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: 40.32,-86.88 Latitude: 40.32 Longitude: -86.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 58 SFC 982 218 26.4 14.8 49 11.6 18.7 218 15 301.1 303.1 292.5 333.0 10.84 2 950 506 22.6 13.7 57 9.0 16.8 219 22 300.1 302.0 291.9 330.7 10.40 3 900 973 18.1 12.5 70 5.6 14.5 223 26 300.2 302.0 291.7 330.0 10.15 4 850 1460 14.1 12.3 89 1.8 12.9 221 25 300.9 302.8 292.3 332.2 10.62 5 800 1969 10.3 9.4 94 0.9 9.7 219 27 302.1 303.8 291.6 329.7 9.28 6 750 2504 7.2 5.8 91 1.4 6.3 220 27 304.4 305.8 291.0 327.6 7.72 7 700 3069 4.2 2.1 86 2.1 3.1 224 32 307.1 308.3 290.7 326.6 6.38 8 650 3668 0.9 -3.1 75 4.0 -1.0 228 41 310.0 310.8 290.2 324.6 4.69 9 600 4308 -1.7 -15.9 33 14.2 -6.8 230 43 314.2 314.5 288.8 320.3 1.84 10 550 4995 -6.2 -21.5 29 15.3 -10.8 231 47 316.7 317.0 289.0 321.0 1.25 11 500 5731 -11.8 -30.6 19 18.8 -16.0 231 48 318.6 318.7 289.0 320.7 0.60 12 450 6529 -17.8 -32.7 26 14.9 -20.6 229 48 320.9 321.0 289.6 322.8 0.55 13 400 7398 -24.0 -30.7 54 6.7 -25.3 230 48 323.8 323.9 290.7 326.4 0.74 14 350 8360 -29.8 -32.7 76 2.9 -30.2 239 52 328.6 328.8 292.0 331.2 0.70 15 300 9440 -38.6 -41.8 71 3.3 -38.9 244 56 331.0 331.0 292.3 332.2 0.32 16 250 10664 -49.5 -53.0 67 3.5 -49.6 251 69 332.5 332.5 292.5 332.9 0.11 17 200 12087 -56.9 -65.6 32 8.7 -57.1 259 85 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.8 0.03 18 150 13918 -59.0 -82.2 3 23.2 -59.2 245 55 368.4 368.4 300.3 368.4 0.00 19 100 16411 -66.5 -87.0 4 20.5 -66.6 250 50 399.3 399.3 305.1 399.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5673.44 m Freezing level: 632.67 mb = 3890.15 m = 12762.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.62 mb = 3512.83 m = 11524.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.06 % Est. max temperature: 26.62 C = 79.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 828.90 mb = 1670.66 m = 5481.11 ft T: 12.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.01 C/km ThetaE index: 11.87 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 812.21 mb = 1841.49 m = 6041.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.11 C = 80.79 F Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lifted Index: -1.01 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.41 C Showalter Index: -1.59 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.01 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.91 C Cross Totals Index: 24.11 C K Index: 36.13 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 310.35 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 145.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 829.92 mb = 1660.33 m = 5447.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 774.92 mb = 2232.58 m = 7324.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 614.92 mb = 4111.93 m = 13490.42 ft B at Equ Level: 25.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 244.92 mb = 10794.90 m = 35415.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.7 at 35.7 knts Storm direction: 256.7 at 26.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 88.4 neg: -3.2 tot: 85.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 4.52 Bulk Shear: 32.12 m/s