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: 40.16,-85.36 Latitude: 40.16 Longitude: -85.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 72 SFC 974 303 25.8 16.7 57 9.1 19.6 215 15 301.2 303.5 293.7 337.6 12.37 2 950 521 22.5 15.7 65 6.8 17.9 216 21 300.1 302.2 293.0 334.9 11.90 3 900 989 18.6 14.0 75 4.6 15.6 229 27 300.7 302.8 292.7 333.8 11.26 4 850 1476 14.2 12.5 90 1.7 13.1 237 27 301.0 303.0 292.4 332.7 10.78 5 800 1986 11.2 9.8 91 1.4 10.3 241 22 303.1 304.8 292.2 331.5 9.57 6 750 2523 8.3 5.5 83 2.8 6.7 250 24 305.6 307.0 291.3 328.5 7.59 7 700 3091 6.5 -1.0 59 7.5 2.7 251 36 309.7 310.7 290.4 325.5 5.09 8 650 3695 2.1 -3.9 64 6.1 -0.8 246 39 311.3 312.2 290.3 325.2 4.39 9 600 4335 -2.7 -13.9 42 11.3 -6.8 246 41 313.0 313.5 288.8 320.1 2.17 10 550 5020 -6.5 -21.4 30 14.8 -11.0 246 44 316.3 316.6 288.9 320.6 1.26 11 500 5756 -11.6 -34.8 13 23.2 -16.2 246 42 318.9 318.9 288.8 320.3 0.40 12 450 6554 -17.7 -36.5 18 18.8 -20.9 242 43 321.0 321.1 289.5 322.4 0.37 13 400 7425 -22.3 -45.0 11 22.6 -25.1 243 42 325.9 326.0 290.7 326.6 0.17 14 350 8391 -30.0 -43.8 25 13.8 -31.4 239 44 328.3 328.3 291.5 329.2 0.23 15 300 9468 -39.3 -50.3 30 11.0 -40.0 241 49 329.9 329.9 291.8 330.4 0.13 16 250 10688 -49.9 -53.5 66 3.6 -50.0 255 64 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.3 0.10 17 200 12120 -54.9 -68.6 17 13.8 -55.1 258 75 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.0 0.02 18 150 13945 -58.7 -81.9 3 23.3 -58.9 251 64 369.0 369.0 300.4 369.0 0.00 19 100 16435 -67.3 -86.6 5 19.3 -67.4 243 41 397.7 397.7 304.9 397.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5683.59 m Freezing level: 627.91 mb = 3977.77 m = 13050.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.58 mb = 3551.09 m = 11650.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.85 % Est. max temperature: 26.65 C = 79.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 852.99 mb = 1446.22 m = 4744.75 ft T: 14.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.81 C/km ThetaE index: 17.47 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 835.74 mb = 1618.43 m = 5309.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.17 C = 79.11 F Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lifted Index: -2.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.58 C Showalter Index: -1.69 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.96 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.82 C Cross Totals Index: 24.14 C K Index: 30.82 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 311.37 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 576.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.47 mb = 1491.35 m = 4892.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 803.47 mb = 1949.52 m = 6396.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 723.47 mb = 2819.47 m = 9250.10 ft B at Equ Level: 9.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 173.47 mb = 13022.95 m = 42725.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.7 at 34.0 knts Storm direction: 273.7 at 25.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 1.2 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 121.9 neg: -19.4 tot: 102.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.31 Bulk Rich Number: 13.92 Bulk Shear: 41.46 m/s