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: 39.73,-86.48 Latitude: 39.73 Longitude: -86.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 67 SFC 978 258 26.7 15.5 50 11.1 19.2 216 13 301.7 303.8 293.2 335.4 11.42 2 950 516 22.8 14.1 58 8.8 17.1 218 17 300.4 302.3 292.2 331.7 10.68 3 900 983 18.2 13.2 73 5.0 15.0 222 19 300.2 302.2 292.2 331.6 10.67 4 850 1470 13.6 12.1 91 1.5 12.7 231 23 300.4 302.4 292.1 331.4 10.52 5 800 1978 10.2 8.6 90 1.5 9.2 230 24 302.0 303.6 291.2 328.2 8.82 6 750 2513 7.7 5.3 85 2.4 6.3 236 25 304.9 306.3 291.0 327.5 7.48 7 700 3080 4.8 0.9 76 3.9 2.7 232 30 307.8 308.9 290.5 325.7 5.82 8 650 3681 2.2 -8.1 46 10.3 -2.3 236 38 311.4 312.0 289.2 321.6 3.18 9 600 4322 -1.3 -19.8 23 18.5 -7.4 238 38 314.6 314.8 288.4 319.0 1.32 10 550 5009 -5.9 -26.7 18 20.8 -11.4 240 39 317.1 317.3 288.7 319.9 0.78 11 500 5747 -11.0 -37.2 10 26.2 -16.0 238 42 319.6 319.6 289.0 320.7 0.31 12 450 6548 -16.6 -37.8 14 21.3 -20.2 238 46 322.4 322.5 289.9 323.6 0.33 13 400 7422 -22.3 -40.5 18 18.1 -24.9 242 46 325.9 326.0 290.9 327.0 0.28 14 350 8387 -29.7 -47.7 16 18.0 -31.4 247 51 328.7 328.8 291.5 329.3 0.15 15 300 9465 -39.0 -47.3 41 8.3 -39.6 247 55 330.4 330.4 292.0 331.1 0.18 16 250 10688 -49.3 -52.5 69 3.2 -49.4 250 66 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.3 0.12 17 200 12120 -55.5 -67.6 21 12.1 -55.7 251 77 344.9 344.9 295.5 345.0 0.02 18 150 13939 -59.0 -82.2 3 23.2 -59.2 249 64 368.4 368.4 300.3 368.4 0.00 19 100 16429 -66.4 -86.9 4 20.5 -66.5 249 38 399.5 399.5 305.1 399.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5679.89 m Freezing level: 619.07 mb = 4077.65 m = 13377.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.06 mb = 3397.97 m = 11148.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.84 % Est. max temperature: 26.08 C = 78.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 831.50 mb = 1654.23 m = 5427.20 ft T: 12.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.94 C/km ThetaE index: 16.38 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 827.15 mb = 1698.18 m = 5571.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.12 C = 79.02 F Cap Strength: 0.38 C Lifted Index: -0.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.29 C Showalter Index: -0.45 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.86 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.69 C Cross Totals Index: 23.17 C K Index: 32.88 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 274.12 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 103.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 834.92 mb = 1619.74 m = 5314.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 809.92 mb = 1874.59 m = 6150.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 669.92 mb = 3435.86 m = 11272.37 ft B at Equ Level: 19.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 229.92 mb = 11224.79 m = 36826.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.9 at 31.5 knts Storm direction: 264.9 at 23.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.9 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 76.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 76.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 2.93 Bulk Shear: 35.22 m/s