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: 41.32,-85.7 Latitude: 41.32 Longitude: -85.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 41 SFC 974 269 23.7 16.6 64 7.1 18.9 212 13 299.1 301.3 293.0 334.9 12.28 2 950 488 22.2 15.8 67 6.4 17.9 214 24 299.8 301.9 293.0 334.9 11.99 3 900 955 17.9 14.3 80 3.6 15.5 216 28 299.9 302.0 292.7 333.5 11.47 4 850 1442 14.1 11.6 85 2.4 12.5 216 28 300.9 302.7 291.9 330.8 10.15 5 800 1952 11.9 6.9 71 5.0 9.0 226 29 303.9 305.3 291.0 327.4 7.85 6 750 2490 9.7 0.6 53 9.1 4.9 233 32 307.1 308.1 289.8 323.5 5.33 7 700 3059 5.6 -2.8 55 8.4 1.5 232 33 308.7 309.6 289.5 322.6 4.45 8 650 3659 0.6 -3.7 73 4.4 -1.4 233 32 309.7 310.5 289.9 323.7 4.47 9 600 4298 -3.2 -6.7 77 3.5 -4.8 240 35 312.4 313.1 290.2 324.6 3.85 10 550 4980 -8.2 -10.4 84 2.3 -9.1 242 38 314.4 315.0 290.1 324.5 3.15 11 500 5714 -12.6 -14.4 86 1.8 -13.3 241 41 317.6 318.1 290.5 325.9 2.50 12 450 6512 -17.2 -19.1 85 1.9 -17.7 225 38 321.6 322.0 291.2 328.0 1.88 13 400 7384 -23.3 -25.7 81 2.4 -23.8 222 44 324.8 325.0 291.4 328.9 1.18 14 350 8347 -30.5 -33.6 74 3.1 -31.0 225 47 327.6 327.7 291.7 330.0 0.64 15 300 9424 -39.1 -42.4 71 3.3 -39.4 240 55 330.3 330.4 292.1 331.5 0.31 16 250 10644 -50.2 -53.8 66 3.6 -50.4 247 67 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.8 0.10 17 200 12063 -57.5 -67.1 29 9.6 -57.6 261 87 341.7 341.7 294.7 341.8 0.02 18 150 13889 -57.9 -81.3 3 23.4 -58.2 235 56 370.4 370.4 300.7 370.4 0.00 19 100 16399 -65.4 -86.1 4 20.7 -65.5 260 49 401.3 401.3 305.4 401.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5672.63 m Freezing level: 641.64 mb = 3766.19 m = 12356.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 674.66 mb = 3357.82 m = 11016.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.83 % Est. max temperature: 26.99 C = 80.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 877.94 mb = 1166.46 m = 3826.92 ft T: 16.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.89 C/km ThetaE index: 12.28 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 834.38 mb = 1597.81 m = 5242.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.39 C = 79.50 F Cap Strength: 1.19 C Lifted Index: -3.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.07 C Showalter Index: -1.76 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.95 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.70 C Cross Totals Index: 24.25 C K Index: 29.89 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 352.25 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.03 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 639.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 49.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 858.30 mb = 1359.04 m = 4458.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 703.30 mb = 3020.48 m = 9909.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.30 mb = 11083.74 m = 36363.53 ft B at Equ Level: 631.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 163.30 mb = 13350.02 m = 43798.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.5 at 32.8 knts Storm direction: 262.5 at 24.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 117.2 neg: -2.0 tot: 115.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.43 Bulk Rich Number: 25.83 Bulk Shear: 24.77 m/s