MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511181200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2511181200F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 18 NOV 25 Station: 36.6,-89.6 Latitude: 36.60 Longitude: -89.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1003 86 15.8 7.3 57 8.5 11.2 172 8 288.7 289.8 284.1 306.9 6.42 1 1000 113 16.6 7.2 54 9.4 11.4 177 9 289.8 290.9 284.5 307.9 6.37 2 950 552 17.8 12.8 73 5.0 14.7 215 36 295.2 297.0 289.8 323.6 9.83 3 900 1014 16.1 12.7 80 3.4 13.9 225 35 298.1 300.0 291.2 328.0 10.27 4 850 1498 13.5 11.2 86 2.3 12.0 232 29 300.2 302.1 291.5 329.3 9.88 5 800 2007 10.3 9.0 91 1.4 9.5 247 24 302.2 303.8 291.4 329.0 9.03 6 750 2542 8.2 1.3 62 6.9 4.5 249 25 305.5 306.5 289.5 322.6 5.62 7 700 3108 4.1 -3.7 57 7.8 0.4 241 30 307.0 307.8 288.7 319.8 4.15 8 650 3705 -1.1 -4.3 79 3.3 -2.6 236 32 307.7 308.5 289.0 321.0 4.27 9 600 4338 -5.0 -12.2 57 7.3 -7.7 240 35 310.4 310.9 288.2 318.4 2.49 10 550 5019 -8.2 -17.1 49 8.8 -11.1 250 42 314.3 314.7 288.8 320.3 1.82 11 500 5752 -12.9 -21.6 48 8.7 -15.3 253 45 317.3 317.6 289.3 321.9 1.36 12 450 6546 -18.7 -25.7 54 7.0 -20.3 253 47 319.8 320.0 289.8 323.4 1.05 13 400 7413 -25.0 -35.7 36 10.7 -26.6 256 47 322.4 322.5 290.0 324.1 0.45 14 350 8366 -32.9 -44.0 32 11.1 -33.9 263 54 324.4 324.4 290.3 325.2 0.22 15 300 9431 -41.4 -48.2 48 6.8 -41.9 274 68 326.9 327.0 291.0 327.6 0.16 16 250 10642 -51.3 -56.0 58 4.6 -51.5 280 75 329.8 329.8 291.7 330.1 0.08 17 200 12054 -60.9 -66.2 50 5.3 -61.0 281 80 336.3 336.3 293.4 336.5 0.03 18 150 13846 -60.0 -79.4 6 19.4 -60.2 268 73 366.7 366.7 299.9 366.7 0.00 19 100 16348 -64.5 -86.7 3 22.2 -64.6 270 48 403.2 403.2 305.6 403.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5638.41 m Freezing level: 660.51 mb = 3579.71 m = 11744.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 693.73 mb = 3180.53 m = 10434.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.55 % Est. max temperature: 27.23 C = 81.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 883.23 mb = 1173.31 m = 3849.38 ft T: 15.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.42 C/km ThetaE index: 9.46 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 745.70 mb = 2589.44 m = 8495.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.74 C = 90.93 F Cap Strength: 4.61 C Lifted Index: 3.36 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.58 C Showalter Index: -1.33 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.49 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.37 C Cross Totals Index: 24.12 C K Index: 29.79 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 337.04 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.52 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 32.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7011.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.68 mb = 1246.02 m = 4087.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.2 at 33.2 knts Storm direction: 270.2 at 24.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 1.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 278.0 neg: -16.4 tot: 261.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 87.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 0.70 Bulk Shear: 45.94 m/s