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: 40.43,-86.88 Latitude: 40.43 Longitude: -86.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 61 SFC 984 206 25.3 17.7 63 7.7 20.1 212 13 299.9 302.3 293.8 338.0 13.03 2 950 508 20.8 16.7 77 4.1 18.0 216 19 298.3 300.6 293.1 335.1 12.66 3 900 974 18.6 13.8 74 4.8 15.5 231 24 300.7 302.7 292.6 333.3 11.11 4 850 1463 15.4 11.1 76 4.3 12.7 232 26 302.3 304.1 292.1 331.4 9.82 5 800 1974 12.2 8.2 76 4.0 9.7 238 29 304.1 305.7 291.6 329.7 8.54 6 750 2512 8.4 5.5 82 2.9 6.8 246 32 305.7 307.1 291.3 328.7 7.59 7 700 3079 4.7 2.5 86 2.2 3.5 250 39 307.7 308.9 291.1 327.8 6.57 8 650 3680 1.1 -1.1 86 2.2 -0.0 247 48 310.2 311.2 290.9 327.1 5.44 9 600 4319 -3.1 -5.2 85 2.1 -4.1 247 52 312.5 313.4 290.6 326.3 4.34 10 550 5003 -7.4 -11.4 73 4.0 -8.9 250 50 315.4 315.9 290.2 324.8 2.91 11 500 5738 -12.2 -22.3 43 10.1 -15.0 246 51 318.1 318.4 289.5 322.5 1.28 12 450 6534 -17.8 -33.8 23 16.0 -20.8 239 49 320.8 320.9 289.5 322.6 0.49 13 400 7405 -23.2 -46.6 10 23.4 -25.9 240 51 324.8 324.9 290.4 325.4 0.15 14 350 8368 -30.4 -46.9 18 16.6 -31.9 235 57 327.8 327.9 291.3 328.4 0.16 15 300 9443 -39.8 -47.3 45 7.5 -40.4 238 62 329.2 329.3 291.7 329.9 0.18 16 250 10662 -50.0 -53.5 67 3.5 -50.2 247 75 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.1 0.10 17 200 12093 -55.0 -69.8 14 14.8 -55.2 252 80 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.7 0.02 18 150 13922 -57.9 -81.3 3 23.4 -58.1 246 64 370.4 370.4 300.7 370.4 0.00 19 100 16424 -66.8 -86.1 5 19.3 -67.0 241 42 398.6 398.6 305.0 398.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5676.46 m Freezing level: 637.19 mb = 3843.40 m = 12609.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.54 mb = 3672.92 m = 12050.12 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.65 % Est. max temperature: 28.32 C = 82.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 879.46 mb = 1171.47 m = 3843.35 ft T: 17.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.37 C/km ThetaE index: 15.49 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 822.27 mb = 1742.61 m = 5717.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.73 C = 83.71 F Cap Strength: 2.05 C Lifted Index: -3.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.28 C Showalter Index: -1.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.98 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.64 C Cross Totals Index: 23.34 C K Index: 36.58 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 331.90 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.78 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 787.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 54.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.32 mb = 1290.29 m = 4233.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 762.32 mb = 2376.48 m = 7796.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 232.32 mb = 11132.27 m = 36522.76 ft B at Equ Level: 772.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 162.32 mb = 13420.00 m = 44028.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.0 at 39.1 knts Storm direction: 274.0 at 29.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 155.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 155.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 52.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.54 Bulk Rich Number: 9.63 Bulk Shear: 81.83 m/s