8.0 216 41 317.2 317.8 290.8 326.9 2.94 11 500 5761 -11.3 -18.9 53 7.6 -13.7 223 46 319.3 319.6 290.3 325.1 1.72 12 450 6562 -15.2 -23.6 49 8.4 -17.5 230 56 324.1 324.3 291.3 328.5 1.27 13 400 7444 -20.4 -24.4 70 4.0 -21.4 237 56 328.5 328.8 292.6 333.2 1.33 14 350 8419 -26.9 -30.1 74 3.2 -27.5 247 56 332.5 332.7 293.3 335.8 0.90 15 300 9513 -34.8 -37.9 73 3.1 -35.2 249 56 336.3 336.4 293.9 338.2 0.48 16 250 10758 -45.7 -49.4 66 3.7 -45.9 250 57 338.2 338.2 294.0 338.8 0.17 17 200 12206 -54.4 -62.6 35 8.3 -54.5 251 75 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.9 0.04 18 150 14017 -62.2 -80.4 7 18.2 -62.4 251 63 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.9 0.00 19 100 16484 -68.1 -85.0 7 16.9 -68.2 260 36 396.1 396.1 304.7 396.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.02 m Freezing level: 610.27 mb = 4201.32 m = 13783.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.44 mb = 3633.94 m = 11922.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.30 % Est. max temperature: 28.47 C = 83.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.25 mb = 703.21 m = 2307.11 ft T: 21.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.33 C/km ThetaE index: 13.80 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 856.54 mb = 1404.15 m = 4606.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.23 C = 82.81 F Cap Strength: 1.03 C Lifted Index: -4.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.71 C Showalter Index: -2.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.47 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.31 C Cross Totals Index: 24.15 C K Index: 36.20 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 381.41 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.89 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 607.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 872.35 mb = 1247.78 m = 4093.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 837.35 mb = 1596.13 m = 5236.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 257.35 mb = 10559.88 m = 34644.85 ft B at Equ Level: 607.47 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 167.35 mb = 13327.80 m = 43725.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 211.1 at 38.0 knts Storm direction: 241.1 at 28.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 285.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 285.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 95.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.97 Bulk Rich Number: 9.14 Bulk Shear: 66.48 m/s