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: 40.38,-86.51 Latitude: 40.38 Longitude: -86.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 6 SFC 973 241 15.9 15.6 98 0.3 15.7 119 5 291.3 293.4 289.9 323.8 11.49 2 950 442 14.6 14.4 99 0.1 14.5 126 13 292.0 293.9 289.7 323.0 10.95 3 900 898 12.7 12.6 99 0.1 12.6 129 12 294.6 296.4 289.9 323.9 10.21 4 850 1378 11.3 11.1 99 0.1 11.2 169 30 298.0 299.7 290.7 326.6 9.83 5 800 1884 10.1 9.9 99 0.1 10.0 188 53 301.9 303.7 291.8 330.4 9.64 6 750 2420 7.7 7.5 99 0.2 7.6 194 64 304.9 306.5 292.0 331.0 8.71 7 700 2986 4.5 4.3 98 0.3 4.4 199 67 307.5 308.9 291.7 330.2 7.44 8 650 3587 0.9 0.6 98 0.3 0.7 205 69 310.0 311.1 291.5 329.0 6.16 9 600 4227 -2.2 -2.5 98 0.3 -2.4 210 71 313.6 314.6 291.8 330.3 5.31 10 550 4915 -5.6 -6.2 96 0.6 -5.8 214 73 317.5 318.3 292.2 331.7 4.39 11 500 5657 -9.6 -10.8 91 1.2 -10.1 218 76 321.3 321.9 292.3 332.3 3.35 12 450 6464 -14.6 -16.4 86 1.8 -15.2 220 75 324.9 325.3 292.5 332.9 2.37 13 400 7345 -20.6 -24.1 74 3.5 -21.5 220 69 328.2 328.4 292.5 333.0 1.36 14 350 8318 -28.1 -33.0 63 4.9 -28.9 217 60 330.9 331.0 292.6 333.4 0.68 15 300 9404 -37.6 -42.1 63 4.5 -38.0 215 56 332.4 332.4 292.7 333.6 0.32 16 250 10631 -48.9 -53.7 57 4.8 -49.1 219 55 333.3 333.4 292.7 333.8 0.10 17 200 12068 -53.2 -70.2 11 17.0 -53.5 235 79 348.5 348.5 296.3 348.6 0.01 18 150 13906 -57.9 -83.2 3 25.3 -58.2 238 51 370.3 370.3 300.7 370.4 0.00 19 100 16405 -62.7 -87.0 2 24.3 -62.9 258 33 406.7 406.7 306.1 406.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5651.69 m Freezing level: 635.59 mb = 3771.54 m = 12373.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.36 mb = 3731.54 m = 12242.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.58 % Est. max temperature: 24.56 C = 76.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 968.41 mb = 278.72 m = 914.43 ft T: 15.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.31 C/km ThetaE index: 2.00 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 919.92 mb = 713.28 m = 2340.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.06 C = 64.51 F Cap Strength: 3.86 C Lifted Index: 4.69 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.60 C Showalter Index: 3.29 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.68 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.92 C Cross Totals Index: 20.77 C K Index: 31.74 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 388.36 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 1.08 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7130.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.80 mb = 714.44 m = 2343.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 203.8 at 57.3 knts Storm direction: 233.8 at 43.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 11.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 11.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 844.3 neg: -0.3 tot: 844.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 281.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.96 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.6 stream: 13.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 0.05 Bulk Shear: 414.59 m/s