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: 38.28,-88.22 Latitude: 38.28 Longitude: -88.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 45 SFC 991 126 24.0 17.3 66 6.7 19.4 171 7 297.9 300.2 292.9 334.5 12.60 2 950 493 23.4 15.6 61 7.8 18.1 193 29 300.9 303.1 293.2 335.6 11.78 3 900 963 19.5 13.8 70 5.7 15.8 201 39 301.6 303.7 292.9 334.4 11.10 4 850 1451 15.0 11.7 81 3.3 12.9 206 42 301.9 303.8 292.3 332.2 10.24 5 800 1962 11.1 10.5 96 0.6 10.7 211 39 302.9 304.8 292.4 332.7 10.01 6 750 2498 7.6 7.2 97 0.4 7.3 222 38 304.8 306.4 291.8 330.4 8.51 7 700 3064 4.2 2.4 88 1.8 3.2 232 42 307.1 308.3 290.9 326.9 6.50 8 650 3664 1.5 -4.4 65 5.9 -1.3 228 46 310.7 311.5 290.0 324.0 4.26 9 600 4305 -1.9 -6.5 70 4.6 -4.0 223 51 313.9 314.7 290.7 326.4 3.91 10 550 4992 -6.3 -8.9 82 2.6 -7.4 224 55 316.6 317.3 291.2 328.1 3.55 11 500 5729 -11.6 -18.9 55 7.3 -13.9 227 57 318.9 319.3 290.2 324.7 1.72 12 450 6529 -16.6 -21.7 65 5.1 -18.0 229 55 322.4 322.7 291.0 327.6 1.50 13 400 7405 -22.1 -27.5 62 5.3 -23.3 238 61 326.2 326.4 291.6 329.8 1.00 14 350 8373 -28.9 -31.8 76 3.0 -29.4 246 56 329.8 330.0 292.4 332.6 0.76 15 300 9458 -37.3 -40.5 72 3.2 -37.7 258 54 332.8 332.9 292.9 334.2 0.37 16 250 10686 -49.0 -52.6 66 3.6 -49.1 261 60 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.7 0.12 17 200 12110 -58.2 -64.2 46 6.0 -58.3 257 71 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.8 0.03 18 150 13934 -58.1 -81.6 3 23.4 -58.4 248 57 369.9 369.9 300.5 369.9 0.00 19 100 16440 -66.4 -86.9 4 20.5 -66.5 249 41 399.5 399.5 305.1 399.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5684.02 m Freezing level: 627.88 mb = 3947.48 m = 12950.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.25 mb = 3488.25 m = 11444.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.12 % Est. max temperature: 28.12 C = 82.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 897.68 mb = 984.74 m = 3230.74 ft T: 19.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.91 C/km ThetaE index: 8.65 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 828.61 mb = 1665.89 m = 5465.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.39 C = 83.09 F Cap Strength: 1.23 C Lifted Index: -2.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.89 C Showalter Index: -1.35 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.92 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.59 C Cross Totals Index: 23.33 C K Index: 36.55 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 370.14 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.51 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 479.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 37.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 849.71 mb = 1454.22 m = 4771.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 804.71 mb = 1912.33 m = 6273.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.71 mb = 11089.14 m = 36381.27 ft B at Equ Level: 472.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 174.71 mb = 12967.30 m = 42543.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.0 at 44.2 knts Storm direction: 250.0 at 33.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 351.9 neg: -0.2 tot: 351.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 117.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 8.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.94 Bulk Rich Number: 4.78 Bulk Shear: 100.28 m/s