MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 38.09,-87.61 Latitude: 38.09 Longitude: -87.61 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 81 SFC 994 132 26.1 17.9 61 8.2 20.5 202 11 299.7 302.1 293.8 338.0 13.10 2 950 530 22.2 15.9 67 6.4 17.9 214 21 299.8 302.0 293.0 334.9 12.02 3 900 998 19.4 13.7 70 5.7 15.7 239 30 301.5 303.5 292.8 334.1 11.04 4 850 1487 14.8 13.2 90 1.6 13.8 240 28 301.6 303.7 293.1 335.0 11.32 5 800 1997 10.7 10.2 97 0.5 10.4 233 26 302.6 304.4 292.2 331.8 9.84 6 750 2533 7.7 5.6 87 2.1 6.5 232 28 304.9 306.3 291.1 327.9 7.62 7 700 3098 4.2 -0.8 70 5.0 1.7 228 23 307.1 308.1 289.6 323.0 5.15 8 650 3700 2.4 -4.5 60 6.9 -0.9 225 26 311.6 312.4 290.2 324.9 4.22 9 600 4342 -1.0 -14.4 35 13.5 -6.0 221 35 315.0 315.4 289.3 321.8 2.08 10 550 5030 -5.9 -17.5 40 11.6 -9.8 226 39 317.1 317.4 289.7 323.0 1.76 11 500 5768 -11.2 -26.0 28 14.8 -15.0 234 39 319.4 319.5 289.5 322.5 0.92 12 450 6569 -15.4 -37.0 14 21.5 -19.3 242 38 323.8 323.9 290.3 325.1 0.36 13 400 7448 -21.0 -42.7 12 21.7 -24.0 253 45 327.7 327.8 291.3 328.6 0.22 14 350 8417 -29.1 -48.3 14 19.2 -30.9 249 51 329.5 329.5 291.7 330.0 0.14 15 300 9498 -38.3 -49.2 31 10.9 -39.1 255 57 331.3 331.4 292.2 331.9 0.14 16 250 10726 -48.6 -51.8 69 3.2 -48.7 254 68 333.8 333.9 292.9 334.3 0.13 17 200 12165 -54.1 -69.0 14 14.9 -54.4 256 83 347.2 347.2 296.0 347.2 0.02 18 150 13986 -60.3 -81.8 4 21.5 -60.4 253 72 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.3 0.00 19 100 16459 -69.0 -87.1 6 18.1 -69.1 245 35 394.3 394.3 304.4 394.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.54 m Freezing level: 614.66 mb = 4153.69 m = 13627.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.80 mb = 3480.62 m = 11419.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.02 % Est. max temperature: 28.10 C = 82.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 882.64 mb = 1165.01 m = 3822.16 ft T: 17.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.77 C/km ThetaE index: 12.08 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 838.09 mb = 1605.89 m = 5268.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.21 C = 82.78 F Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lifted Index: -2.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.99 C Showalter Index: -2.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.47 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.01 C Cross Totals Index: 24.46 C K Index: 34.24 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 282.75 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 444.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 28.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.18 mb = 1415.23 m = 4643.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 822.18 mb = 1767.15 m = 5797.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.18 mb = 10930.70 m = 35861.44 ft B at Equ Level: 436.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 182.18 mb = 12755.90 m = 41849.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.1 at 29.7 knts Storm direction: 259.1 at 22.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 1.5 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 48.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 101.6 neg: -30.5 tot: 71.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.27 Bulk Rich Number: 16.30 Bulk Shear: 27.25 m/s