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: 40.28,-86.89 Latitude: 40.28 Longitude: -86.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 13 SFC 976 222 16.0 15.7 98 0.3 15.8 292 5 291.2 293.3 289.9 323.9 11.60 2 950 448 14.6 14.5 99 0.1 14.5 272 5 292.0 293.9 289.7 323.1 10.96 3 900 904 12.2 12.1 99 0.1 12.1 291 5 294.1 295.9 289.5 322.5 9.90 4 850 1383 10.2 10.0 99 0.2 10.1 168 5 296.8 298.5 289.8 323.2 9.11 5 800 1886 8.1 7.8 98 0.3 7.9 179 19 299.7 301.3 290.0 324.2 8.30 6 750 2418 6.5 6.2 98 0.3 6.3 191 35 303.6 305.1 291.0 327.5 7.96 7 700 2983 4.2 3.9 98 0.3 4.1 197 49 307.2 308.5 291.5 329.3 7.27 8 650 3584 1.0 0.7 98 0.3 0.8 201 59 310.1 311.3 291.5 329.3 6.21 9 600 4225 -2.0 -2.3 98 0.3 -2.1 206 65 313.8 314.9 291.9 330.8 5.39 10 550 4913 -5.5 -6.2 95 0.7 -5.8 210 70 317.6 318.4 292.2 331.6 4.37 11 500 5655 -9.5 -10.7 91 1.2 -10.0 214 75 321.5 322.1 292.4 332.6 3.38 12 450 6463 -14.4 -15.8 89 1.5 -14.9 217 76 325.2 325.7 292.7 333.6 2.47 13 400 7345 -20.7 -22.7 84 2.0 -21.2 217 74 328.1 328.4 292.7 333.5 1.54 14 350 8316 -28.4 -31.6 74 3.2 -29.0 216 68 330.4 330.6 292.6 333.3 0.78 15 300 9401 -37.7 -41.4 68 3.7 -38.1 214 61 332.2 332.3 292.7 333.5 0.34 16 250 10627 -49.1 -53.1 63 4.0 -49.3 220 54 333.0 333.1 292.6 333.5 0.11 17 200 12068 -53.3 -71.9 9 18.6 -53.7 234 79 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.3 0.01 18 150 13907 -57.7 -83.0 3 25.3 -57.9 242 49 370.7 370.7 300.7 370.7 0.00 19 100 16407 -62.9 -87.2 2 24.3 -63.1 259 35 406.1 406.1 306.0 406.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5642.43 m Freezing level: 633.11 mb = 3800.26 m = 12467.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.94 mb = 3758.85 m = 12332.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.22 % Est. max temperature: 22.97 C = 73.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 972.09 mb = 253.44 m = 831.49 ft T: 15.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.14 C/km ThetaE index: 1.46 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 922.27 mb = 698.33 m = 2291.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 17.95 C = 64.31 F Cap Strength: 4.32 C Lifted Index: 5.30 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.57 C Showalter Index: 5.12 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.19 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.68 C Cross Totals Index: 19.51 C K Index: 29.39 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 205.30 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.81 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 922.83 mb = 693.21 m = 2274.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 917.83 mb = 739.02 m = 2424.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 887.83 mb = 1018.37 m = 3341.07 ft B at Equ Level: 16.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 777.83 mb = 2117.62 m = 6947.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 206.0 at 44.9 knts Storm direction: 236.0 at 33.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: 2.8 tot: 9.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 425.2 neg: -3.7 tot: 421.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 140.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.6 stream: 9.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.07 Bulk Shear: 252.82 m/s