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: 39.05,-86.46 Latitude: 39.05 Longitude: -86.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 10 SFC 976 218 21.6 17.4 77 4.2 18.8 176 15 296.8 299.1 292.8 334.1 12.92 2 950 453 20.1 16.6 80 3.5 17.8 181 31 297.6 299.9 292.8 334.1 12.60 3 900 918 17.1 15.2 89 1.9 15.9 193 53 299.1 301.4 293.0 334.7 12.18 4 850 1404 13.5 12.9 96 0.6 13.1 200 65 300.3 302.3 292.4 332.8 11.06 5 800 1913 11.2 3.7 60 7.4 7.1 207 60 303.0 304.2 289.3 321.9 6.25 6 750 2449 8.5 -2.5 46 11.0 3.1 205 57 305.9 306.6 288.4 318.9 4.24 7 700 3016 5.0 4.0 94 0.9 4.4 209 56 308.0 309.3 291.8 330.3 7.31 8 650 3618 1.4 1.1 98 0.3 1.3 216 58 310.6 311.8 291.8 330.4 6.40 9 600 4259 -1.8 -2.8 93 1.0 -2.3 216 61 314.1 315.0 291.8 330.4 5.18 10 550 4947 -5.7 -7.8 85 2.1 -6.6 215 63 317.3 318.1 291.7 329.9 3.88 11 500 5688 -10.2 -12.2 85 2.0 -11.0 220 61 320.6 321.2 291.9 330.6 3.00 12 450 6494 -14.4 -24.9 41 10.5 -17.1 222 62 325.2 325.4 291.5 329.2 1.13 13 400 7375 -20.6 -27.5 54 6.9 -22.1 224 63 328.3 328.5 292.2 331.9 1.00 14 350 8348 -28.1 -37.7 39 9.6 -29.5 225 58 330.8 330.9 292.4 332.4 0.43 15 300 9435 -37.0 -41.2 65 4.2 -37.4 223 45 333.2 333.3 292.9 334.5 0.34 16 250 10666 -48.1 -52.4 61 4.2 -48.3 238 59 334.5 334.5 293.0 335.0 0.12 17 200 12110 -53.4 -68.8 14 15.5 -53.7 238 76 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.3 0.02 18 150 13941 -59.9 -81.9 4 22.0 -60.1 242 56 366.9 366.9 300.0 366.9 0.00 19 100 16431 -63.8 -87.9 2 24.1 -64.0 260 37 404.4 404.4 305.8 404.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5678.08 m Freezing level: 627.84 mb = 3901.81 m = 12801.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.51 mb = 3836.20 m = 12585.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.98 % Est. max temperature: 26.37 C = 79.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 918.16 mb = 745.93 m = 2447.26 ft T: 18.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.67 C/km ThetaE index: 15.77 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 869.34 mb = 1212.42 m = 3977.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.64 C = 76.36 F Cap Strength: 1.03 C Lifted Index: -0.96 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.86 C Showalter Index: -0.25 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.80 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.71 C Cross Totals Index: 23.09 C K Index: 35.66 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 411.71 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.53 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 137.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.84 mb = 1023.77 m = 3358.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 843.84 mb = 1464.67 m = 4805.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 453.84 mb = 6428.95 m = 21092.09 ft B at Equ Level: 137.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 223.84 mb = 11380.90 m = 37338.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 209.9 at 57.1 knts Storm direction: 239.9 at 42.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 597.5 neg: -30.7 tot: 566.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 189.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.4 stream: 9.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.49 Bulk Rich Number: 0.96 Bulk Shear: 143.07 m/s