MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 40.12,-87.3 Latitude: 40.12 Longitude: -87.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 SFC 985 200 21.0 16.3 74 4.7 17.9 190 11 295.4 297.6 291.6 329.7 11.91 2 950 513 21.4 14.6 65 6.8 17.0 219 27 298.9 300.9 292.0 331.2 11.08 3 900 980 18.7 13.8 73 4.8 15.5 244 22 300.7 302.8 292.6 333.4 11.10 4 850 1468 14.1 13.1 94 1.0 13.5 247 19 301.0 303.0 292.8 334.0 11.22 5 800 1977 10.7 9.1 90 1.6 9.7 237 18 302.6 304.3 291.6 329.6 9.10 6 750 2512 7.5 1.7 66 5.8 4.4 233 23 304.8 305.8 289.5 322.3 5.77 7 700 3081 6.6 0.4 64 6.3 3.3 239 32 309.8 310.9 290.9 327.3 5.62 8 650 3684 1.7 -2.9 71 4.6 -0.5 239 39 310.9 311.8 290.5 325.8 4.76 9 600 4323 -2.5 -15.2 37 12.7 -7.1 237 41 313.2 313.6 288.6 319.6 1.95 10 550 5009 -6.3 -25.6 20 19.3 -11.5 240 46 316.6 316.8 288.6 319.6 0.86 11 500 5746 -11.4 -30.6 19 19.2 -15.7 245 48 319.2 319.3 289.1 321.3 0.60 12 450 6544 -17.3 -36.6 17 19.2 -20.6 244 48 321.5 321.6 289.6 322.8 0.37 13 400 7416 -23.0 -39.7 20 16.8 -25.4 248 51 325.2 325.2 290.6 326.3 0.30 14 350 8379 -30.4 -43.2 28 12.8 -31.7 244 54 327.8 327.8 291.3 328.7 0.24 15 300 9456 -39.3 -49.5 33 10.2 -40.0 245 54 329.9 329.9 291.9 330.5 0.14 16 250 10675 -50.0 -53.6 66 3.6 -50.1 254 70 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.1 0.10 17 200 12110 -54.5 -70.7 12 16.3 -54.8 255 74 346.5 346.5 295.8 346.5 0.01 18 150 13943 -57.7 -82.3 3 24.6 -57.9 250 57 370.7 370.7 300.7 370.7 0.00 19 100 16436 -67.5 -87.9 4 20.4 -67.6 246 38 397.3 397.3 304.8 397.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5674.94 m Freezing level: 629.68 mb = 3943.94 m = 12939.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.66 mb = 3601.07 m = 11814.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.76 % Est. max temperature: 26.99 C = 80.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 918.83 mb = 801.28 m = 2628.85 ft T: 19.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.77 C/km ThetaE index: 11.71 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 829.30 mb = 1674.93 m = 5495.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.18 C = 80.93 F Cap Strength: 1.77 C Lifted Index: -1.04 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.64 C Showalter Index: -2.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.02 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.52 C Cross Totals Index: 24.50 C K Index: 32.35 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 264.44 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.52 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 208.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 53.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.44 mb = 1363.59 m = 4473.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 775.44 mb = 2235.67 m = 7334.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 735.44 mb = 2673.83 m = 8772.32 ft B at Equ Level: 20.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 685.44 mb = 3252.00 m = 10669.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.9 at 33.4 knts Storm direction: 268.9 at 25.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 1.1 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 180.0 neg: -15.1 tot: 164.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 54.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 6.62 Bulk Shear: 31.48 m/s