MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2509300000F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2509300000F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 18Z TUE 30 SEP 25 Station: 35.1,-88.1 Latitude: 35.10 Longitude: -88.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 134 SFC 994 184 28.8 16.6 48 12.2 20.5 36 7 302.4 304.6 293.8 337.9 12.01 2 950 586 23.3 14.6 58 8.7 17.5 37 9 300.8 302.8 292.6 333.3 11.06 3 900 1054 18.7 13.6 72 5.1 15.4 39 10 300.8 302.8 292.5 333.0 10.97 4 850 1541 14.7 8.8 68 5.8 11.2 49 16 301.5 303.1 290.7 326.4 8.41 5 800 2052 12.9 1.4 45 11.5 6.7 48 15 304.9 305.8 289.0 320.9 5.28 6 750 2591 9.6 2.8 62 6.8 5.9 49 15 307.0 308.2 290.6 326.1 6.25 7 700 3160 6.0 -2.1 56 8.1 2.0 51 17 309.1 310.0 289.9 323.7 4.68 8 650 3764 4.3 -15.0 23 19.3 -3.1 38 17 313.8 314.2 288.7 319.9 1.84 9 600 4411 1.0 -18.7 21 19.7 -5.9 27 20 317.2 317.5 289.4 322.1 1.45 10 550 5104 -3.3 -23.9 19 20.5 -9.5 17 25 320.1 320.3 289.9 323.7 1.01 11 500 5849 -8.3 -31.9 13 23.6 -13.8 9 26 322.9 323.0 290.2 324.8 0.53 12 450 6659 -12.7 -43.4 6 30.6 -17.8 0 25 327.2 327.2 291.1 327.9 0.18 13 400 7548 -17.9 -53.0 3 35.1 -22.0 360 27 331.8 331.8 292.3 332.0 0.07 14 350 8530 -25.7 -58.7 3 33.0 -28.4 335 30 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.3 0.04 15 300 9626 -34.5 -54.6 11 20.1 -35.9 331 36 336.7 336.7 293.6 337.0 0.08 16 250 10874 -44.4 -59.1 18 14.8 -45.0 300 40 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.3 0.05 17 200 12341 -50.8 -73.3 5 22.6 -51.2 278 32 352.3 352.3 297.1 352.4 0.01 18 150 14168 -60.8 -80.1 6 19.3 -61.0 254 26 365.3 365.3 299.7 365.3 0.00 19 100 16638 -68.7 -86.0 7 17.3 -68.8 233 14 394.9 394.9 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.94 m Freezing level: 588.88 mb = 4565.01 m = 14976.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.62 mb = 3388.56 m = 11117.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.07 % Est. max temperature: 28.24 C = 82.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 832.90 mb = 1712.25 m = 5617.55 ft T: 14.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.33 C/km ThetaE index: 16.98 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 784.96 mb = 2210.41 m = 7251.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.86 C = 89.35 F Cap Strength: 1.75 C Lifted Index: 0.96 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.24 C Showalter Index: 4.65 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.16 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.00 C Cross Totals Index: 17.16 C K Index: 23.71 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 163.74 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.19 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4936.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 835.24 mb = 1688.65 m = 5540.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 31.3 at 17.7 knts Storm direction: 61.3 at 13.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.1 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.4 neg: -1.1 tot: 11.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.47 Bulk Shear: 11.38 m/s