MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 39.92,-86.34 Latitude: 39.92 Longitude: -86.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 SFC 977 272 26.6 14.9 49 11.7 18.8 211 15 301.8 303.9 292.9 334.3 11.00 2 950 513 23.2 13.9 56 9.2 17.1 213 21 300.7 302.6 292.2 331.8 10.58 3 900 981 18.5 12.7 69 5.8 14.8 217 24 300.6 302.4 291.9 330.9 10.31 4 850 1468 14.0 11.2 83 2.9 12.2 225 27 300.8 302.7 291.7 329.9 9.85 5 800 1977 9.8 8.5 91 1.3 9.0 230 27 301.6 303.2 291.0 327.5 8.73 6 750 2511 7.5 0.4 61 7.1 3.8 227 24 304.7 305.7 289.0 320.8 5.25 7 700 3077 5.5 0.6 70 4.9 2.9 227 25 308.6 309.7 290.6 326.3 5.72 8 650 3680 2.0 0.7 91 1.3 1.3 230 37 311.2 312.4 291.8 330.4 6.19 9 600 4322 -1.3 -14.9 35 13.6 -6.4 231 44 314.6 314.9 289.1 321.1 2.00 10 550 5009 -5.9 -27.9 16 22.0 -11.5 234 44 317.1 317.2 288.6 319.6 0.70 11 500 5746 -11.7 -34.5 13 22.8 -16.2 234 43 318.8 318.9 288.8 320.3 0.41 12 450 6544 -17.4 -40.3 12 22.9 -20.9 232 43 321.4 321.4 289.5 322.3 0.25 13 400 7416 -23.0 -41.6 16 18.7 -25.5 231 45 325.1 325.2 290.6 326.1 0.25 14 350 8378 -30.7 -34.7 68 3.9 -31.3 235 54 327.3 327.4 291.6 329.4 0.58 15 300 9459 -37.8 -41.0 72 3.2 -38.1 245 58 332.0 332.1 292.6 333.4 0.35 16 250 10684 -49.5 -53.0 67 3.5 -49.7 254 65 332.4 332.4 292.5 332.9 0.11 17 200 12106 -57.3 -65.5 35 8.2 -57.5 261 82 342.0 342.0 294.8 342.1 0.03 18 150 13933 -59.6 -82.7 3 23.1 -59.8 250 57 367.4 367.4 300.1 367.4 0.00 19 100 16421 -66.8 -86.2 5 19.3 -67.0 250 47 398.6 398.6 305.0 398.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5681.36 m Freezing level: 620.31 mb = 4060.91 m = 13323.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.79 mb = 3781.70 m = 12407.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.46 % Est. max temperature: 26.03 C = 78.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 822.99 mb = 1739.06 m = 5705.51 ft T: 11.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.44 C/km ThetaE index: 13.58 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 820.12 mb = 1768.34 m = 5801.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.12 C = 79.02 F Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lifted Index: -1.18 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.66 C Showalter Index: -0.36 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.49 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.69 C Cross Totals Index: 22.81 C K Index: 31.91 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 276.22 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.85 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 147.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 826.42 mb = 1704.16 m = 5590.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 811.42 mb = 1857.76 m = 6094.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 731.42 mb = 2716.72 m = 8913.00 ft B at Equ Level: 12.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 651.42 mb = 3662.12 m = 12014.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.3 at 33.3 knts Storm direction: 259.3 at 25.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.2 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 50.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 83.0 neg: -11.6 tot: 71.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 4.90 Bulk Shear: 30.10 m/s