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: 39.53,-86.17 Latitude: 39.53 Longitude: -86.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 76 SFC 983 231 26.7 17.8 58 8.9 20.6 208 13 301.4 303.8 294.4 340.3 13.20 2 950 525 22.5 16.4 68 6.1 18.4 212 17 300.1 302.3 293.4 336.6 12.47 3 900 993 18.7 14.5 76 4.2 15.9 235 28 300.8 302.9 293.0 334.9 11.59 4 850 1481 14.9 11.9 82 3.0 13.0 237 23 301.7 303.6 292.3 332.3 10.33 5 800 1991 11.2 7.8 80 3.3 9.2 238 21 303.1 304.6 291.2 328.0 8.35 6 750 2527 8.5 3.0 68 5.6 5.5 248 23 305.8 307.0 290.3 325.1 6.32 7 700 3097 7.3 -2.5 50 9.8 2.4 248 33 310.6 311.4 290.2 324.8 4.56 8 650 3702 2.4 -4.4 61 6.8 -0.9 250 37 311.7 312.5 290.3 325.0 4.24 9 600 4342 -2.6 -9.5 59 6.8 -5.5 255 39 313.1 313.7 289.7 323.1 3.11 10 550 5027 -6.5 -25.2 21 18.7 -11.6 249 41 316.4 316.6 288.6 319.5 0.90 11 500 5763 -12.1 -28.7 24 16.6 -15.9 246 39 318.3 318.4 289.0 320.8 0.72 12 450 6560 -17.5 -35.8 19 18.3 -20.7 239 41 321.2 321.3 289.6 322.7 0.40 13 400 7433 -22.4 -37.0 25 14.5 -24.7 242 42 325.8 325.9 290.9 327.3 0.40 14 350 8398 -29.9 -44.6 23 14.7 -31.4 238 46 328.4 328.5 291.5 329.2 0.21 15 300 9476 -38.9 -50.2 29 11.3 -39.6 243 52 330.6 330.6 292.0 331.1 0.13 16 250 10699 -49.5 -53.0 67 3.5 -49.6 254 66 332.5 332.5 292.5 332.9 0.11 17 200 12134 -54.5 -70.1 13 15.7 -54.7 258 80 346.5 346.5 295.9 346.6 0.01 18 150 13958 -59.5 -81.2 4 21.7 -59.7 253 69 367.6 367.6 300.1 367.6 0.00 19 100 16444 -67.8 -86.5 5 18.6 -67.9 239 35 396.7 396.7 304.8 396.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.03 m Freezing level: 626.31 mb = 4005.17 m = 13140.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.33 mb = 3536.07 m = 11601.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.55 % Est. max temperature: 27.52 C = 81.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 862.85 mb = 1352.62 m = 4437.67 ft T: 15.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.27 C/km ThetaE index: 15.44 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 839.94 mb = 1580.98 m = 5186.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.32 C = 81.18 F Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lifted Index: -3.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.76 C Showalter Index: -1.91 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.92 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.96 C Cross Totals Index: 23.96 C K Index: 29.07 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 310.55 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.25 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 816.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.81 mb = 1412.64 m = 4634.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 821.81 mb = 1764.71 m = 5789.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 721.81 mb = 2843.79 m = 9329.91 ft B at Equ Level: 21.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 161.81 mb = 13477.77 m = 44217.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.4 at 31.4 knts Storm direction: 275.4 at 23.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 134.9 neg: -21.5 tot: 113.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.51 Bulk Rich Number: 16.53 Bulk Shear: 49.40 m/s