MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 39.66,-86.09 Latitude: 39.66 Longitude: -86.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 980 236 24.3 18.3 69 6.0 20.2 214 9 299.2 301.7 294.0 338.9 13.63 2 950 510 22.7 17.1 71 5.6 18.9 215 16 300.2 302.6 293.9 338.3 13.02 3 900 978 18.4 15.7 84 2.7 16.6 216 22 300.5 302.8 293.6 337.3 12.55 4 850 1465 14.3 13.8 97 0.4 14.0 214 25 301.1 303.3 293.3 335.8 11.78 5 800 1975 10.7 10.1 96 0.6 10.3 223 26 302.6 304.4 292.2 331.6 9.78 6 750 2511 7.6 5.5 87 2.1 6.3 226 29 304.8 306.2 291.0 327.5 7.55 7 700 3076 4.4 -0.5 70 4.9 1.9 222 29 307.4 308.4 289.9 323.7 5.29 8 650 3677 1.8 -5.0 60 6.8 -1.4 220 32 311.0 311.8 289.9 323.8 4.05 9 600 4318 -1.6 -12.2 44 10.6 -5.8 220 39 314.3 314.8 289.5 322.4 2.50 10 550 5005 -6.5 -16.6 44 10.1 -9.9 222 46 316.4 316.8 289.6 322.7 1.90 11 500 5741 -12.1 -20.4 50 8.4 -14.6 229 48 318.3 318.6 289.8 323.4 1.51 12 450 6539 -16.7 -29.5 32 12.8 -19.4 230 48 322.3 322.4 290.2 324.9 0.74 13 400 7415 -21.7 -24.5 78 2.8 -22.4 239 50 326.7 327.0 292.1 331.4 1.31 14 350 8383 -29.5 -33.4 68 4.0 -30.1 246 53 329.0 329.1 292.1 331.4 0.65 15 300 9464 -38.3 -41.9 69 3.6 -38.7 247 51 331.3 331.4 292.4 332.5 0.32 16 250 10688 -49.4 -53.5 62 4.1 -49.6 252 61 332.6 332.6 292.5 333.0 0.10 17 200 12114 -56.6 -67.1 26 10.5 -56.8 260 79 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.2 0.02 18 150 13938 -58.8 -82.0 3 23.3 -59.0 251 59 368.8 368.8 300.4 368.8 0.00 19 100 16426 -67.8 -87.0 5 19.2 -67.9 247 49 396.7 396.7 304.8 396.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5679.10 m Freezing level: 623.23 mb = 4020.21 m = 13189.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 670.94 mb = 3419.95 m = 11220.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.53 % Est. max temperature: 26.81 C = 80.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 897.50 mb = 1001.48 m = 3285.64 ft T: 18.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.20 C/km ThetaE index: 15.26 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 863.77 mb = 1328.14 m = 4357.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.07 C = 78.93 F Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lifted Index: -4.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.56 C Showalter Index: -3.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.28 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.36 C Cross Totals Index: 25.92 C K Index: 35.30 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 385.85 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.52 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1071.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.14 mb = 1236.14 m = 4055.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 848.14 mb = 1483.62 m = 4867.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 218.14 mb = 11559.26 m = 37923.63 ft B at Equ Level: 1058.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 148.14 mb = 14014.77 m = 45979.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 222.4 at 33.1 knts Storm direction: 252.4 at 24.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 1.2 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 85.8 neg: -2.7 tot: 83.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.53 Bulk Rich Number: 24.00 Bulk Shear: 44.64 m/s