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: 40.29,-86.86 Latitude: 40.29 Longitude: -86.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 44 SFC 979 223 16.0 15.7 98 0.3 15.8 233 3 290.9 292.9 289.8 323.4 11.52 2 950 480 14.9 14.8 99 0.1 14.8 264 15 292.3 294.3 290.0 324.1 11.20 3 900 936 12.2 11.7 97 0.5 11.9 287 12 294.1 295.8 289.3 321.8 9.66 4 850 1414 10.4 9.6 95 0.8 9.9 259 5 297.0 298.6 289.6 322.7 8.84 5 800 1919 8.9 8.4 97 0.5 8.6 172 10 300.7 302.3 290.7 326.4 8.70 6 750 2453 7.3 7.0 98 0.3 7.2 184 22 304.6 306.1 291.7 329.8 8.42 7 700 3020 4.8 4.6 99 0.2 4.7 198 35 307.8 309.3 292.0 331.1 7.64 8 650 3620 0.2 -0.1 98 0.3 0.1 201 43 309.2 310.3 291.0 327.3 5.87 9 600 4259 -2.5 -2.9 97 0.5 -2.7 199 46 313.3 314.2 291.6 329.5 5.14 10 550 4946 -5.8 -6.6 94 0.8 -6.1 204 53 317.3 318.1 292.0 331.0 4.25 11 500 5687 -10.7 -12.0 90 1.4 -11.2 211 64 320.0 320.6 291.7 330.1 3.04 12 450 6491 -15.3 -17.1 86 1.8 -15.9 218 63 324.0 324.5 292.2 331.6 2.23 13 400 7371 -20.6 -22.9 82 2.2 -21.2 222 61 328.2 328.5 292.7 333.5 1.52 14 350 8345 -27.8 -30.6 77 2.8 -28.3 231 66 331.3 331.4 292.9 334.4 0.85 15 300 9433 -37.0 -40.1 73 3.0 -37.4 237 56 333.2 333.2 293.0 334.6 0.39 16 250 10661 -48.9 -52.4 67 3.5 -49.0 236 59 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.9 0.12 17 200 12089 -54.2 -70.0 13 15.8 -54.5 244 74 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.0 0.02 18 150 13917 -59.9 -81.5 4 21.6 -60.1 243 51 366.9 366.9 300.0 366.9 0.00 19 100 16413 -63.4 -87.2 3 23.8 -63.6 257 39 405.2 405.2 305.9 405.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5643.13 m Freezing level: 645.85 mb = 3672.88 m = 12049.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.58 mb = 3637.31 m = 11933.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.32 % Est. max temperature: 23.56 C = 74.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 974.78 mb = 261.21 m = 856.98 ft T: 15.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.81 C/km ThetaE index: 2.34 C Layer 900.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 920.31 mb = 747.99 m = 2454.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.49 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.44 C = 65.19 F Cap Strength: 4.07 C Lifted Index: 4.14 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.16 C Showalter Index: 4.26 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.26 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.03 C Cross Totals Index: 20.22 C K Index: 30.41 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 188.56 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.45 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 924.28 mb = 711.63 m = 2334.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 909.28 mb = 849.82 m = 2788.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 879.28 mb = 1131.23 m = 3711.34 ft B at Equ Level: 15.29 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 809.28 mb = 1822.74 m = 5980.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 206.4 at 34.7 knts Storm direction: 236.4 at 26.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 3.9 tot: 8.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 265.7 neg: -38.0 tot: 227.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 75.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.8 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.13 Bulk Shear: 123.39 m/s