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: 39.01,-87.13 Latitude: 39.01 Longitude: -87.13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 75 SFC 990 163 24.3 17.3 65 6.9 19.5 204 10 298.3 300.6 293.1 335.1 12.67 2 950 522 21.4 15.3 68 6.2 17.4 216 20 298.9 301.0 292.4 332.6 11.55 3 900 990 18.9 13.2 70 5.7 15.3 245 27 301.0 303.0 292.4 332.5 10.68 4 850 1477 14.4 12.3 87 2.1 13.0 243 27 301.2 303.1 292.4 332.5 10.62 5 800 1987 11.0 10.7 98 0.3 10.9 235 25 302.9 304.8 292.6 333.1 10.17 6 750 2523 7.7 7.1 96 0.6 7.3 229 28 304.9 306.5 291.8 330.4 8.45 7 700 3089 4.3 2.3 87 2.0 3.2 230 28 307.2 308.4 290.8 326.9 6.45 8 650 3690 1.4 -3.2 71 4.7 -0.8 226 30 310.6 311.5 290.3 325.1 4.64 9 600 4331 -1.2 -14.0 37 12.7 -6.1 225 38 314.7 315.1 289.3 321.8 2.16 10 550 5019 -5.5 -27.1 16 21.6 -11.2 233 40 317.5 317.7 288.8 320.2 0.75 11 500 5757 -11.3 -21.6 42 10.3 -14.3 239 44 319.2 319.5 289.9 323.9 1.36 12 450 6555 -16.6 -31.9 25 15.3 -19.7 239 44 322.4 322.5 290.1 324.5 0.59 13 400 7431 -22.2 -33.1 37 10.9 -24.2 245 51 326.2 326.3 291.2 328.3 0.59 14 350 8397 -29.4 -38.3 42 8.9 -30.6 248 59 329.1 329.1 291.9 330.6 0.40 15 300 9478 -38.6 -42.6 66 4.0 -38.9 253 54 331.0 331.1 292.3 332.1 0.30 16 250 10700 -49.6 -54.8 54 5.2 -49.8 258 71 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.7 0.09 17 200 12136 -54.4 -68.8 15 14.4 -54.6 257 87 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.7 0.02 18 150 13960 -59.0 -82.2 3 23.2 -59.2 253 67 368.5 368.5 300.3 368.5 0.00 19 100 16442 -68.1 -87.3 5 19.2 -68.2 241 40 396.1 396.1 304.7 396.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5681.66 m Freezing level: 622.94 mb = 4036.74 m = 13243.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.05 mb = 3565.65 m = 11698.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.02 % Est. max temperature: 27.51 C = 81.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 894.36 mb = 1043.27 m = 3422.75 ft T: 18.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.85 C/km ThetaE index: 12.95 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 830.27 mb = 1674.84 m = 5494.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.84 C = 82.11 F Cap Strength: 1.54 C Lifted Index: -1.56 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.14 C Showalter Index: -1.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.29 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.69 C Cross Totals Index: 23.61 C K Index: 35.95 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 250.86 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.74 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 218.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 42.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 858.20 mb = 1395.43 m = 4578.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 783.20 mb = 2163.57 m = 7098.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 253.20 mb = 10614.75 m = 34824.86 ft B at Equ Level: 217.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 203.20 mb = 12033.98 m = 39481.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.4 at 31.5 knts Storm direction: 262.4 at 23.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 1.2 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 89.1 neg: -9.5 tot: 79.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 6.05 Bulk Shear: 36.19 m/s