MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 39.28,-89.76 Latitude: 39.28 Longitude: -89.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 77 SFC 986 196 17.9 17.5 98 0.4 17.7 215 7 292.2 294.5 291.3 328.7 12.89 2 950 516 16.2 16.0 99 0.2 16.1 239 18 293.6 295.8 291.2 328.1 12.10 3 900 977 15.0 14.8 99 0.2 14.9 259 24 297.0 299.1 292.1 331.3 11.87 4 850 1460 12.9 12.5 98 0.3 12.7 258 27 299.6 301.6 292.0 331.3 10.81 5 800 1968 10.5 10.1 97 0.4 10.3 254 30 302.4 304.2 292.0 331.3 9.75 6 750 2504 8.0 7.6 98 0.3 7.8 245 30 305.2 306.8 292.2 331.6 8.77 7 700 3071 4.8 4.3 97 0.5 4.5 235 31 307.8 309.2 291.9 330.5 7.46 8 650 3672 0.6 0.3 98 0.3 0.4 228 33 309.6 310.7 291.2 328.2 6.01 9 600 4311 -2.7 -3.0 97 0.3 -2.9 229 37 313.0 314.0 291.5 329.1 5.10 10 550 4997 -6.4 -7.2 94 0.8 -6.8 233 42 316.5 317.3 291.6 329.6 4.06 11 500 5736 -10.9 -12.1 90 1.3 -11.3 237 47 319.8 320.4 291.6 329.8 3.02 12 450 6538 -16.1 -17.8 87 1.7 -16.7 241 49 323.0 323.4 291.7 330.0 2.09 13 400 7414 -22.2 -24.3 83 2.2 -22.7 243 52 326.2 326.4 291.9 330.8 1.33 14 350 8380 -29.8 -32.6 77 2.8 -30.3 242 54 328.5 328.6 292.0 331.1 0.71 15 300 9458 -38.9 -42.2 71 3.3 -39.2 240 52 330.5 330.6 292.2 331.7 0.31 16 250 10680 -49.9 -53.3 67 3.5 -50.0 236 58 331.9 332.0 292.3 332.4 0.11 17 200 12102 -57.9 -65.3 38 7.4 -58.0 243 85 341.1 341.1 294.6 341.2 0.03 18 150 13923 -57.3 -82.7 3 25.4 -57.6 245 70 371.4 371.4 300.8 371.4 0.00 19 100 16433 -66.1 -86.9 4 20.8 -66.2 244 40 400.0 400.0 305.2 400.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5658.57 m Freezing level: 641.40 mb = 3781.60 m = 12406.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.84 mb = 3747.74 m = 12295.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.73 % Est. max temperature: 26.03 C = 78.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 981.42 mb = 238.13 m = 781.26 ft T: 17.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.86 C/km ThetaE index: 3.40 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 923.44 mb = 757.85 m = 2486.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.06 C = 69.91 F Cap Strength: 0.90 C Lifted Index: 0.61 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.64 C Showalter Index: -0.21 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.13 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.73 C Cross Totals Index: 23.41 C K Index: 35.81 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 250.52 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.39 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 63.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 932.16 mb = 677.79 m = 2223.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 667.16 mb = 3460.51 m = 11353.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 587.16 mb = 4481.56 m = 14703.11 ft B at Equ Level: 28.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 467.16 mb = 6253.24 m = 20515.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.8 at 33.0 knts Storm direction: 268.8 at 24.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 2.4 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 54.9 neg: -17.6 tot: 37.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.68 Bulk Shear: 42.41 m/s