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: 39.11,-86.1 Latitude: 39.11 Longitude: -86.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 SFC 984 212 24.0 17.2 66 6.8 19.4 207 6 298.6 300.9 293.2 335.4 12.67 2 950 517 21.7 16.0 70 5.7 17.8 219 14 299.2 301.4 292.9 334.5 12.09 3 900 984 17.7 14.4 81 3.3 15.5 228 17 299.8 301.9 292.7 333.6 11.56 4 850 1470 14.0 12.5 90 1.6 13.0 242 19 300.8 302.8 292.4 332.5 10.75 5 800 1980 11.3 10.4 95 0.8 10.7 240 24 303.2 305.0 292.5 332.8 9.98 6 750 2516 7.5 5.4 86 2.1 6.3 228 27 304.7 306.1 291.0 327.4 7.52 7 700 3082 4.8 -1.4 65 6.1 1.7 226 27 307.7 308.7 289.7 323.0 4.95 8 650 3683 2.6 -7.4 47 10.0 -1.9 225 31 311.9 312.6 289.6 322.7 3.37 9 600 4327 -0.6 -14.2 35 13.6 -5.8 227 40 315.4 315.8 289.5 322.4 2.12 10 550 5016 -5.8 -15.0 48 9.2 -9.2 229 42 317.2 317.6 290.0 324.3 2.16 11 500 5753 -11.4 -28.3 23 16.9 -15.4 234 41 319.1 319.2 289.3 321.7 0.74 12 450 6552 -16.3 -33.3 22 17.0 -19.6 233 38 322.8 322.9 290.2 324.6 0.51 13 400 7429 -22.0 -31.9 40 9.9 -23.9 235 41 326.4 326.5 291.4 328.8 0.66 14 350 8395 -29.4 -33.0 71 3.6 -30.0 238 49 329.1 329.2 292.2 331.6 0.68 15 300 9478 -37.9 -41.0 73 3.1 -38.2 244 48 331.9 332.0 292.6 333.3 0.35 16 250 10703 -49.4 -52.9 66 3.5 -49.6 246 58 332.6 332.7 292.6 333.1 0.11 17 200 12134 -55.2 -69.1 16 13.9 -55.4 253 83 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.4 0.02 18 150 13959 -58.7 -82.0 3 23.3 -58.9 251 64 369.0 369.0 300.4 369.0 0.00 19 100 16445 -67.5 -87.8 4 20.4 -67.6 242 40 397.3 397.3 304.8 397.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5683.13 m Freezing level: 609.35 mb = 4206.70 m = 13801.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.39 mb = 3360.72 m = 11025.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.77 % Est. max temperature: 27.02 C = 80.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 890.64 mb = 1072.57 m = 3518.89 ft T: 17.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.06 C/km ThetaE index: 10.41 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.59 mb = 1464.20 m = 4803.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.27 C = 79.29 F Cap Strength: 1.04 C Lifted Index: -2.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.07 C Showalter Index: -1.39 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.37 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.47 C Cross Totals Index: 23.90 C K Index: 31.82 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 236.29 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 317.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.76 mb = 1284.27 m = 4213.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 793.76 mb = 2045.15 m = 6709.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 633.76 mb = 3886.91 m = 12752.19 ft B at Equ Level: 48.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 193.76 mb = 12335.10 m = 40468.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.9 at 29.8 knts Storm direction: 259.9 at 22.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 1.5 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 57.1 neg: -3.4 tot: 53.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 6.97 Bulk Shear: 45.54 m/s