MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180000F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 6Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 39.37,-86.01 Latitude: 39.37 Longitude: -86.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 11 SFC 975 226 21.1 17.9 82 3.2 18.9 174 16 296.3 298.7 293.0 334.8 13.33 2 950 454 20.1 17.1 83 3.0 18.1 180 30 297.6 300.0 293.2 335.4 13.06 3 900 919 17.6 15.6 88 2.0 16.3 195 52 299.6 301.9 293.3 336.1 12.47 4 850 1406 14.2 13.9 98 0.3 14.0 204 60 301.0 303.2 293.3 335.8 11.84 5 800 1916 10.7 6.3 74 4.4 8.2 210 55 302.6 304.0 290.3 325.0 7.49 6 750 2451 7.7 -3.9 43 11.7 2.2 204 51 305.0 305.7 287.7 316.8 3.82 7 700 3016 4.8 -0.4 69 5.1 2.1 208 52 307.8 308.8 290.0 324.2 5.33 8 650 3617 1.6 1.1 97 0.4 1.3 214 56 310.7 312.0 291.9 330.6 6.40 9 600 4260 -1.9 -3.3 90 1.5 -2.6 212 60 314.0 314.9 291.6 329.8 4.99 10 550 4947 -6.2 -7.8 89 1.6 -6.9 212 58 316.7 317.5 291.5 329.2 3.87 11 500 5686 -10.3 -12.1 87 1.8 -11.0 222 57 320.5 321.1 291.9 330.5 3.03 12 450 6492 -14.4 -23.3 47 8.9 -16.9 222 56 325.1 325.4 291.6 329.7 1.30 13 400 7373 -20.9 -29.2 47 8.3 -22.7 220 55 327.9 328.0 292.0 330.9 0.85 14 350 8344 -28.5 -35.4 51 6.9 -29.6 218 58 330.3 330.4 292.3 332.3 0.53 15 300 9428 -37.8 -41.1 71 3.3 -38.1 220 59 332.1 332.2 292.6 333.4 0.35 16 250 10655 -49.1 -52.5 68 3.4 -49.3 220 59 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.5 0.12 17 200 12097 -52.6 -71.2 9 18.6 -52.9 237 82 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.6 0.01 18 150 13931 -58.8 -80.6 4 21.8 -59.0 246 60 368.7 368.7 300.4 368.7 0.00 19 100 16429 -64.4 -86.6 3 22.2 -64.6 250 34 403.3 403.3 305.6 403.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5675.50 m Freezing level: 627.05 mb = 3912.08 m = 12834.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.08 mb = 3829.02 m = 12562.24 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.95 % Est. max temperature: 26.50 C = 79.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.76 mb = 630.05 m = 2067.07 ft T: 19.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.64 C/km ThetaE index: 19.35 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 866.60 mb = 1241.51 m = 4073.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.28 C = 77.51 F Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lifted Index: -1.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.52 C Showalter Index: -1.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.72 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.51 C Cross Totals Index: 24.21 C K Index: 33.30 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 406.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.18 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 444.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.31 mb = 992.51 m = 3256.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 837.31 mb = 1532.72 m = 5028.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.31 mb = 10991.65 m = 36061.42 ft B at Equ Level: 431.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 187.31 mb = 12515.46 m = 41060.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 209.5 at 53.8 knts Storm direction: 239.5 at 40.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.1 neg: 0.9 tot: 9.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 525.0 neg: -47.2 tot: 477.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 159.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.2 stream: 8.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.34 Bulk Rich Number: 3.73 Bulk Shear: 119.21 m/s