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: 41.81,-85.63 Latitude: 41.81 Longitude: -85.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 39 SFC 975 258 24.4 17.0 63 7.4 19.4 233 12 299.6 301.9 293.4 336.4 12.58 2 950 487 22.9 15.5 63 7.4 17.9 231 20 300.4 302.6 293.0 334.9 11.74 3 900 955 18.4 14.4 78 3.9 15.8 227 23 300.4 302.5 292.9 334.4 11.56 4 850 1442 13.7 13.2 97 0.5 13.4 226 24 300.5 302.6 292.7 333.7 11.30 5 800 1950 9.7 9.4 98 0.3 9.5 230 32 301.4 303.1 291.4 328.8 9.27 6 750 2483 6.4 5.6 95 0.7 5.9 236 36 303.5 304.9 290.7 326.4 7.64 7 700 3046 3.0 1.9 93 1.0 2.4 241 39 305.8 307.0 290.3 324.9 6.30 8 650 3643 -0.5 -1.9 91 1.3 -1.2 241 37 308.4 309.3 290.0 324.3 5.14 9 600 4279 -4.0 -5.0 93 1.0 -4.5 240 37 311.5 312.3 290.4 325.3 4.40 10 550 4962 -7.7 -9.8 85 2.1 -8.6 234 40 315.0 315.6 290.5 325.6 3.30 11 500 5696 -12.3 -13.9 88 1.6 -12.9 235 44 318.0 318.5 290.7 326.6 2.60 12 450 6492 -18.2 -20.1 85 1.9 -18.7 239 44 320.4 320.7 290.6 326.2 1.72 13 400 7361 -24.0 -26.3 81 2.3 -24.5 230 47 323.8 324.0 291.0 327.7 1.11 14 350 8323 -30.6 -33.6 75 3.0 -31.1 235 60 327.4 327.6 291.6 329.8 0.64 15 300 9397 -40.2 -43.4 71 3.3 -40.4 235 72 328.7 328.8 291.6 329.8 0.27 16 250 10610 -51.8 -55.3 65 3.6 -51.9 239 81 329.1 329.1 291.6 329.5 0.08 17 200 12034 -55.1 -71.6 11 16.5 -55.4 252 66 345.5 345.5 295.6 345.5 0.01 18 150 13860 -57.6 -82.3 3 24.7 -57.9 240 59 370.9 370.9 300.7 370.9 0.00 19 100 16380 -63.7 -87.6 2 23.9 -63.8 250 43 404.7 404.7 305.8 404.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5657.23 m Freezing level: 657.46 mb = 3554.14 m = 11660.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.66 mb = 3439.35 m = 11283.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.54 % Est. max temperature: 25.66 C = 78.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 875.41 mb = 1190.75 m = 3906.62 ft T: 16.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.78 C/km ThetaE index: 12.15 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 851.27 mb = 1428.91 m = 4687.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.19 C = 77.35 F Cap Strength: 0.15 C Lifted Index: -3.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.01 C Showalter Index: -2.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.54 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.01 C Cross Totals Index: 25.53 C K Index: 38.17 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 347.14 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.53 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1095.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.41 mb = 1407.52 m = 4617.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 848.41 mb = 1457.31 m = 4781.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.41 mb = 11186.12 m = 36699.42 ft B at Equ Level: 1084.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 158.41 mb = 13513.97 m = 44336.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.7 at 34.8 knts Storm direction: 265.7 at 26.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 2.1 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 135.4 neg: -2.4 tot: 133.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.68 Bulk Rich Number: 32.06 Bulk Shear: 34.18 m/s