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: 39.91,-86.98 Latitude: 39.91 Longitude: -86.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 SFC 981 240 25.1 17.0 61 8.1 19.6 231 13 299.9 302.2 293.5 336.7 12.55 2 950 515 22.0 16.0 69 6.0 18.0 231 20 299.5 301.8 293.1 335.1 12.15 3 900 982 18.0 14.5 80 3.5 15.7 237 28 300.1 302.2 292.9 334.2 11.63 4 850 1469 14.1 12.0 87 2.1 12.7 235 26 300.9 302.8 292.2 331.6 10.40 5 800 1978 10.1 9.8 98 0.3 9.9 227 25 301.9 303.7 291.7 330.1 9.53 6 750 2512 7.2 6.3 94 0.9 6.7 225 28 304.4 305.9 291.3 328.5 8.00 7 700 3078 4.1 2.2 87 1.9 3.1 229 28 307.0 308.2 290.7 326.6 6.41 8 650 3677 0.9 -1.8 82 2.7 -0.5 227 33 309.9 310.9 290.6 325.9 5.14 9 600 4317 -2.6 -6.8 73 4.2 -4.4 226 36 313.1 313.8 290.4 325.4 3.84 10 550 5003 -6.5 -15.9 47 9.4 -9.8 229 42 316.3 316.7 289.7 323.0 2.01 11 500 5738 -12.5 -17.0 69 4.5 -14.0 231 49 317.8 318.1 290.1 324.5 2.01 12 450 6533 -18.1 -22.3 70 4.1 -19.3 230 48 320.4 320.7 290.3 325.3 1.42 13 400 7405 -22.4 -24.9 81 2.4 -23.0 237 52 325.8 326.1 291.8 330.3 1.27 14 350 8372 -29.3 -32.0 77 2.7 -29.7 244 55 329.2 329.4 292.3 332.0 0.74 15 300 9452 -38.7 -42.0 71 3.3 -39.1 246 56 330.8 330.8 292.3 332.0 0.32 16 250 10673 -50.2 -53.7 67 3.5 -50.4 250 60 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.8 0.10 17 200 12103 -54.0 -70.0 12 16.0 -54.3 258 85 347.2 347.2 296.0 347.3 0.02 18 150 13935 -58.5 -81.8 3 23.3 -58.7 250 58 369.3 369.4 300.5 369.4 0.00 19 100 16424 -66.6 -88.2 3 21.6 -66.7 240 44 399.1 399.1 305.1 399.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5670.55 m Freezing level: 637.54 mb = 3836.66 m = 12587.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.10 mb = 3589.44 m = 11776.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.38 % Est. max temperature: 26.47 C = 79.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 871.22 mb = 1258.85 m = 4130.03 ft T: 15.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.26 C/km ThetaE index: 13.66 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 848.83 mb = 1480.52 m = 4857.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.11 C = 78.99 F Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lifted Index: -3.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.87 C Showalter Index: -2.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.15 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.64 C Cross Totals Index: 24.51 C K Index: 36.67 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 287.81 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.47 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 720.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.08 mb = 1348.70 m = 4424.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 837.08 mb = 1597.43 m = 5240.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.08 mb = 11013.21 m = 36132.15 ft B at Equ Level: 714.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 167.08 mb = 13248.14 m = 43464.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.6 at 33.1 knts Storm direction: 259.6 at 24.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.8 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 60.6 neg: -11.3 tot: 49.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.22 Bulk Rich Number: 27.05 Bulk Shear: 26.62 m/s