MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 37.75,-88.56 Latitude: 37.75 Longitude: -88.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 55 SFC 990 139 24.3 16.7 63 7.6 19.2 198 19 298.2 300.4 292.7 333.6 12.15 2 950 502 21.7 15.9 69 5.8 17.8 202 40 299.2 301.4 292.9 334.3 12.02 3 900 969 18.7 14.6 77 4.0 16.0 213 53 300.7 302.9 293.1 335.2 11.72 4 850 1458 15.6 9.4 66 6.2 11.8 228 54 302.5 304.1 291.3 328.5 8.74 5 800 1969 11.5 7.0 74 4.5 8.9 232 52 303.4 304.9 290.9 327.0 7.88 6 750 2507 9.0 5.1 76 3.9 6.7 233 46 306.3 307.7 291.3 328.6 7.34 7 700 3075 6.1 1.7 74 4.3 3.7 228 33 309.2 310.4 291.2 328.3 6.20 8 650 3679 2.2 -1.7 75 3.9 0.2 220 38 311.4 312.4 291.0 327.7 5.19 9 600 4321 -1.5 -5.8 72 4.3 -3.4 219 47 314.4 315.2 291.0 327.7 4.15 10 550 5007 -7.1 -9.2 85 2.1 -7.9 224 52 315.7 316.4 290.8 326.9 3.47 11 500 5743 -11.9 -20.3 50 8.4 -14.5 227 53 318.5 318.8 289.9 323.6 1.52 12 450 6541 -17.3 -28.6 37 11.3 -19.8 228 53 321.4 321.6 290.0 324.3 0.80 13 400 7411 -23.6 -27.5 70 4.0 -24.4 230 54 324.3 324.5 291.1 327.9 1.00 14 350 8374 -30.1 -32.9 77 2.8 -30.5 234 50 328.2 328.3 291.9 330.7 0.69 15 300 9452 -38.9 -42.2 71 3.3 -39.2 238 62 330.5 330.6 292.2 331.7 0.31 16 250 10673 -50.1 -53.5 67 3.5 -50.2 242 80 331.6 331.6 292.3 332.0 0.10 17 200 12109 -52.5 -76.0 4 23.5 -52.9 248 50 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.6 0.01 18 150 13940 -58.2 -81.5 3 23.4 -58.4 249 58 369.8 369.8 300.5 369.9 0.00 19 100 16444 -66.4 -86.9 4 20.5 -66.5 250 43 399.4 399.4 305.1 399.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.76 m Freezing level: 619.92 mb = 4065.22 m = 13337.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.31 mb = 3712.20 m = 12179.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.84 % Est. max temperature: 28.71 C = 83.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 886.58 mb = 1097.67 m = 3601.24 ft T: 17.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.76 C/km ThetaE index: 8.16 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 824.22 mb = 1717.29 m = 5634.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.01 C = 84.21 F Cap Strength: 2.28 C Lifted Index: -2.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.19 C Showalter Index: -0.02 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.92 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.57 C Cross Totals Index: 21.34 C K Index: 32.62 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 273.90 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.95 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 566.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 67.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.69 mb = 1301.44 m = 4269.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 680.69 mb = 3303.22 m = 10837.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 240.69 mb = 10917.50 m = 35818.12 ft B at Equ Level: 560.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 180.69 mb = 12754.81 m = 41845.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.3 at 46.3 knts Storm direction: 253.3 at 34.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 3.0 tot: 9.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 38.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 409.1 neg: -70.0 tot: 339.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 113.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.9 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.45 Bulk Rich Number: 11.10 Bulk Shear: 51.02 m/s