MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 37.16,-88.35 Latitude: 37.16 Longitude: -88.35 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 47 SFC 991 127 23.7 16.3 63 7.4 18.8 184 17 297.6 299.8 292.3 332.0 11.84 2 950 493 21.9 15.6 67 6.3 17.7 190 40 299.4 301.6 292.7 333.8 11.78 3 900 961 18.5 14.8 79 3.7 16.0 197 53 300.5 302.7 293.1 335.2 11.81 4 850 1448 14.0 12.9 93 1.1 13.3 200 54 300.8 302.8 292.6 333.2 11.04 5 800 1958 12.9 -3.7 31 16.6 4.8 215 45 304.9 305.5 287.5 316.1 3.63 6 750 2496 8.7 7.2 90 1.5 7.8 217 44 306.0 307.6 292.2 331.7 8.51 7 700 3065 5.4 3.9 90 1.5 4.5 224 45 308.5 309.8 291.9 330.6 7.23 8 650 3668 2.0 1.5 96 0.6 1.7 227 49 311.3 312.5 292.2 331.6 6.55 9 600 4310 -1.4 -3.1 88 1.7 -2.3 225 55 314.5 315.4 291.9 330.6 5.08 10 550 4998 -5.7 -10.0 72 4.3 -7.5 223 55 317.3 317.9 291.1 327.9 3.24 11 500 5738 -10.8 -14.6 73 3.8 -12.2 230 57 319.9 320.4 291.2 328.1 2.47 12 450 6543 -14.5 -24.9 41 10.3 -17.3 229 56 325.0 325.2 291.4 328.9 1.13 13 400 7423 -21.0 -39.4 18 18.4 -23.8 230 61 327.6 327.7 291.4 328.8 0.31 14 350 8393 -28.5 -47.2 15 18.6 -30.4 230 64 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.9 0.16 15 300 9480 -36.8 -45.0 42 8.2 -37.5 236 48 333.5 333.5 292.9 334.4 0.23 16 250 10711 -48.0 -53.1 55 5.2 -48.2 247 52 334.8 334.8 293.1 335.2 0.11 17 200 12163 -51.2 -77.7 3 26.5 -51.6 242 68 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.8 0.00 18 150 13994 -60.1 -81.7 4 21.6 -60.3 248 60 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.5 0.00 19 100 16473 -68.1 -86.3 6 18.2 -68.2 253 34 396.2 396.2 304.7 396.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.56 m Freezing level: 620.66 mb = 4044.58 m = 13269.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.43 mb = 3938.47 m = 12921.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.49 % Est. max temperature: 27.55 C = 81.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 889.05 mb = 1065.23 m = 3494.82 ft T: 17.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.05 C/km ThetaE index: 19.12 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 825.00 mb = 1699.25 m = 5574.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.83 C = 83.90 F Cap Strength: 1.76 C Lifted Index: -1.36 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.30 C Showalter Index: -1.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.37 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.73 C Cross Totals Index: 23.64 C K Index: 36.06 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 405.73 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.07 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 105.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 62.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.41 mb = 1294.87 m = 4248.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 730.41 mb = 2714.41 m = 8905.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 450.41 mb = 6535.56 m = 21441.85 ft B at Equ Level: 102.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 240.41 mb = 10965.86 m = 35976.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.6 at 49.5 knts Storm direction: 247.6 at 37.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 414.6 neg: -0.4 tot: 414.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 138.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.9 stream: 7.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.26 Bulk Rich Number: 1.19 Bulk Shear: 89.37 m/s