MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 40.28,-86.27 Latitude: 40.28 Longitude: -86.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 51 SFC 975 271 26.7 16.0 52 10.8 19.5 206 15 302.0 304.2 293.5 336.8 11.77 2 950 500 23.2 15.1 60 8.1 17.8 208 19 300.7 302.8 292.9 334.4 11.45 3 900 968 18.5 14.2 76 4.3 15.7 211 21 300.6 302.7 292.8 334.0 11.36 4 850 1455 14.0 12.4 90 1.6 13.0 225 26 300.8 302.7 292.3 332.3 10.71 5 800 1964 10.1 8.3 89 1.8 9.0 228 28 301.9 303.5 291.0 327.5 8.64 6 750 2498 6.3 1.9 74 4.3 3.9 230 30 303.4 304.5 289.1 321.1 5.87 7 700 3062 5.6 -7.5 38 13.1 -0.2 232 34 308.6 309.2 288.2 318.4 3.10 8 650 3664 2.1 -10.3 40 12.3 -3.0 227 40 311.3 311.8 288.7 319.9 2.70 9 600 4306 -0.4 -23.2 16 22.8 -7.4 232 44 315.7 315.9 288.4 319.0 0.98 10 550 4995 -6.1 -15.0 49 8.9 -9.4 233 48 316.8 317.2 290.0 324.0 2.16 11 500 5730 -12.4 -24.0 37 11.6 -15.4 230 48 318.0 318.2 289.3 321.7 1.10 12 450 6529 -16.9 -38.9 13 22.0 -20.5 231 49 322.0 322.0 289.7 323.1 0.29 13 400 7402 -22.7 -38.6 22 15.9 -25.1 235 51 325.5 325.5 290.7 326.7 0.34 14 350 8366 -30.2 -38.6 44 8.4 -31.2 241 58 328.1 328.2 291.6 329.5 0.39 15 300 9443 -39.0 -42.8 67 3.8 -39.3 244 59 330.4 330.5 292.1 331.5 0.29 16 250 10664 -50.2 -53.7 66 3.5 -50.3 254 61 331.5 331.5 292.2 331.9 0.10 17 200 12087 -55.6 -67.9 20 12.3 -55.8 254 75 344.7 344.7 295.5 344.8 0.02 18 150 13915 -58.2 -83.4 3 25.2 -58.4 247 54 369.9 369.9 300.5 369.9 0.00 19 100 16411 -66.7 -86.1 5 19.4 -66.8 241 36 398.8 398.8 305.0 398.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5679.14 m Freezing level: 607.87 mb = 4205.11 m = 13796.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 702.58 mb = 3031.92 m = 9947.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.67 % Est. max temperature: 26.03 C = 78.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 833.07 mb = 1624.19 m = 5328.63 ft T: 12.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.72 C/km ThetaE index: 18.39 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 839.45 mb = 1560.11 m = 5118.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.71 C = 78.28 F Cap Strength: 0.36 C Lifted Index: -3.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.26 C Showalter Index: -2.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.11 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.34 C Cross Totals Index: 24.78 C K Index: 25.66 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 326.04 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 561.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 841.82 mb = 1536.51 m = 5040.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 836.82 mb = 1586.49 m = 5204.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 606.82 mb = 4215.49 m = 13830.18 ft B at Equ Level: 86.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 176.82 mb = 12870.09 m = 42224.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.7 at 36.1 knts Storm direction: 258.7 at 27.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.7 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 100.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 100.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.27 Bulk Rich Number: 10.73 Bulk Shear: 52.33 m/s