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: 38.37,-88.74 Latitude: 38.37 Longitude: -88.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 SFC 991 147 27.5 16.7 52 10.8 20.1 246 8 301.5 303.7 293.6 337.3 12.15 2 950 515 23.8 15.7 61 8.1 18.4 238 14 301.4 303.5 293.4 336.5 11.92 3 900 985 19.5 14.5 73 5.0 16.3 222 18 301.6 303.7 293.3 336.0 11.65 4 850 1474 14.8 13.7 93 1.1 14.1 218 20 301.6 303.8 293.3 336.0 11.65 5 800 1984 10.8 10.1 95 0.7 10.3 220 24 302.6 304.4 292.2 331.5 9.73 6 750 2519 7.9 3.2 72 4.8 5.3 224 30 305.2 306.4 290.2 324.6 6.42 7 700 3086 5.1 2.9 86 2.2 3.9 227 35 308.1 309.4 291.4 328.9 6.77 8 650 3689 1.9 -2.6 72 4.6 -0.3 238 43 311.1 312.1 290.7 326.3 4.85 9 600 4330 -2.0 -4.0 86 2.0 -3.0 241 50 313.8 314.7 291.4 328.8 4.75 10 550 5016 -6.7 -9.8 78 3.1 -8.0 242 52 316.1 316.8 290.8 326.8 3.30 11 500 5753 -11.8 -17.8 61 6.0 -13.7 245 50 318.7 319.0 290.3 325.0 1.89 12 450 6551 -17.0 -29.8 32 12.9 -19.7 245 48 321.9 322.1 290.1 324.5 0.71 13 400 7424 -23.1 -37.7 25 14.6 -25.3 246 54 325.0 325.0 290.7 326.3 0.37 14 350 8386 -30.3 -47.2 18 16.8 -31.9 243 62 327.9 327.9 291.3 328.5 0.16 15 300 9463 -38.9 -45.0 53 6.0 -39.4 247 70 330.5 330.6 292.1 331.4 0.23 16 250 10687 -49.3 -52.6 68 3.4 -49.4 249 83 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.3 0.12 17 200 12117 -56.3 -67.9 22 11.6 -56.5 251 87 343.6 343.6 295.2 343.7 0.02 18 150 13938 -58.0 -81.1 4 23.1 -58.3 250 71 370.1 370.1 300.6 370.1 0.00 19 100 16436 -67.2 -87.6 4 20.4 -67.4 242 38 397.8 397.8 304.9 397.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.49 m Freezing level: 625.59 mb = 4001.53 m = 13128.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.93 mb = 3639.56 m = 11940.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.89 % Est. max temperature: 27.86 C = 82.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 846.06 mb = 1512.75 m = 4963.04 ft T: 14.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.34 C/km ThetaE index: 11.38 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 836.33 mb = 1610.12 m = 5282.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.95 C = 82.31 F Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lifted Index: -3.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.42 C Showalter Index: -3.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.05 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.58 C Cross Totals Index: 25.48 C K Index: 38.09 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 395.28 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.25 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 906.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 841.81 mb = 1555.17 m = 5102.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 826.81 mb = 1706.51 m = 5598.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 226.81 mb = 11311.07 m = 37109.35 ft B at Equ Level: 893.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 156.81 mb = 13657.38 m = 44807.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.0 at 35.6 knts Storm direction: 266.0 at 26.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 2.4 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 143.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 143.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 47.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.49 Bulk Rich Number: 12.14 Bulk Shear: 74.68 m/s