MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 6Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 39.39,-86.17 Latitude: 39.39 Longitude: -86.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 24 SFC 976 231 20.7 17.3 81 3.3 18.4 188 17 295.8 298.1 292.4 332.8 12.83 2 950 466 19.1 16.6 85 2.6 17.4 193 32 296.6 298.9 292.5 333.0 12.59 3 900 929 16.0 15.3 95 0.7 15.5 202 50 298.0 300.2 292.6 333.5 12.21 4 850 1414 13.5 13.4 99 0.1 13.4 212 59 300.3 302.4 292.7 333.8 11.42 5 800 1923 10.8 10.6 99 0.1 10.7 214 58 302.6 304.5 292.4 332.6 10.11 6 750 2460 7.4 7.2 98 0.3 7.3 211 53 304.6 306.2 291.7 330.2 8.51 7 700 3025 4.3 3.8 97 0.5 4.0 205 51 307.2 308.6 291.5 329.2 7.20 8 650 3625 1.1 0.5 96 0.6 0.8 207 51 310.2 311.4 291.5 329.2 6.12 9 600 4266 -2.2 -2.9 94 0.8 -2.6 212 58 313.6 314.6 291.7 329.8 5.14 10 550 4953 -6.4 -8.1 88 1.7 -7.1 215 62 316.5 317.2 291.3 328.7 3.78 11 500 5691 -11.0 -15.2 71 4.1 -12.5 217 57 319.6 320.1 291.0 327.4 2.35 12 450 6492 -16.6 -19.6 78 3.0 -17.5 217 54 322.3 322.7 291.3 328.5 1.80 13 400 7368 -21.6 -23.8 83 2.2 -22.2 224 52 326.9 327.2 292.2 331.8 1.40 14 350 8336 -29.2 -32.2 75 3.1 -29.7 235 46 329.4 329.6 292.3 332.1 0.73 15 300 9418 -38.2 -41.4 72 3.2 -38.5 230 54 331.6 331.7 292.5 332.9 0.34 16 250 10643 -49.5 -52.9 67 3.4 -49.6 231 69 332.5 332.6 292.5 333.0 0.11 17 200 12084 -52.2 -73.1 6 20.8 -52.6 247 70 350.1 350.1 296.7 350.1 0.01 18 150 13918 -58.4 -82.2 3 23.8 -58.7 249 57 369.4 369.4 300.5 369.4 0.00 19 100 16421 -64.1 -86.3 3 22.3 -64.2 248 40 404.0 404.0 305.7 404.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5667.22 m Freezing level: 633.01 mb = 3843.03 m = 12608.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.30 mb = 3770.76 m = 12371.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.78 % Est. max temperature: 26.19 C = 79.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.33 mb = 654.41 m = 2147.00 ft T: 17.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.74 C/km ThetaE index: 4.65 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 883.59 mb = 1085.17 m = 3560.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.55 C = 74.39 F Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lifted Index: -1.31 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.19 C Showalter Index: -1.55 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.94 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.54 C Cross Totals Index: 24.40 C K Index: 37.44 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 373.76 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.35 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 245.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.01 mb = 910.04 m = 2985.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 807.01 mb = 1850.15 m = 6069.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 307.01 mb = 9255.71 m = 30366.14 ft B at Equ Level: 245.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 207.01 mb = 11861.34 m = 38914.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.7 at 53.5 knts Storm direction: 240.7 at 40.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.4 neg: 1.8 tot: 9.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 388.2 neg: -76.0 tot: 312.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 104.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.7 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.59 Bulk Rich Number: 2.92 Bulk Shear: 84.14 m/s