MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 6Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 39.09,-86.85 Latitude: 39.09 Longitude: -86.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 37 SFC 982 197 20.4 17.7 84 2.7 18.6 210 15 295.1 297.5 292.4 332.8 13.12 2 950 479 18.5 16.8 90 1.7 17.4 212 32 295.9 298.2 292.4 332.7 12.76 3 900 942 15.6 15.3 98 0.3 15.4 216 46 297.6 299.8 292.5 333.0 12.21 4 850 1426 13.0 12.9 99 0.1 13.0 226 57 299.8 301.8 292.3 332.2 11.06 5 800 1934 10.1 10.0 99 0.1 10.0 230 61 301.9 303.7 291.9 330.5 9.65 6 750 2468 6.9 6.7 99 0.2 6.8 231 59 304.0 305.6 291.3 328.7 8.22 7 700 3033 3.4 3.2 98 0.2 3.2 229 51 306.2 307.5 290.9 327.1 6.87 8 650 3630 -0.3 -0.7 97 0.4 -0.5 214 48 308.6 309.7 290.5 325.9 5.61 9 600 4267 -3.6 -4.0 97 0.4 -3.8 207 55 311.9 312.8 290.8 326.8 4.73 10 550 4951 -7.1 -7.9 94 0.8 -7.5 210 62 315.6 316.4 291.2 328.0 3.84 11 500 5688 -11.6 -12.9 90 1.3 -12.1 215 63 318.9 319.5 291.2 328.3 2.83 12 450 6488 -16.7 -18.6 86 1.8 -17.3 219 64 322.2 322.6 291.4 328.8 1.96 13 400 7362 -22.8 -25.2 81 2.4 -23.4 226 62 325.3 325.6 291.6 329.6 1.23 14 350 8325 -30.5 -33.4 75 2.9 -30.9 227 54 327.7 327.8 291.7 330.0 0.65 15 300 9401 -39.7 -42.9 71 3.2 -40.0 224 57 329.4 329.5 291.9 330.5 0.29 16 250 10616 -50.8 -54.6 64 3.8 -50.9 224 73 330.6 330.6 292.0 330.9 0.09 17 200 12066 -49.6 -79.4 2 29.8 -50.1 233 56 354.2 354.2 297.5 354.2 0.00 18 150 13910 -59.2 -80.5 5 21.4 -59.4 249 59 368.1 368.1 300.2 368.2 0.00 19 100 16414 -64.5 -86.8 3 22.2 -64.7 249 36 403.0 403.0 305.6 403.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5650.65 m Freezing level: 654.15 mb = 3580.86 m = 11748.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.77 mb = 3547.00 m = 11636.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.13 % Est. max temperature: 25.83 C = 78.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.56 mb = 537.36 m = 1762.97 ft T: 18.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 7.04 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 901.76 mb = 924.84 m = 3034.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.81 C = 73.06 F Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lifted Index: -1.68 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.91 C Showalter Index: -1.38 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.04 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.59 C Cross Totals Index: 24.45 C K Index: 37.25 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 331.89 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.89 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 527.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.92 mb = 810.32 m = 2658.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 858.92 mb = 1337.34 m = 4387.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.92 mb = 10910.76 m = 35796.02 ft B at Equ Level: 504.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 188.92 mb = 12431.44 m = 40785.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.4 at 54.2 knts Storm direction: 248.4 at 40.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.9 neg: 1.8 tot: 9.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 321.9 neg: -49.5 tot: 272.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 90.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.9 stream: 6.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.06 Bulk Rich Number: 5.92 Bulk Shear: 89.12 m/s