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: 38.30,-87.91 Latitude: 38.30 Longitude: -87.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 40 SFC 990 127 17.2 16.0 92 1.3 16.4 223 12 291.2 293.3 290.0 324.0 11.59 2 950 477 14.9 14.6 98 0.3 14.7 231 29 292.3 294.3 289.9 323.8 11.07 3 900 935 13.9 11.7 87 2.1 12.6 255 41 295.8 297.5 289.9 323.7 9.65 4 850 1415 11.3 6.2 71 5.1 8.5 255 39 298.0 299.3 288.3 318.6 7.03 5 800 1920 9.0 5.4 79 3.5 7.0 250 45 300.7 302.0 289.3 321.7 7.06 6 750 2452 6.4 2.1 74 4.3 4.1 248 49 303.5 304.6 289.2 321.4 5.93 7 700 3014 2.9 -3.7 62 6.6 -0.2 244 53 305.7 306.5 288.2 318.5 4.14 8 650 3610 -0.7 -8.4 56 7.7 -4.0 241 59 308.2 308.7 288.1 318.0 3.12 9 600 4245 -4.2 -16.4 38 12.2 -8.4 235 58 311.3 311.6 287.8 317.0 1.77 10 550 4927 -7.1 -23.4 26 16.3 -11.7 224 71 315.7 315.9 288.5 319.3 1.06 11 500 5663 -11.3 -15.7 70 4.4 -12.8 217 75 319.3 319.7 290.8 326.8 2.26 12 450 6465 -16.1 -18.3 84 2.1 -16.8 208 67 323.0 323.4 291.7 329.8 2.02 13 400 7341 -22.2 -24.7 81 2.4 -22.8 206 69 326.1 326.3 291.9 330.6 1.29 14 350 8308 -29.2 -32.1 76 2.9 -29.7 205 76 329.4 329.5 292.3 332.1 0.74 15 300 9390 -38.4 -41.5 73 3.1 -38.7 204 84 331.2 331.3 292.4 332.5 0.33 16 250 10617 -46.5 -55.4 36 8.9 -46.9 213 89 336.9 336.9 293.6 337.3 0.08 17 200 12083 -49.8 -79.6 2 29.7 -50.3 242 78 353.8 353.8 297.4 353.9 0.00 18 150 13931 -57.1 -82.5 3 25.4 -57.4 245 52 371.7 371.7 300.9 371.7 0.00 19 100 16433 -65.7 -86.3 4 20.6 -65.8 249 39 400.9 400.9 305.3 400.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5623.17 m Freezing level: 659.78 mb = 3493.55 m = 11461.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 702.51 mb = 2985.08 m = 9793.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.00 % Est. max temperature: 24.51 C = 76.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.55 mb = 286.17 m = 938.87 ft T: 16.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.36 C/km ThetaE index: 5.34 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 879.30 mb = 1130.49 m = 3708.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.68 C = 72.82 F Cap Strength: 2.39 C Lifted Index: 3.10 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.96 C Showalter Index: 5.86 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.14 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.61 C Cross Totals Index: 17.53 C K Index: 22.20 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 227.78 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.62 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7816.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 922.86 mb = 722.59 m = 2370.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.1 at 53.5 knts Storm direction: 265.1 at 40.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 2.8 tot: 8.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 166.5 neg: -4.0 tot: 162.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 54.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.17 Bulk Shear: 120.10 m/s