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: 40.12,-86.26 Latitude: 40.12 Longitude: -86.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 67 SFC 976 277 26.0 17.4 59 8.6 20.1 213 13 301.2 303.5 294.1 339.1 12.89 2 950 516 22.7 16.4 68 6.3 18.5 217 18 300.3 302.5 293.5 336.8 12.46 3 900 984 18.4 15.0 80 3.5 16.1 230 27 300.5 302.7 293.2 335.6 11.97 4 850 1472 14.7 12.5 87 2.2 13.3 234 25 301.5 303.5 292.6 333.3 10.76 5 800 1982 11.4 10.6 95 0.8 10.9 240 22 303.3 305.1 292.6 333.2 10.07 6 750 2520 8.4 6.3 86 2.1 7.2 244 25 305.7 307.2 291.7 329.9 8.01 7 700 3088 5.7 1.7 75 4.1 3.5 249 37 308.9 310.0 291.1 327.9 6.19 8 650 3690 2.0 -2.1 74 4.1 -0.1 248 44 311.2 312.1 290.9 327.0 5.04 9 600 4331 -2.8 -4.7 87 1.9 -3.7 254 46 312.9 313.7 290.9 327.1 4.50 10 550 5014 -7.5 -11.4 74 3.9 -9.0 247 43 315.2 315.7 290.2 324.6 2.91 11 500 5750 -11.4 -29.7 20 18.3 -15.6 243 44 319.1 319.2 289.2 321.4 0.65 12 450 6547 -17.8 -30.5 32 12.7 -20.4 238 46 320.8 321.0 289.8 323.2 0.67 13 400 7419 -22.7 -46.5 10 23.8 -25.5 242 46 325.5 325.6 290.6 326.1 0.15 14 350 8383 -30.2 -46.6 19 16.5 -31.7 236 51 328.1 328.1 291.3 328.7 0.17 15 300 9459 -39.4 -49.8 32 10.4 -40.1 239 55 329.8 329.8 291.8 330.3 0.14 16 250 10680 -49.8 -53.2 67 3.4 -50.0 251 69 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.4 0.11 17 200 12111 -55.0 -69.5 15 14.4 -55.3 255 80 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.7 0.02 18 150 13938 -58.5 -81.8 3 23.3 -58.7 248 65 369.4 369.4 300.5 369.4 0.00 19 100 16433 -67.3 -85.6 6 18.3 -67.4 241 39 397.7 397.7 304.9 397.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5683.02 m Freezing level: 629.39 mb = 3954.29 m = 12973.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.34 mb = 3673.55 m = 12052.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.02 % Est. max temperature: 27.12 C = 80.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 861.42 mb = 1357.97 m = 4455.22 ft T: 15.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.46 C/km ThetaE index: 12.11 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 843.55 mb = 1535.98 m = 5039.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.54 C = 79.76 F Cap Strength: 0.77 C Lifted Index: -3.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.77 C Showalter Index: -1.74 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.05 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.13 C Cross Totals Index: 23.92 C K Index: 34.53 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 308.88 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.35 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 938.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 858.31 mb = 1388.81 m = 4556.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 823.31 mb = 1740.54 m = 5710.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 233.31 mb = 11122.81 m = 36491.71 ft B at Equ Level: 935.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 153.31 mb = 13799.14 m = 45272.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.0 at 35.2 knts Storm direction: 274.0 at 26.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 151.0 neg: -15.1 tot: 135.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 45.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.56 Bulk Rich Number: 17.21 Bulk Shear: 54.50 m/s