MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 39.68,-88.85 Latitude: 39.68 Longitude: -88.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 983 205 19.6 17.9 90 1.8 18.5 181 12 294.2 296.6 292.3 332.0 13.21 2 950 498 17.1 16.6 97 0.5 16.8 197 24 294.5 296.8 291.9 330.7 12.62 3 900 959 16.0 13.6 86 2.4 14.4 228 37 298.0 300.0 291.6 329.8 10.94 4 850 1444 13.6 11.5 87 2.1 12.3 231 39 300.4 302.2 291.7 330.0 10.07 5 800 1953 10.9 9.3 90 1.5 9.9 233 37 302.7 304.4 291.8 330.3 9.26 6 750 2489 7.8 6.3 90 1.5 6.9 239 30 305.0 306.5 291.5 329.1 8.01 7 700 3056 4.5 2.1 85 2.3 3.2 251 26 307.5 308.6 290.9 327.0 6.39 8 650 3655 0.5 -1.8 85 2.3 -0.6 259 32 309.5 310.5 290.5 325.6 5.17 9 600 4293 -3.7 -6.1 83 2.4 -4.8 258 44 311.8 312.6 290.2 324.6 4.03 10 550 4976 -7.5 -9.1 88 1.6 -8.1 251 54 315.2 315.9 290.7 326.5 3.49 11 500 5711 -12.5 -17.5 66 4.9 -14.1 244 61 317.7 318.1 290.0 324.2 1.94 12 450 6509 -17.1 -20.0 78 2.9 -17.9 237 62 321.8 322.1 291.0 327.7 1.73 13 400 7382 -22.9 -25.4 80 2.6 -23.4 231 63 325.3 325.5 291.6 329.5 1.21 14 350 8347 -29.7 -32.6 76 2.9 -30.2 226 67 328.7 328.8 292.0 331.2 0.70 15 300 9426 -38.5 -41.7 71 3.2 -38.8 226 73 331.1 331.2 292.3 332.3 0.33 16 250 10649 -49.9 -53.2 68 3.3 -50.0 232 87 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.4 0.11 17 200 12078 -55.6 -68.2 19 12.5 -55.8 243 92 344.7 344.7 295.4 344.8 0.02 18 150 13907 -58.1 -81.5 3 23.4 -58.4 251 67 369.9 369.9 300.5 370.0 0.00 19 100 16415 -65.6 -87.6 3 22.0 -65.7 248 50 401.0 401.0 305.3 401.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5653.57 m Freezing level: 644.19 mb = 3729.22 m = 12234.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.14 mb = 3554.43 m = 11661.39 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.98 % Est. max temperature: 26.56 C = 79.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.99 mb = 425.87 m = 1397.18 ft T: 17.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.42 C/km ThetaE index: 5.70 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 865.62 mb = 1289.48 m = 4230.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.02 C = 77.03 F Cap Strength: 1.32 C Lifted Index: -1.55 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.05 C Showalter Index: -1.32 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.20 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.16 C Cross Totals Index: 24.04 C K Index: 35.31 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 352.48 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.20 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 172.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 56.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.97 mb = 846.43 m = 2776.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 696.97 mb = 3090.68 m = 10139.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 396.97 mb = 7436.83 m = 24398.76 ft B at Equ Level: 172.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 236.97 mb = 10992.08 m = 36062.82 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.9 at 40.1 knts Storm direction: 272.9 at 30.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 45.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 296.9 neg: -40.9 tot: 256.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 85.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.32 Bulk Rich Number: 1.53 Bulk Shear: 112.72 m/s