MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 37.96,-87.72 Latitude: 37.96 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 59 SFC 993 123 22.9 18.4 75 4.6 19.8 169 9 296.7 299.1 293.2 335.7 13.49 2 950 508 23.2 16.4 66 6.8 18.7 186 28 300.8 303.0 293.7 337.4 12.47 3 900 976 19.2 13.7 70 5.5 15.6 195 32 301.3 303.3 292.7 333.7 10.98 4 850 1465 15.6 8.8 64 6.7 11.4 206 33 302.4 304.0 291.0 327.5 8.40 5 800 1976 11.3 5.8 69 5.5 8.2 210 33 303.2 304.6 290.3 325.0 7.26 6 750 2511 7.2 5.7 90 1.5 6.3 207 31 304.4 305.8 291.0 327.4 7.68 7 700 3076 4.1 -1.9 65 5.9 1.1 214 34 307.0 307.9 289.3 321.7 4.76 8 650 3677 3.0 -7.9 45 10.9 -1.9 216 41 312.3 312.9 289.6 322.6 3.23 9 600 4321 -1.1 -3.5 84 2.4 -2.3 217 45 314.8 315.8 291.9 330.5 4.93 10 550 5010 -5.8 -9.0 78 3.3 -7.1 218 46 317.3 317.9 291.3 328.7 3.52 11 500 5749 -10.9 -16.0 66 5.1 -12.6 224 49 319.8 320.2 290.9 327.1 2.20 12 450 6552 -14.7 -30.2 26 15.5 -18.2 235 55 324.7 324.9 290.9 327.2 0.69 13 400 7432 -21.2 -39.9 17 18.7 -24.0 243 61 327.5 327.5 291.3 328.6 0.30 14 350 8402 -28.4 -33.1 64 4.7 -29.2 246 65 330.4 330.6 292.5 332.9 0.67 15 300 9488 -37.6 -40.8 73 3.1 -37.9 252 61 332.3 332.4 292.7 333.7 0.36 16 250 10713 -49.1 -53.6 59 4.5 -49.3 246 56 333.1 333.1 292.7 333.5 0.10 17 200 12148 -55.3 -69.2 16 13.9 -55.5 247 75 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.2 0.02 18 150 13968 -58.9 -82.1 3 23.2 -59.1 251 63 368.6 368.6 300.3 368.6 0.00 19 100 16461 -67.1 -86.9 4 19.8 -67.2 247 41 398.1 398.1 304.9 398.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.91 m Freezing level: 613.56 mb = 4146.19 m = 13602.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 681.04 mb = 3298.46 m = 10821.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.33 % Est. max temperature: 28.77 C = 83.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.27 mb = 708.30 m = 2323.80 ft T: 21.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.60 C/km ThetaE index: 12.39 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 831.25 mb = 1653.10 m = 5423.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.95 C = 84.12 F Cap Strength: 1.95 C Lifted Index: -2.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.28 C Showalter Index: 1.57 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.16 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.44 C Cross Totals Index: 19.72 C K Index: 29.33 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 285.66 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.07 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 445.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 51.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 863.42 mb = 1331.28 m = 4367.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 808.42 mb = 1887.77 m = 6193.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.42 mb = 11018.41 m = 36149.19 ft B at Equ Level: 442.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 178.42 mb = 12870.46 m = 42225.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.9 at 37.9 knts Storm direction: 242.9 at 28.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.2 neg: 0.2 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 235.4 neg: -11.6 tot: 223.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 74.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.59 Bulk Rich Number: 6.83 Bulk Shear: 65.28 m/s