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: 41.65,-86.42 Latitude: 41.65 Longitude: -86.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 49 SFC 979 231 22.0 15.6 67 6.4 17.8 212 13 297.0 299.0 291.7 330.1 11.46 2 950 493 19.1 14.7 75 4.5 16.3 217 21 296.6 298.6 291.3 328.7 11.11 3 900 956 17.0 14.9 87 2.1 15.6 226 31 299.0 301.1 292.7 333.7 11.89 4 850 1443 14.4 11.4 82 3.0 12.6 233 34 301.3 303.1 291.9 330.8 10.02 5 800 1952 10.8 8.3 85 2.5 9.3 232 33 302.7 304.3 291.2 328.4 8.64 6 750 2487 6.8 4.7 87 2.1 5.6 238 34 303.9 305.2 290.4 325.4 7.15 7 700 3050 2.7 0.9 87 1.9 1.8 246 33 305.5 306.6 289.8 323.2 5.82 8 650 3647 0.0 -0.6 96 0.6 -0.3 235 35 309.0 310.0 290.7 326.4 5.65 9 600 4285 -3.2 -4.2 92 1.0 -3.7 233 39 312.4 313.3 290.9 327.1 4.66 10 550 4969 -7.8 -9.5 88 1.6 -8.5 231 41 314.8 315.4 290.5 325.7 3.39 11 500 5703 -12.5 -14.1 88 1.6 -13.0 229 43 317.9 318.4 290.7 326.3 2.57 12 450 6500 -17.4 -19.2 85 1.9 -17.9 228 46 321.4 321.8 291.0 327.7 1.86 13 400 7373 -23.1 -25.3 82 2.2 -23.6 232 50 325.0 325.2 291.5 329.3 1.22 14 350 8335 -31.1 -33.9 76 2.9 -31.4 234 52 326.9 327.0 291.5 329.1 0.62 15 300 9407 -40.2 -43.6 70 3.4 -40.5 231 62 328.6 328.7 291.6 329.7 0.27 16 250 10624 -50.3 -53.9 66 3.6 -50.5 240 82 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.6 0.10 17 200 12049 -55.0 -69.6 15 14.7 -55.2 258 84 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.8 0.02 18 150 13881 -58.4 -81.7 3 23.3 -58.6 238 55 369.5 369.5 300.5 369.6 0.00 19 100 16388 -64.6 -86.8 3 22.2 -64.8 258 43 402.8 402.8 305.6 402.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5653.44 m Freezing level: 649.71 mb = 3650.89 m = 11977.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.66 mb = 3565.01 m = 11696.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.05 % Est. max temperature: 26.89 C = 80.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 890.88 mb = 1042.94 m = 3421.67 ft T: 16.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.73 C/km ThetaE index: 10.42 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 830.57 mb = 1637.07 m = 5370.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.86 C = 80.34 F Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lifted Index: -1.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.97 C Showalter Index: -1.64 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.76 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.89 C Cross Totals Index: 23.86 C K Index: 36.42 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 282.52 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.98 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 344.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 52.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.08 mb = 1156.38 m = 3793.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 774.08 mb = 2225.31 m = 7300.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 264.08 mb = 10258.14 m = 33654.91 ft B at Equ Level: 342.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 194.08 mb = 12240.34 m = 40158.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.4 at 35.4 knts Storm direction: 262.4 at 26.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 133.0 neg: -6.2 tot: 126.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.26 Bulk Rich Number: 9.43 Bulk Shear: 36.46 m/s