MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 70 SFC 984 208 20.7 14.8 69 5.8 16.9 196 10 295.2 297.1 290.6 326.3 10.84 2 950 512 20.9 12.8 60 8.1 15.7 225 28 298.4 300.2 290.9 327.0 9.79 3 900 978 18.1 13.8 76 4.3 15.3 251 20 300.1 302.2 292.4 332.6 11.08 4 850 1465 14.5 12.1 86 2.4 13.0 238 19 301.3 303.2 292.3 332.2 10.48 5 800 1975 11.0 6.6 75 4.3 8.4 234 21 302.8 304.2 290.5 325.7 7.67 6 750 2511 8.1 7.1 94 1.0 7.5 233 22 305.3 306.9 291.9 330.9 8.47 7 700 3077 4.7 1.5 80 3.2 3.0 236 31 307.7 308.9 290.7 326.5 6.12 8 650 3679 1.7 -4.5 63 6.2 -1.2 233 38 310.9 311.7 290.0 324.1 4.21 9 600 4320 -1.6 -18.6 26 17.1 -7.3 234 41 314.3 314.6 288.5 319.2 1.46 10 550 5007 -5.7 -34.5 8 28.7 -12.0 238 43 317.3 317.4 288.3 318.6 0.37 11 500 5745 -11.1 -33.2 14 22.0 -15.7 239 43 319.5 319.6 289.1 321.1 0.47 12 450 6543 -17.4 -37.7 15 20.2 -20.8 240 46 321.3 321.4 289.5 322.5 0.33 13 400 7415 -22.8 -41.2 17 18.4 -25.4 245 47 325.3 325.3 290.6 326.3 0.26 14 350 8378 -30.0 -45.2 21 15.2 -31.6 249 53 328.2 328.3 291.4 329.0 0.19 15 300 9455 -39.5 -46.5 48 7.0 -40.1 251 56 329.6 329.7 291.8 330.4 0.20 16 250 10672 -50.4 -53.9 66 3.5 -50.5 258 73 331.1 331.1 292.1 331.5 0.10 17 200 12102 -55.3 -68.8 17 13.4 -55.6 258 66 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.2 0.02 18 150 13931 -58.1 -83.3 3 25.2 -58.3 251 48 370.0 370.0 300.5 370.0 0.00 19 100 16422 -66.6 -87.1 4 20.5 -66.8 248 43 399.0 399.0 305.0 399.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5674.42 m Freezing level: 623.76 mb = 4014.95 m = 13172.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.35 mb = 3501.40 m = 11487.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.50 % Est. max temperature: 27.24 C = 81.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.13 mb = 947.86 m = 3109.75 ft T: 18.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.94 C/km ThetaE index: 12.21 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 804.30 mb = 1929.62 m = 6330.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.16 C = 82.69 F Cap Strength: 2.49 C Lifted Index: 0.45 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.65 C Showalter Index: -0.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.81 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.59 C Cross Totals Index: 23.22 C K Index: 34.49 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 254.87 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.16 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 212.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 852.69 mb = 1438.04 m = 4717.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 467.69 mb = 6250.95 m = 20508.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 427.69 mb = 6919.37 m = 22701.07 ft B at Equ Level: 22.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 377.69 mb = 7828.92 m = 25685.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.0 at 31.9 knts Storm direction: 266.0 at 23.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.8 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 150.4 neg: -12.9 tot: 137.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 45.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.30 Bulk Shear: 17.49 m/s