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: 37.26,-88.21 Latitude: 37.26 Longitude: -88.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 989 143 23.7 16.2 63 7.5 18.7 184 17 297.8 299.9 292.3 332.0 11.79 2 950 492 21.8 15.6 68 6.2 17.7 190 39 299.3 301.5 292.7 333.8 11.82 3 900 960 18.4 14.7 79 3.7 16.0 197 53 300.4 302.6 293.0 334.9 11.75 4 850 1447 14.0 13.5 96 0.6 13.7 201 54 300.8 302.9 292.9 334.6 11.49 5 800 1957 12.9 -5.9 26 18.8 4.2 213 45 304.9 305.5 286.9 314.4 3.07 6 750 2495 8.9 6.6 86 2.3 7.6 216 44 306.3 307.8 292.0 331.1 8.20 7 700 3064 5.4 3.3 86 2.1 4.2 224 45 308.5 309.8 291.6 329.8 6.96 8 650 3667 2.3 1.6 95 0.7 1.9 226 50 311.5 312.8 292.3 332.2 6.64 9 600 4309 -1.4 -3.4 86 2.0 -2.4 225 55 314.5 315.5 291.8 330.3 4.97 10 550 4998 -5.7 -10.4 69 4.7 -7.6 224 55 317.4 318.0 291.0 327.7 3.16 11 500 5738 -10.8 -14.5 75 3.6 -12.1 230 57 319.9 320.3 291.2 328.2 2.50 12 450 6542 -14.6 -27.0 34 12.4 -17.7 230 56 324.8 325.0 291.2 328.1 0.93 13 400 7423 -21.0 -37.1 22 16.1 -23.7 229 61 327.7 327.8 291.5 329.2 0.40 14 350 8393 -28.7 -47.3 15 18.6 -30.5 229 64 330.1 330.1 291.9 330.7 0.15 15 300 9479 -36.9 -45.1 43 8.1 -37.7 234 49 333.3 333.3 292.9 334.2 0.23 16 250 10710 -48.1 -52.3 62 4.2 -48.3 247 50 334.5 334.5 293.0 335.0 0.12 17 200 12162 -51.3 -74.7 5 23.4 -51.7 242 69 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.5 0.01 18 150 13993 -60.2 -81.7 4 21.6 -60.4 249 59 366.4 366.4 299.9 366.4 0.00 19 100 16471 -68.0 -87.1 5 19.1 -68.1 254 35 396.4 396.4 304.7 396.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.97 m Freezing level: 618.74 mb = 4068.52 m = 13348.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.66 mb = 3947.57 m = 12951.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.00 % Est. max temperature: 27.59 C = 81.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 885.98 mb = 1093.78 m = 3588.49 ft T: 17.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.06 C/km ThetaE index: 20.48 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 809.38 mb = 1859.18 m = 6099.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.99 C = 85.99 F Cap Strength: 1.79 C Lifted Index: -1.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.30 C Showalter Index: -1.70 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.10 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.83 C Cross Totals Index: 24.27 C K Index: 36.20 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 415.04 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.34 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 97.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 66.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.18 mb = 1296.11 m = 4252.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 720.18 mb = 2829.62 m = 9283.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 440.18 mb = 6707.16 m = 22004.85 ft B at Equ Level: 93.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 240.18 mb = 10970.71 m = 35992.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.5 at 49.6 knts Storm direction: 247.5 at 37.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 416.5 neg: -4.3 tot: 412.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 137.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 7.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.24 Bulk Rich Number: 1.06 Bulk Shear: 91.61 m/s