MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F051.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F051.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 51 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.84,-88.64 Latitude: 37.84 Longitude: -88.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 SFC 992 137 28.2 17.2 51 11.0 20.6 210 13 302.0 304.3 294.0 338.9 12.52 2 950 521 24.0 15.9 60 8.2 18.5 213 21 301.6 303.8 293.6 337.0 12.01 3 900 990 19.4 14.9 75 4.5 16.4 214 23 301.5 303.7 293.4 336.5 11.89 4 850 1479 14.8 13.7 93 1.2 14.1 217 24 301.7 303.8 293.3 336.0 11.64 5 800 1990 11.4 9.0 85 2.4 9.9 232 26 303.3 305.0 291.7 330.2 9.04 6 750 2526 8.0 2.5 68 5.5 5.1 229 29 305.3 306.4 289.9 323.9 6.13 7 700 3094 6.5 -0.1 63 6.6 3.1 231 32 309.7 310.8 290.7 326.6 5.43 8 650 3699 3.1 -4.3 58 7.4 -0.4 240 39 312.5 313.3 290.6 326.0 4.27 9 600 4342 -1.2 -5.4 73 4.2 -3.2 242 42 314.7 315.5 291.2 328.3 4.26 10 550 5030 -6.7 -10.0 77 3.3 -8.1 242 46 316.1 316.7 290.7 326.7 3.25 11 500 5766 -11.8 -15.4 74 3.6 -13.0 244 44 318.6 319.1 290.6 326.3 2.30 12 450 6564 -17.0 -30.2 31 13.3 -19.7 244 43 321.9 322.1 290.1 324.4 0.69 13 400 7438 -22.7 -40.5 18 17.8 -25.2 245 50 325.5 325.5 290.7 326.5 0.28 14 350 8402 -29.9 -47.6 16 17.7 -31.6 244 60 328.4 328.5 291.5 329.0 0.15 15 300 9481 -38.5 -45.5 48 7.0 -39.1 248 68 331.1 331.1 292.2 331.9 0.22 16 250 10706 -48.9 -52.2 68 3.4 -49.0 251 79 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.9 0.12 17 200 12140 -55.8 -67.1 23 11.2 -56.1 254 89 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.4 0.02 18 150 13958 -58.6 -81.7 4 23.2 -58.8 250 72 369.2 369.2 300.4 369.2 0.00 19 100 16446 -67.7 -86.9 5 19.2 -67.8 243 36 396.9 396.9 304.8 396.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.66 m Freezing level: 613.92 mb = 4163.35 m = 13659.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.39 mb = 3619.25 m = 11874.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.84 % Est. max temperature: 28.11 C = 82.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 845.97 mb = 1519.13 m = 4983.96 ft T: 14.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.86 C/km ThetaE index: 15.03 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 837.70 mb = 1601.93 m = 5255.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.26 C = 82.87 F Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lifted Index: -3.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.28 C Showalter Index: -3.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.09 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.62 C Cross Totals Index: 25.46 C K Index: 33.65 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 399.73 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.99 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 884.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 843.31 mb = 1545.68 m = 5071.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 828.31 mb = 1696.86 m = 5567.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.31 mb = 11289.39 m = 37038.24 ft B at Equ Level: 875.41 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 158.31 mb = 13617.45 m = 44676.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.0 at 33.9 knts Storm direction: 265.0 at 25.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 108.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 108.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.48 Bulk Rich Number: 19.42 Bulk Shear: 45.55 m/s