MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171800F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 6Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 37.84,-87.59 Latitude: 37.84 Longitude: -87.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 25 SFC 989 123 20.2 18.3 89 1.9 18.9 199 19 294.3 296.7 292.4 332.8 13.48 2 950 466 18.0 17.1 95 0.9 17.4 201 38 295.4 297.8 292.4 332.8 13.02 3 900 928 15.5 15.2 98 0.4 15.3 206 52 297.5 299.7 292.4 332.7 12.13 4 850 1412 13.4 13.2 99 0.1 13.3 211 59 300.2 302.2 292.6 333.4 11.32 5 800 1922 11.2 11.0 99 0.2 11.1 217 58 303.1 305.0 292.8 334.0 10.39 6 750 2459 8.4 8.3 99 0.2 8.3 220 56 305.7 307.4 292.6 333.4 9.18 7 700 3027 5.3 5.0 98 0.3 5.1 219 55 308.3 309.8 292.3 332.3 7.84 8 650 3629 1.2 0.9 98 0.3 1.0 216 54 310.3 311.5 291.7 329.8 6.30 9 600 4270 -2.1 -2.3 98 0.3 -2.2 213 54 313.7 314.8 291.9 330.7 5.37 10 550 4958 -5.5 -5.8 98 0.3 -5.7 212 55 317.5 318.4 292.3 332.1 4.52 11 500 5700 -9.2 -9.5 98 0.3 -9.4 212 57 321.8 322.5 292.8 334.1 3.72 12 450 6507 -14.7 -15.5 93 0.8 -15.0 215 59 324.7 325.2 292.6 333.3 2.53 13 400 7389 -20.4 -22.4 84 2.0 -21.0 216 60 328.5 328.8 292.8 334.0 1.59 14 350 8362 -28.2 -30.8 78 2.6 -28.7 225 65 330.7 330.9 292.7 333.8 0.84 15 300 9448 -37.0 -40.2 72 3.2 -37.4 230 63 333.2 333.3 293.0 334.7 0.38 16 250 10679 -47.7 -51.2 67 3.5 -47.8 232 65 335.2 335.2 293.3 335.8 0.14 17 200 12136 -51.1 -74.3 5 23.2 -51.5 237 67 351.9 351.9 297.1 352.0 0.01 18 150 13975 -60.2 -80.7 5 20.6 -60.3 247 67 366.4 366.4 299.9 366.4 0.00 19 100 16454 -65.9 -86.5 4 20.6 -66.1 253 40 400.3 400.3 305.3 400.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5675.45 m Freezing level: 631.58 mb = 3864.94 m = 12680.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.24 mb = 3825.46 m = 12550.55 ft Precipitable water: 1.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.64 % Est. max temperature: 26.69 C = 80.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.70 mb = 360.71 m = 1183.42 ft T: 18.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.43 C/km ThetaE index: 4.14 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 912.89 mb = 806.29 m = 2645.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.86 C = 73.15 F Cap Strength: 0.47 C Lifted Index: 0.72 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.00 C Showalter Index: 0.43 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.06 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.60 C Cross Totals Index: 22.46 C K Index: 35.54 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 362.22 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.02 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 55.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 925.89 mb = 685.49 m = 2248.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 700.89 mb = 3016.61 m = 9896.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 530.89 mb = 5233.53 m = 17170.18 ft B at Equ Level: 55.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 400.89 mb = 7372.40 m = 24187.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.5 at 53.5 knts Storm direction: 243.5 at 40.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: 0.3 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 365.7 neg: -14.0 tot: 351.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 117.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 0.80 Bulk Shear: 69.60 m/s