MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 6Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 37.78,-87.66 Latitude: 37.78 Longitude: -87.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 47 SFC 991 124 19.9 19.0 94 0.9 19.3 224 12 293.8 296.3 292.8 333.9 14.08 2 950 488 17.5 17.3 99 0.2 17.4 231 26 294.9 297.3 292.4 332.7 13.18 3 900 949 14.7 13.1 90 1.6 13.7 246 34 296.7 298.6 291.0 327.4 10.60 4 850 1430 11.9 9.3 84 2.7 10.3 244 38 298.6 300.2 290.0 324.0 8.65 5 800 1936 9.6 5.2 74 4.4 7.2 244 46 301.4 302.7 289.4 322.2 6.97 6 750 2470 7.0 1.6 69 5.4 4.1 243 51 304.1 305.2 289.2 321.5 5.72 7 700 3034 3.9 -2.9 61 6.8 0.6 241 55 306.8 307.6 288.9 320.4 4.40 8 650 3632 -0.1 -9.4 50 9.3 -4.0 238 59 308.8 309.4 288.1 317.9 2.88 9 600 4267 -4.7 -13.3 51 8.7 -7.9 235 61 310.7 311.1 288.1 318.0 2.28 10 550 4948 -7.2 -11.6 71 4.4 -8.9 226 63 315.6 316.1 290.2 324.9 2.86 11 500 5686 -10.7 -12.3 89 1.5 -11.3 219 56 319.9 320.5 291.6 329.8 2.98 12 450 6490 -15.6 -17.3 86 1.8 -16.2 214 54 323.7 324.1 292.0 331.1 2.18 13 400 7368 -21.6 -23.7 83 2.1 -22.1 211 56 327.0 327.2 292.2 331.9 1.41 14 350 8337 -28.9 -31.6 78 2.6 -29.4 208 63 329.8 329.9 292.4 332.6 0.78 15 300 9421 -38.0 -41.0 74 3.0 -38.3 208 73 331.8 331.8 292.6 333.1 0.35 16 250 10648 -47.1 -53.8 46 6.7 -47.4 219 90 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.5 0.10 17 200 12107 -51.0 -74.3 5 23.2 -51.5 243 80 351.9 351.9 297.1 352.0 0.01 18 150 13950 -58.3 -81.5 4 23.2 -58.5 244 55 369.7 369.7 300.5 369.7 0.00 19 100 16443 -65.7 -86.3 4 20.6 -65.8 250 40 400.9 400.9 305.3 400.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5639.27 m Freezing level: 651.58 mb = 3613.11 m = 11853.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 693.37 mb = 3110.81 m = 10205.94 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.62 % Est. max temperature: 25.22 C = 77.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 978.20 mb = 236.65 m = 776.39 ft T: 19.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.51 C/km ThetaE index: 15.99 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 921.88 mb = 743.89 m = 2440.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.00 C = 71.60 F Cap Strength: 0.29 C Lifted Index: -0.05 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.84 C Showalter Index: 3.47 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 42.69 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.68 C Cross Totals Index: 20.01 C K Index: 25.13 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 243.31 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.08 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 196.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 929.91 mb = 669.93 m = 2197.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 904.91 mb = 902.24 m = 2960.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 494.91 mb = 5764.41 m = 18911.88 ft B at Equ Level: 196.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 274.91 mb = 10008.62 m = 32836.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.4 at 50.0 knts Storm direction: 264.4 at 37.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 3.5 tot: 7.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 169.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 169.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 56.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 1.80 Bulk Shear: 109.17 m/s