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: 39.14,-86.64 Latitude: 39.14 Longitude: -86.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 3 SFC 975 218 21.3 17.4 78 3.9 18.7 173 15 296.6 298.9 292.7 333.8 12.92 2 950 446 20.1 16.4 79 3.7 17.7 179 31 297.6 299.9 292.7 333.8 12.48 3 900 911 17.1 15.0 87 2.1 15.7 192 53 299.1 301.3 292.8 334.1 11.97 4 850 1397 13.5 12.9 96 0.6 13.1 199 64 300.3 302.3 292.4 332.7 11.05 5 800 1906 10.6 7.0 78 3.6 8.5 206 62 302.5 303.9 290.6 325.9 7.88 6 750 2442 8.2 2.5 67 5.7 5.1 205 58 305.5 306.7 290.0 324.1 6.12 7 700 3010 5.4 5.1 98 0.4 5.2 209 59 308.5 310.0 292.4 332.6 7.88 8 650 3612 1.7 1.4 98 0.3 1.5 217 60 310.9 312.1 292.0 331.2 6.54 9 600 4254 -1.9 -2.2 98 0.3 -2.0 217 61 314.0 315.0 292.0 331.1 5.43 10 550 4942 -5.9 -6.4 96 0.6 -6.1 217 63 317.1 318.0 292.0 331.0 4.30 11 500 5683 -10.1 -12.2 85 2.1 -10.9 219 62 320.7 321.3 291.9 330.7 3.01 12 450 6489 -14.5 -22.7 50 8.2 -16.9 221 63 325.0 325.2 291.6 329.8 1.37 13 400 7370 -20.6 -25.2 66 4.7 -21.7 223 64 328.3 328.5 292.4 332.6 1.23 14 350 8343 -27.9 -36.6 43 8.6 -29.2 224 57 331.1 331.2 292.5 332.9 0.48 15 300 9431 -37.1 -41.8 62 4.7 -37.5 222 47 333.1 333.1 292.9 334.3 0.33 16 250 10661 -48.3 -52.1 64 3.8 -48.4 235 62 334.3 334.3 293.0 334.8 0.12 17 200 12105 -53.4 -68.9 14 15.5 -53.7 238 77 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.2 0.02 18 150 13937 -59.5 -82.6 3 23.1 -59.7 242 55 367.6 367.6 300.1 367.6 0.00 19 100 16428 -63.8 -87.9 2 24.1 -64.0 259 36 404.4 404.4 305.8 404.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5679.39 m Freezing level: 625.98 mb = 3920.71 m = 12863.07 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.41 mb = 3883.20 m = 12739.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.13 % Est. max temperature: 26.06 C = 78.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.94 mb = 713.36 m = 2340.40 ft T: 18.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.82 C/km ThetaE index: 9.96 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 866.02 mb = 1238.44 m = 4063.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.65 C = 76.37 F Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lifted Index: -0.70 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.24 C Showalter Index: -0.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.62 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.62 C Cross Totals Index: 22.99 C K Index: 36.15 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 414.60 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.50 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 112.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.49 mb = 1039.74 m = 3411.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 841.49 mb = 1481.63 m = 4860.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 451.49 mb = 6463.95 m = 21206.93 ft B at Equ Level: 112.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 241.49 mb = 10885.21 m = 35712.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.0 at 58.2 knts Storm direction: 240.0 at 43.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 650.8 neg: -31.9 tot: 618.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 206.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.5 stream: 10.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.43 Bulk Rich Number: 0.72 Bulk Shear: 157.35 m/s