MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 12Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 40.37,-86.96 Latitude: 40.37 Longitude: -86.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 74 SFC 984 207 14.3 13.4 94 0.9 13.7 187 9 288.7 290.4 287.5 316.2 9.82 2 950 512 20.9 12.7 59 8.2 15.7 231 32 298.4 300.2 290.9 326.9 9.77 3 900 978 18.5 11.0 62 7.5 13.8 245 24 300.6 302.2 291.0 327.6 9.19 4 850 1465 14.3 9.5 73 4.8 11.4 242 23 301.1 302.8 290.9 327.2 8.82 5 800 1974 10.5 6.7 77 3.9 8.3 238 24 302.4 303.8 290.4 325.4 7.71 6 750 2509 8.4 -2.7 45 11.1 2.9 249 21 305.7 306.5 288.3 318.5 4.17 7 700 3076 5.9 -5.9 42 11.9 0.5 244 24 309.1 309.7 288.8 320.1 3.50 8 650 3680 2.8 -6.7 50 9.5 -1.5 234 30 312.2 312.8 289.8 323.5 3.57 9 600 4322 -2.0 -6.3 72 4.3 -3.9 232 34 313.9 314.6 290.7 326.6 3.99 10 550 5007 -6.8 -17.3 43 10.5 -10.4 233 38 316.0 316.3 289.3 321.9 1.78 11 500 5744 -11.0 -43.0 5 31.9 -16.3 240 40 319.6 319.6 288.8 320.2 0.17 12 450 6543 -17.0 -42.4 9 25.4 -20.7 243 42 321.9 321.9 289.6 322.6 0.20 13 400 7415 -23.1 -45.5 11 22.4 -25.8 245 43 325.0 325.0 290.5 325.6 0.16 14 350 8378 -29.5 -48.6 14 19.1 -31.3 256 47 328.9 328.9 291.6 329.4 0.13 15 300 9458 -39.0 -47.5 40 8.5 -39.6 258 51 330.3 330.4 292.0 331.0 0.17 16 250 10677 -49.8 -55.7 50 5.8 -50.0 252 54 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.3 0.08 17 200 12110 -55.1 -69.4 15 14.3 -55.4 251 58 345.5 345.5 295.6 345.6 0.02 18 150 13941 -57.7 -83.0 3 25.3 -58.0 248 40 370.6 370.6 300.7 370.6 0.00 19 100 16427 -68.4 -86.6 6 18.2 -68.5 254 37 395.6 395.6 304.6 395.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5669.88 m Freezing level: 620.47 mb = 4058.80 m = 13316.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 688.30 mb = 3213.58 m = 10543.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.56 % Est. max temperature: 27.02 C = 80.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.25 mb = 322.24 m = 1057.19 ft T: 16.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.36 C/km ThetaE index: 9.09 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 766.41 mb = 2329.54 m = 7642.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.07 C = 86.13 F Cap Strength: 3.50 C Lifted Index: 2.42 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.30 C Showalter Index: 1.54 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.92 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.34 C Cross Totals Index: 20.58 C K Index: 23.01 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 200.61 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.29 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 42.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6462.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 845.42 mb = 1510.39 m = 4955.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.6 at 29.6 knts Storm direction: 267.6 at 22.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.8 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 154.9 neg: -14.1 tot: 140.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 6.23 Bulk Shear: 6.81 m/s