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: 40.48,-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 62 SFC 978 252 18.3 17.3 94 1.0 17.6 176 8 293.3 295.6 291.6 329.6 12.77 2 950 502 17.8 16.0 89 1.8 16.6 200 22 295.2 297.4 291.7 330.0 12.11 3 900 965 16.6 12.1 75 4.4 13.8 220 33 298.6 300.4 291.0 327.5 9.91 4 850 1450 13.6 9.6 77 4.0 11.2 229 37 300.4 302.0 290.7 326.4 8.84 5 800 1958 10.3 7.7 84 2.6 8.8 233 37 302.2 303.7 290.7 326.7 8.26 6 750 2493 7.1 5.1 87 2.0 6.0 231 34 304.3 305.7 290.7 326.5 7.36 7 700 3057 4.0 2.4 89 1.6 3.1 227 29 306.9 308.1 290.7 326.7 6.50 8 650 3657 0.6 -1.6 85 2.2 -0.4 231 24 309.7 310.7 290.6 326.0 5.25 9 600 4295 -3.5 -9.8 62 6.3 -6.1 245 29 312.1 312.6 289.3 321.8 3.03 10 550 4977 -7.7 -12.0 71 4.4 -9.4 249 38 315.0 315.5 290.0 324.0 2.76 11 500 5712 -12.4 -14.2 87 1.7 -13.0 236 46 317.9 318.4 290.7 326.3 2.56 12 450 6512 -16.5 -18.4 85 1.9 -17.1 230 51 322.5 322.9 291.5 329.3 1.99 13 400 7386 -23.0 -25.4 81 2.4 -23.6 229 54 325.1 325.3 291.5 329.3 1.21 14 350 8351 -29.6 -32.4 77 2.8 -30.0 226 56 328.8 329.0 292.1 331.5 0.72 15 300 9430 -39.0 -42.1 72 3.1 -39.3 227 64 330.4 330.4 292.2 331.6 0.31 16 250 10649 -50.5 -54.1 66 3.6 -50.7 244 90 330.9 330.9 292.0 331.3 0.10 17 200 12078 -54.6 -71.1 11 16.5 -54.9 253 78 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.3 0.01 18 150 13904 -58.2 -81.6 3 23.4 -58.5 247 54 369.7 369.7 300.5 369.8 0.00 19 100 16417 -64.4 -86.7 3 22.2 -64.6 258 42 403.2 403.2 305.6 403.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5649.61 m Freezing level: 642.29 mb = 3755.06 m = 12319.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.28 mb = 3578.90 m = 11741.66 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.77 % Est. max temperature: 26.09 C = 78.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.52 mb = 380.98 m = 1249.92 ft T: 18.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.18 C/km ThetaE index: 3.61 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 836.13 mb = 1587.52 m = 5208.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.81 C = 78.46 F Cap Strength: 2.25 C Lifted Index: -0.61 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.08 C Showalter Index: 0.56 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.99 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.00 C Cross Totals Index: 21.99 C K Index: 33.97 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 274.04 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.06 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 60.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 75.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.48 mb = 1074.10 m = 3523.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 643.48 mb = 3737.01 m = 12260.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 473.48 mb = 6125.95 m = 20098.02 ft B at Equ Level: 59.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 373.48 mb = 7881.52 m = 25857.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.2 at 33.6 knts Storm direction: 263.2 at 25.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 1.5 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 240.6 neg: -47.3 tot: 193.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 64.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 1.17 Bulk Shear: 51.26 m/s