MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 38.00,-87.72 Latitude: 38.00 Longitude: -87.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 993 125 23.5 19.6 79 3.9 20.8 232 4 297.2 299.9 294.2 339.5 14.62 2 950 516 22.0 17.1 74 4.9 18.7 216 14 299.5 301.9 293.7 337.6 13.03 3 900 983 18.3 15.5 83 2.8 16.4 212 21 300.4 302.6 293.4 336.6 12.36 4 850 1471 14.4 13.6 95 0.7 13.9 217 23 301.2 303.3 293.2 335.4 11.62 5 800 1981 11.5 11.4 99 0.1 11.4 222 24 303.4 305.4 293.1 335.1 10.64 6 750 2519 8.1 7.9 99 0.2 7.9 222 23 305.3 307.0 292.3 332.2 8.93 7 700 3085 4.5 2.5 87 2.0 3.4 217 24 307.5 308.7 291.0 327.6 6.57 8 650 3686 1.9 -4.5 62 6.5 -1.2 210 28 311.1 311.9 290.1 324.4 4.20 9 600 4329 -0.8 -6.3 66 5.5 -3.3 213 40 315.2 315.9 291.1 327.9 3.98 10 550 5018 -5.8 -10.9 67 5.1 -7.9 220 43 317.2 317.7 290.9 327.0 3.02 11 500 5756 -11.3 -18.1 57 6.8 -13.5 228 46 319.3 319.6 290.4 325.4 1.84 12 450 6558 -14.7 -38.9 11 24.1 -19.0 230 44 324.7 324.8 290.5 325.8 0.29 13 400 7440 -20.6 -43.8 11 23.2 -23.8 240 48 328.2 328.2 291.4 328.9 0.20 14 350 8410 -28.8 -49.5 12 20.7 -30.7 241 55 329.9 330.0 291.8 330.4 0.12 15 300 9493 -37.5 -50.1 26 12.6 -38.4 245 61 332.5 332.5 292.5 333.0 0.13 16 250 10721 -48.6 -52.0 68 3.3 -48.8 248 71 333.8 333.8 292.9 334.3 0.13 17 200 12158 -56.0 -68.6 19 12.6 -56.2 253 78 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.2 0.02 18 150 13973 -59.4 -82.5 3 23.1 -59.6 246 73 367.8 367.8 300.2 367.8 0.00 19 100 16460 -68.3 -87.4 5 19.1 -68.4 247 38 395.8 395.8 304.6 395.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.84 m Freezing level: 615.05 mb = 4135.18 m = 13566.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.60 mb = 3530.10 m = 11581.55 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.44 % Est. max temperature: 27.78 C = 82.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.48 mb = 621.07 m = 2037.61 ft T: 21.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.92 C/km ThetaE index: 15.15 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 868.36 mb = 1288.27 m = 4226.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.19 C = 80.95 F Cap Strength: 1.21 C Lifted Index: -3.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.42 C Showalter Index: -2.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.64 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.69 C Cross Totals Index: 24.95 C K Index: 37.33 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 337.59 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.04 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 747.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.83 mb = 1089.57 m = 3574.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 853.83 mb = 1432.17 m = 4698.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 223.83 mb = 11433.21 m = 37510.08 ft B at Equ Level: 733.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 153.83 mb = 13813.86 m = 45320.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.1 at 29.7 knts Storm direction: 249.1 at 22.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 3.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 69.4 neg: -4.0 tot: 65.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.32 Bulk Rich Number: 15.46 Bulk Shear: 48.37 m/s