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: 40.48,-86.12 Latitude: 40.48 Longitude: -86.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 57 SFC 978 253 27.1 14.8 47 12.3 18.9 213 15 302.2 304.2 292.9 334.4 10.88 2 950 505 23.3 13.7 55 9.5 17.0 215 20 300.8 302.7 292.2 331.5 10.45 3 900 974 18.6 12.8 69 5.8 14.9 216 22 300.7 302.6 292.0 331.3 10.38 4 850 1461 14.1 12.0 87 2.1 12.8 223 25 300.9 302.8 292.2 331.6 10.42 5 800 1969 10.2 8.7 90 1.5 9.3 228 26 302.0 303.7 291.2 328.3 8.87 6 750 2504 7.9 4.6 80 3.3 6.1 226 23 305.2 306.5 290.7 326.7 7.13 7 700 3072 5.0 2.5 84 2.5 3.7 233 30 308.1 309.3 291.2 328.2 6.57 8 650 3673 1.5 -3.9 67 5.5 -1.1 235 39 310.7 311.5 290.1 324.5 4.40 9 600 4313 -1.6 -21.7 20 20.0 -7.9 232 43 314.2 314.4 288.1 318.0 1.12 10 550 4999 -6.1 -29.4 14 23.3 -11.8 234 45 316.8 317.0 288.4 319.0 0.61 11 500 5736 -11.6 -31.7 17 20.0 -16.0 233 46 318.9 319.0 289.0 320.8 0.54 12 450 6533 -17.6 -38.7 14 21.1 -21.0 232 46 321.1 321.2 289.5 322.2 0.30 13 400 7404 -23.3 -41.6 17 18.3 -25.7 231 44 324.7 324.8 290.5 325.7 0.25 14 350 8366 -30.7 -38.1 49 7.3 -31.7 231 50 327.3 327.4 291.4 328.8 0.41 15 300 9443 -38.4 -41.7 71 3.3 -38.7 238 53 331.2 331.3 292.4 332.5 0.33 16 250 10667 -49.8 -53.3 67 3.5 -50.0 246 65 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.4 0.11 17 200 12090 -56.3 -66.5 27 10.2 -56.5 263 82 343.6 343.6 295.2 343.7 0.02 18 150 13918 -59.2 -81.0 4 21.7 -59.5 248 57 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.1 0.00 19 100 16410 -66.3 -86.8 4 20.6 -66.4 253 48 399.7 399.7 305.2 399.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5679.29 m Freezing level: 625.93 mb = 3980.82 m = 13060.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.52 mb = 3530.24 m = 11582.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.36 % Est. max temperature: 26.35 C = 79.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 816.55 mb = 1797.51 m = 5897.28 ft T: 11.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.26 C/km ThetaE index: 4.89 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 815.62 mb = 1806.98 m = 5928.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.61 C = 79.90 F Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lifted Index: -1.29 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.07 C Showalter Index: -1.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.39 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.76 C Cross Totals Index: 23.63 C K Index: 35.23 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 293.31 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 187.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 824.29 mb = 1718.24 m = 5637.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 799.29 mb = 1976.63 m = 6484.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 759.29 mb = 2402.26 m = 7881.34 ft B at Equ Level: 6.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 209.29 mb = 11800.66 m = 38715.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.4 at 34.0 knts Storm direction: 260.4 at 25.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 91.9 neg: -11.3 tot: 80.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 5.40 Bulk Shear: 34.65 m/s