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: 39.92,-86.66 Latitude: 39.92 Longitude: -86.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 SFC 976 277 19.5 18.6 95 0.8 18.9 273 9 294.6 297.2 293.0 334.6 13.97 2 950 511 17.4 17.0 97 0.4 17.1 278 17 294.8 297.2 292.2 331.8 12.90 3 900 973 15.6 14.7 94 0.9 15.0 258 14 297.6 299.7 292.2 331.7 11.75 4 850 1457 13.2 12.4 95 0.7 12.7 235 16 299.9 301.9 292.1 331.4 10.73 5 800 1966 10.5 10.0 97 0.4 10.2 219 19 302.3 304.1 292.0 331.1 9.72 6 750 2502 7.4 7.3 99 0.2 7.3 214 20 304.7 306.2 291.8 330.4 8.58 7 700 3067 4.0 3.9 99 0.2 3.9 208 25 306.9 308.3 291.4 328.9 7.23 8 650 3666 0.2 -0.1 98 0.3 0.0 207 34 309.2 310.3 290.9 327.3 5.84 9 600 4304 -3.2 -4.2 93 0.9 -3.7 206 42 312.4 313.3 290.9 327.1 4.69 10 550 4989 -7.0 -8.0 93 1.0 -7.5 213 53 315.7 316.5 291.2 328.0 3.80 11 500 5726 -10.8 -12.2 90 1.4 -11.3 221 57 319.9 320.5 291.6 329.8 3.01 12 450 6528 -16.4 -18.5 83 2.1 -17.0 230 56 322.7 323.0 291.5 329.4 1.97 13 400 7403 -22.5 -25.9 74 3.4 -23.3 238 54 325.7 325.9 291.6 329.8 1.15 14 350 8369 -29.3 -34.2 63 4.9 -30.1 244 53 329.2 329.3 292.1 331.4 0.60 15 300 9450 -38.5 -42.7 64 4.2 -38.9 249 53 331.1 331.2 292.3 332.3 0.29 16 250 10673 -49.6 -53.5 64 3.9 -49.8 249 63 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.7 0.10 17 200 12098 -56.9 -67.0 27 10.1 -57.1 259 80 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.7 0.02 18 150 13927 -58.5 -81.8 3 23.3 -58.7 247 59 369.3 369.3 300.4 369.3 0.00 19 100 16420 -67.4 -86.7 5 19.3 -67.5 247 51 397.4 397.5 304.9 397.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5656.76 m Freezing level: 646.96 mb = 3704.86 m = 12154.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.73 mb = 3669.31 m = 12038.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.52 % Est. max temperature: 25.84 C = 78.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.38 mb = 382.09 m = 1253.56 ft T: 18.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.57 C/km ThetaE index: 7.49 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 897.66 mb = 995.13 m = 3264.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.49 C = 72.48 F Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lifted Index: -0.55 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.05 C Showalter Index: -0.20 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.18 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.96 C Cross Totals Index: 23.23 C K Index: 36.23 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 237.12 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.42 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 222.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.89 mb = 823.55 m = 2701.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 800.89 mb = 1956.42 m = 6418.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 360.89 mb = 8147.25 m = 26729.49 ft B at Equ Level: 221.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 210.89 mb = 11759.72 m = 38581.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.8 at 33.0 knts Storm direction: 247.8 at 24.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.4 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 79.2 neg: -22.1 tot: 57.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 2.20 Bulk Shear: 101.06 m/s