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: 37.98,-88.53 Latitude: 37.98 Longitude: -88.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 51 SFC 991 134 23.5 17.5 69 6.0 19.4 175 9 297.5 299.8 292.9 334.6 12.80 2 950 499 23.1 15.7 63 7.4 18.2 187 28 300.6 302.8 293.2 335.6 11.91 3 900 968 19.1 14.2 73 5.0 15.9 194 34 301.2 303.3 293.0 334.7 11.36 4 850 1457 15.6 7.9 60 7.7 11.0 204 37 302.5 304.0 290.6 326.1 7.90 5 800 1968 11.9 3.9 58 7.9 7.5 213 38 303.8 305.0 289.6 323.0 6.36 6 750 2504 7.2 5.7 91 1.4 6.3 210 34 304.3 305.8 291.0 327.5 7.69 7 700 3068 3.9 -1.0 70 4.9 1.4 214 35 306.8 307.7 289.5 322.3 5.06 8 650 3668 1.8 -0.7 83 2.6 0.5 215 43 311.1 312.1 291.3 328.5 5.60 9 600 4310 -1.8 -3.3 90 1.5 -2.6 215 49 314.0 315.0 291.7 329.8 5.01 10 550 4998 -6.1 -8.1 86 2.0 -7.0 216 50 316.8 317.6 291.5 329.0 3.78 11 500 5736 -11.6 -14.4 80 2.8 -12.6 220 52 318.9 319.4 290.9 327.2 2.51 12 450 6538 -15.2 -26.4 38 11.3 -18.0 235 59 324.2 324.4 291.0 327.7 0.98 13 400 7419 -20.6 -30.0 43 9.3 -22.6 243 66 328.2 328.3 292.0 331.0 0.79 14 350 8391 -28.0 -31.2 75 3.1 -28.6 246 58 330.9 331.1 292.7 333.9 0.81 15 300 9477 -37.6 -41.7 65 4.2 -37.9 251 58 332.4 332.5 292.7 333.7 0.33 16 250 10704 -49.0 -53.4 60 4.4 -49.2 257 58 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.6 0.11 17 200 12137 -54.2 -69.9 13 15.7 -54.5 248 73 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.0 0.02 18 150 13962 -59.5 -82.6 3 23.1 -59.7 255 60 367.6 367.6 300.1 367.6 0.00 19 100 16458 -66.5 -86.8 4 20.3 -66.6 248 41 399.3 399.3 305.1 399.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5684.25 m Freezing level: 624.89 mb = 3990.58 m = 13092.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.19 mb = 3777.73 m = 12393.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.53 % Est. max temperature: 28.78 C = 83.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 906.89 mb = 902.20 m = 2959.95 ft T: 19.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.79 C/km ThetaE index: 12.64 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 819.82 mb = 1761.58 m = 5779.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.31 C = 84.76 F Cap Strength: 2.01 C Lifted Index: -2.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.19 C Showalter Index: 1.58 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.72 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.21 C Cross Totals Index: 19.52 C K Index: 30.23 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 278.94 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.22 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 356.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 56.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.50 mb = 1391.70 m = 4565.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 781.50 mb = 2162.11 m = 7093.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 241.50 mb = 10925.69 m = 35844.99 ft B at Equ Level: 350.01 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 191.50 mb = 12412.29 m = 40722.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.2 at 40.8 knts Storm direction: 242.2 at 30.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.4 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 263.2 neg: -16.9 tot: 246.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 82.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.56 Bulk Rich Number: 4.75 Bulk Shear: 75.08 m/s