MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F063.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F063.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 63 hour NAM valid 9Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 37.96,-88.53 Latitude: 37.96 Longitude: -88.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 52 SFC 990 133 14.3 13.8 97 0.5 14.0 276 10 288.3 290.0 287.6 316.4 10.07 2 950 484 12.7 12.3 97 0.4 12.4 272 32 290.1 291.7 287.7 316.8 9.48 3 900 937 10.9 8.5 85 2.4 9.6 262 45 292.8 294.1 287.1 315.0 7.78 4 850 1413 9.1 5.3 77 3.8 7.0 256 53 295.7 296.9 287.1 314.9 6.57 5 800 1914 6.7 2.6 75 4.1 4.5 250 58 298.3 299.3 287.2 315.4 5.78 6 750 2441 3.5 0.5 80 3.0 2.0 246 57 300.4 301.3 287.5 316.2 5.28 7 700 2998 0.3 -0.6 93 1.0 -0.2 244 52 302.9 303.8 288.3 318.7 5.23 8 650 3589 -2.5 -3.2 95 0.7 -2.9 238 48 306.1 307.0 288.9 320.4 4.64 9 600 4222 -5.2 -6.0 94 0.8 -5.6 231 46 310.1 310.9 289.6 322.8 4.06 10 550 4902 -8.0 -9.1 92 1.1 -8.4 219 47 314.6 315.3 290.5 325.9 3.50 11 500 5638 -11.6 -13.1 89 1.5 -12.2 211 55 318.9 319.4 291.2 328.1 2.79 12 450 6438 -16.5 -18.4 85 1.9 -17.1 206 61 322.5 322.9 291.5 329.2 1.99 13 400 7314 -22.1 -24.4 82 2.3 -22.7 204 64 326.3 326.5 292.0 330.9 1.33 14 350 8279 -30.3 -33.2 76 2.8 -30.8 212 68 327.8 328.0 291.8 330.3 0.67 15 300 9356 -39.4 -42.5 72 3.1 -39.6 223 86 329.9 329.9 292.0 331.0 0.30 16 250 10576 -48.0 -52.0 63 4.1 -48.1 227 99 334.8 334.8 293.1 335.3 0.12 17 200 12048 -48.0 -76.0 3 28.0 -48.6 246 82 356.8 356.8 298.1 356.8 0.01 18 150 13913 -57.8 -83.1 3 25.3 -58.0 263 49 370.5 370.5 300.7 370.5 0.00 19 100 16418 -65.0 -87.2 3 22.1 -65.2 257 41 402.1 402.1 305.5 402.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5586.16 m Freezing level: 694.10 mb = 3067.38 m = 10063.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 703.65 mb = 2955.63 m = 9696.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.41 % Est. max temperature: 22.22 C = 72.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 983.18 mb = 194.83 m = 639.20 ft T: 14.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.52 C/km ThetaE index: 1.93 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 885.94 mb = 1068.47 m = 3505.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.61 C = 67.29 F Cap Strength: 5.39 C Lifted Index: 7.00 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.61 C Showalter Index: 7.71 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.63 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.73 C Cross Totals Index: 16.90 C K Index: 25.06 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 224.67 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.61 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9969.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 924.22 mb = 714.86 m = 2345.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.8 at 48.8 knts Storm direction: 267.8 at 36.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 7.5 tot: 7.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -104.5 tot: -104.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -34.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.2 stream: -4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.14 Bulk Shear: 130.75 m/s