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: 39.43,-86.04 Latitude: 39.43 Longitude: -86.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 51 SFC 980 228 17.7 17.3 97 0.4 17.4 307 3 292.6 294.8 291.3 328.8 12.76 2 950 489 15.9 15.6 98 0.3 15.7 269 2 293.3 295.4 290.8 326.9 11.78 3 900 950 16.3 15.4 94 0.9 15.7 187 26 298.3 300.5 292.8 334.1 12.30 4 850 1436 13.9 13.5 97 0.4 13.6 197 48 300.7 302.8 292.9 334.5 11.51 5 800 1945 10.7 10.4 99 0.2 10.5 197 50 302.5 304.3 292.3 332.1 9.97 6 750 2481 7.6 6.8 94 0.9 7.1 203 47 304.9 306.4 291.6 329.7 8.27 7 700 3048 4.8 3.6 92 1.2 4.1 206 41 307.8 309.1 291.6 329.5 7.11 8 650 3649 2.0 -0.5 83 2.6 0.7 212 46 311.3 312.3 291.4 328.9 5.67 9 600 4292 -1.1 -3.9 81 2.8 -2.5 214 54 314.8 315.8 291.7 330.0 4.77 10 550 4981 -5.6 -10.1 71 4.5 -7.5 215 57 317.4 318.1 291.2 328.0 3.24 11 500 5720 -11.5 -13.1 88 1.6 -12.1 220 58 319.1 319.6 291.2 328.3 2.79 12 450 6524 -15.1 -17.1 85 2.0 -15.7 232 60 324.3 324.7 292.2 331.8 2.23 13 400 7403 -21.2 -25.1 70 3.9 -22.1 236 61 327.4 327.7 292.2 331.8 1.24 14 350 8374 -28.1 -31.1 75 3.1 -28.6 237 59 330.9 331.0 292.7 333.8 0.81 15 300 9461 -37.0 -40.0 73 3.1 -37.3 237 55 333.3 333.4 293.0 334.8 0.39 16 250 10692 -48.6 -52.0 68 3.4 -48.8 236 51 333.8 333.8 292.9 334.3 0.13 17 200 12120 -54.9 -68.7 17 13.8 -55.2 245 65 345.8 345.8 295.7 345.9 0.02 18 150 13945 -61.9 -82.0 5 20.1 -62.0 261 51 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.5 0.00 19 100 16434 -65.5 -87.5 3 22.0 -65.7 252 40 401.2 401.2 305.3 401.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5669.03 m Freezing level: 617.65 mb = 4065.12 m = 13336.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.14 mb = 3784.54 m = 12416.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.45 % Est. max temperature: 26.50 C = 79.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 973.97 mb = 276.40 m = 906.80 ft T: 17.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.08 C/km ThetaE index: 5.59 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 953.46 mb = 457.95 m = 1502.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.32 C = 64.98 F Cap Strength: 1.61 C Lifted Index: -0.45 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.30 C Showalter Index: -2.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.28 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.35 C Cross Totals Index: 24.94 C K Index: 37.66 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 415.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.32 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 35.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 125.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 920.68 mb = 756.08 m = 2480.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 515.68 mb = 5480.53 m = 17980.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 485.68 mb = 5941.48 m = 19492.81 ft B at Equ Level: 35.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 425.68 mb = 6938.46 m = 22763.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 209.8 at 45.2 knts Storm direction: 239.8 at 33.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 6.8 tot: 8.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 330.5 neg: -19.8 tot: 310.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 103.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.3 stream: 7.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 0.16 Bulk Shear: 223.65 m/s