MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 37.35,-88.94 Latitude: 37.35 Longitude: -88.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 53 SFC 991 133 25.3 16.9 59 8.5 19.6 192 15 299.3 301.5 293.1 335.1 12.28 2 950 501 22.9 16.3 66 6.6 18.5 196 33 300.4 302.7 293.5 336.7 12.38 3 900 970 18.8 15.0 78 3.8 16.3 200 41 300.9 303.1 293.4 336.2 12.00 4 850 1458 15.8 4.8 48 11.0 9.6 212 44 302.7 303.9 289.3 321.8 6.37 5 800 1970 12.2 5.9 66 6.2 8.5 225 43 304.1 305.5 290.6 326.1 7.31 6 750 2508 8.4 8.1 98 0.3 8.2 226 42 305.7 307.4 292.6 333.1 9.09 7 700 3076 5.1 4.4 96 0.7 4.7 233 44 308.1 309.5 292.0 331.1 7.54 8 650 3678 1.7 0.7 93 1.0 1.2 228 47 310.9 312.1 291.7 330.2 6.22 9 600 4319 -1.6 -3.6 86 2.0 -2.6 223 52 314.3 315.2 291.6 329.7 4.88 10 550 5007 -5.9 -8.8 80 2.9 -7.1 223 53 317.1 317.8 291.3 328.7 3.58 11 500 5746 -11.3 -14.7 76 3.4 -12.5 227 55 319.3 319.7 291.0 327.4 2.44 12 450 6547 -15.9 -26.0 42 10.1 -18.4 229 56 323.2 323.4 290.8 326.8 1.02 13 400 7424 -21.6 -37.0 24 15.4 -24.1 238 65 326.9 327.0 291.2 328.4 0.40 14 350 8393 -28.8 -33.8 62 5.0 -29.6 241 66 329.9 330.0 292.3 332.2 0.63 15 300 9479 -37.3 -40.5 72 3.2 -37.6 252 60 332.8 332.9 292.9 334.3 0.37 16 250 10706 -49.1 -52.7 66 3.6 -49.3 258 54 333.1 333.1 292.7 333.5 0.12 17 200 12136 -55.0 -68.2 18 13.2 -55.2 254 57 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.8 0.02 18 150 13959 -58.8 -82.1 3 23.2 -59.0 249 55 368.7 368.7 300.4 368.7 0.00 19 100 16452 -67.5 -86.7 5 19.2 -67.6 246 39 397.4 397.4 304.9 397.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5692.97 m Freezing level: 624.15 mb = 4009.27 m = 13153.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.36 mb = 3872.90 m = 12706.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.54 % Est. max temperature: 29.01 C = 84.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 875.40 mb = 1206.73 m = 3959.04 ft T: 17.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.14 C/km ThetaE index: 14.92 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 822.75 mb = 1733.37 m = 5686.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.51 C = 85.12 F Cap Strength: 1.87 C Lifted Index: -2.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.31 C Showalter Index: 4.10 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.22 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 27.09 C Cross Totals Index: 16.13 C K Index: 31.27 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 258.59 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.14 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 547.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 45.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.95 mb = 1358.94 m = 4458.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 774.95 mb = 2235.05 m = 7332.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.95 mb = 11104.09 m = 36430.30 ft B at Equ Level: 539.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 174.95 mb = 12983.83 m = 42597.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.6 at 45.7 knts Storm direction: 251.6 at 34.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 328.0 neg: -1.7 tot: 326.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 108.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.05 Bulk Rich Number: 6.72 Bulk Shear: 81.56 m/s