MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 38.23,-85.67 Latitude: 38.23 Longitude: -85.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 96 SFC 991 176 27.4 17.2 54 10.2 20.4 207 11 301.3 303.6 293.9 338.2 12.53 2 950 546 22.4 15.7 66 6.7 17.9 213 15 300.0 302.1 293.0 334.9 11.93 3 900 1013 18.7 13.0 69 5.7 15.1 237 27 300.8 302.8 292.2 331.9 10.55 4 850 1501 14.9 11.3 79 3.6 12.6 242 27 301.8 303.6 292.0 331.2 9.96 5 800 2012 11.1 8.6 84 2.5 9.6 239 24 303.0 304.6 291.5 329.2 8.80 6 750 2547 7.4 4.1 80 3.3 5.6 237 26 304.6 305.9 290.4 325.4 6.87 7 700 3114 7.0 -8.0 34 15.0 0.3 245 25 310.2 310.7 288.6 319.7 2.98 8 650 3720 3.6 -5.7 50 9.3 -0.7 249 27 313.1 313.8 290.3 325.3 3.84 9 600 4363 -1.3 -4.6 78 3.3 -2.9 242 31 314.6 315.5 291.5 329.1 4.54 10 550 5051 -6.1 -13.3 57 7.2 -8.8 245 34 316.9 317.4 290.3 325.1 2.50 11 500 5788 -12.0 -19.5 54 7.5 -14.3 246 34 318.4 318.7 290.0 324.0 1.64 12 450 6587 -16.6 -34.1 20 17.6 -19.9 244 33 322.4 322.5 290.0 324.1 0.47 13 400 7462 -22.2 -44.2 12 22.0 -25.0 248 33 326.2 326.2 290.8 326.9 0.19 14 350 8430 -29.0 -46.3 17 17.3 -30.7 247 36 329.7 329.7 291.8 330.4 0.17 15 300 9512 -37.9 -52.5 20 14.6 -38.8 256 43 331.9 332.0 292.3 332.3 0.10 16 250 10739 -48.5 -52.4 64 3.9 -48.7 262 57 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.4 0.12 17 200 12182 -53.3 -70.1 11 16.8 -53.6 263 74 348.3 348.4 296.3 348.4 0.01 18 150 14004 -61.3 -81.5 5 20.2 -61.4 259 62 364.5 364.5 299.5 364.5 0.00 19 100 16464 -69.0 -87.1 6 18.1 -69.1 242 29 394.4 394.4 304.4 394.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.82 m Freezing level: 613.08 mb = 4195.18 m = 13763.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 685.17 mb = 3289.01 m = 10790.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.26 % Est. max temperature: 28.06 C = 82.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 853.95 mb = 1461.55 m = 4795.06 ft T: 15.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.08 C/km ThetaE index: 18.49 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 825.98 mb = 1742.51 m = 5716.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.43 C = 83.17 F Cap Strength: 1.22 C Lifted Index: -2.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.07 C Showalter Index: -1.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.20 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.89 C Cross Totals Index: 23.31 C K Index: 23.25 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 282.33 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.44 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 329.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.02 mb = 1520.81 m = 4989.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 803.02 mb = 1979.80 m = 6495.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 713.02 mb = 2962.53 m = 9719.46 ft B at Equ Level: 20.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 653.02 mb = 3682.02 m = 12079.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.7 at 27.3 knts Storm direction: 271.7 at 20.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 99.4 neg: -11.3 tot: 88.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 8.94 Bulk Shear: 36.88 m/s