MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F066.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F066.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 66 hour NAM valid 18Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 41.74,-85.01 Latitude: 41.74 Longitude: -85.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -31 SFC 961 303 15.2 12.9 86 2.3 13.8 210 7 291.6 293.4 288.5 319.3 9.75 2 950 400 13.6 11.9 90 1.7 12.6 211 7 291.0 292.6 287.8 317.2 9.27 3 900 852 9.5 9.1 98 0.4 9.3 235 12 291.3 292.7 286.8 314.3 8.08 4 850 1325 7.2 5.9 92 1.2 6.5 233 11 293.6 294.9 286.5 313.5 6.87 5 800 1822 4.6 2.7 87 1.9 3.7 237 11 296.1 297.2 286.5 313.2 5.83 6 750 2345 1.6 -1.3 81 2.9 0.3 237 13 298.3 299.2 286.1 312.2 4.65 7 700 2898 -1.7 -4.7 80 3.0 -3.0 230 10 300.6 301.3 286.1 312.2 3.84 8 650 3484 -5.3 -7.1 87 1.8 -6.0 207 7 303.0 303.6 286.6 313.6 3.46 9 600 4108 -9.6 -11.3 87 1.7 -10.2 184 12 305.0 305.5 286.5 313.5 2.69 10 550 4774 -14.1 -16.5 82 2.4 -14.9 189 18 307.3 307.7 286.5 313.5 1.91 11 500 5489 -19.7 -21.5 86 1.8 -20.1 182 25 309.0 309.2 286.5 313.5 1.37 12 450 6261 -26.0 -31.7 59 5.6 -26.9 177 39 310.5 310.6 286.2 312.6 0.60 13 400 7102 -31.7 -53.8 9 22.0 -33.1 174 49 313.8 313.8 286.8 314.0 0.06 14 350 8037 -35.8 -61.3 6 25.5 -37.0 176 49 320.4 320.4 288.9 320.6 0.03 15 300 9100 -38.5 -66.7 4 28.1 -39.6 185 49 331.1 331.1 292.0 331.1 0.02 16 250 10349 -39.2 -71.6 2 32.4 -40.4 193 42 347.8 347.8 296.1 347.9 0.01 17 200 11869 -42.6 -74.1 2 31.5 -43.7 197 51 365.3 365.3 299.7 365.3 0.01 18 150 13767 -52.9 -81.9 2 29.0 -53.4 231 47 379.0 379.0 302.1 379.0 0.00 19 100 16340 -58.3 -86.0 2 27.7 -58.6 248 31 415.1 415.1 307.2 415.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5519.74 m Freezing level: 725.76 mb = 2613.37 m = 8573.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 746.13 mb = 2386.89 m = 7830.90 ft Precipitable water: 0.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.44 % Est. max temperature: 19.06 C = 66.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.42 mb = 592.16 m = 1942.75 ft T: 11.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.95 C/km ThetaE index: 7.10 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 901.17 mb = 841.47 m = 2760.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.81 C = 58.66 F Cap Strength: 0.12 C Lifted Index: -0.66 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 11.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.11 C Showalter Index: 0.43 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.56 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.90 C Cross Totals Index: 25.66 C K Index: 29.80 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 188.74 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.04 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 73.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.05 mb = 879.54 m = 2885.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 892.05 mb = 925.77 m = 3037.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 832.05 mb = 1500.09 m = 4921.50 ft B at Equ Level: 9.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 362.05 mb = 7799.63 m = 25589.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 199.4 at 15.4 knts Storm direction: 229.4 at 11.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 1.1 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 2.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: -1.0 tot: 2.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.09 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 9.03 Bulk Shear: 8.11 m/s