MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 40.28,-86.83 Latitude: 40.28 Longitude: -86.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 59 SFC 981 227 18.4 17.1 92 1.3 17.6 182 12 293.2 295.5 291.5 329.2 12.64 2 950 499 17.3 16.2 93 1.1 16.6 196 27 294.8 297.0 291.7 330.0 12.30 3 900 961 16.3 12.7 79 3.7 14.0 218 34 298.3 300.2 291.2 328.3 10.29 4 850 1446 13.6 10.1 79 3.5 11.4 225 34 300.4 302.1 291.0 327.3 9.16 5 800 1954 10.5 8.4 87 2.0 9.2 228 34 302.3 303.9 291.2 328.1 8.69 6 750 2489 7.0 6.2 95 0.8 6.5 230 32 304.2 305.6 291.2 328.1 7.96 7 700 3054 3.7 2.9 94 0.8 3.3 226 27 306.6 307.9 290.9 327.2 6.76 8 650 3652 0.1 -1.3 90 1.4 -0.6 231 24 309.1 310.1 290.5 325.6 5.35 9 600 4289 -4.2 -6.0 87 1.9 -5.0 249 28 311.3 312.1 290.0 324.1 4.06 10 550 4971 -7.9 -9.1 91 1.3 -8.4 240 40 314.8 315.4 290.6 326.0 3.48 11 500 5706 -11.9 -13.4 89 1.4 -12.5 230 51 318.5 319.0 291.0 327.5 2.73 12 450 6504 -17.2 -19.1 85 1.9 -17.7 227 54 321.6 322.0 291.2 328.0 1.88 13 400 7378 -22.5 -24.6 83 2.1 -23.0 225 58 325.7 326.0 291.8 330.3 1.30 14 350 8344 -29.7 -32.5 77 2.8 -30.2 222 65 328.7 328.8 292.1 331.3 0.72 15 300 9424 -38.9 -42.1 72 3.1 -39.2 224 65 330.5 330.5 292.2 331.7 0.32 16 250 10643 -50.4 -54.0 66 3.6 -50.5 240 91 331.1 331.1 292.1 331.5 0.10 17 200 12072 -53.8 -72.0 9 18.2 -54.1 251 75 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.5 0.01 18 150 13902 -58.0 -81.4 3 23.4 -58.3 248 56 370.1 370.1 300.6 370.1 0.00 19 100 16418 -64.3 -86.5 3 22.3 -64.4 257 42 403.6 403.6 305.7 403.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5647.18 m Freezing level: 649.06 mb = 3664.10 m = 12021.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.96 mb = 3553.89 m = 11659.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.75 % Est. max temperature: 26.28 C = 79.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.56 mb = 386.06 m = 1266.58 ft T: 17.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.91 C/km ThetaE index: 3.99 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 844.34 mb = 1501.61 m = 4926.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.76 C = 78.38 F Cap Strength: 2.07 C Lifted Index: -0.30 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.27 C Showalter Index: 0.58 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.55 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.53 C Cross Totals Index: 22.02 C K Index: 34.80 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 276.53 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.04 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 107.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 65.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 899.40 mb = 966.47 m = 3170.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 734.40 mb = 2661.08 m = 8730.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 444.40 mb = 6597.46 m = 21644.96 ft B at Equ Level: 107.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 324.40 mb = 8876.05 m = 29120.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.6 at 34.1 knts Storm direction: 259.6 at 25.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 1.1 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 50.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 217.5 neg: -27.9 tot: 189.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 63.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 2.26 Bulk Shear: 47.45 m/s