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: 41.16,-85.07 Latitude: 41.16 Longitude: -85.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 59 SFC 979 246 26.4 16.4 54 10.0 19.6 217 16 301.4 303.7 293.6 337.1 12.10 2 950 507 22.7 15.4 63 7.3 17.9 219 23 300.3 302.4 292.9 334.5 11.68 3 900 975 18.1 14.8 81 3.3 15.9 223 27 300.2 302.3 293.0 334.8 11.80 4 850 1462 14.5 13.1 91 1.4 13.6 232 32 301.4 303.4 292.9 334.4 11.20 5 800 1972 10.9 9.9 94 1.0 10.3 239 29 302.7 304.5 292.1 331.3 9.62 6 750 2509 8.3 5.4 82 2.9 6.6 242 33 305.6 307.0 291.3 328.4 7.54 7 700 3076 5.3 1.2 75 4.1 3.1 251 40 308.3 309.5 290.7 326.7 5.97 8 650 3677 1.3 -2.6 75 4.0 -0.6 248 44 310.5 311.4 290.5 325.6 4.85 9 600 4316 -3.5 -4.7 91 1.2 -4.0 246 42 312.1 313.0 290.6 326.3 4.50 10 550 5001 -7.0 -12.5 64 5.6 -9.1 241 45 315.8 316.3 290.1 324.5 2.65 11 500 5736 -11.7 -27.2 26 15.5 -15.5 242 46 318.8 318.9 289.2 321.6 0.82 12 450 6534 -17.9 -30.5 32 12.6 -20.4 242 50 320.8 320.9 289.8 323.2 0.67 13 400 7405 -22.7 -39.0 21 16.3 -25.1 242 47 325.4 325.5 290.7 326.7 0.33 14 350 8368 -30.4 -46.1 20 15.7 -31.9 238 51 327.8 327.8 291.3 328.5 0.18 15 300 9444 -39.7 -47.1 45 7.3 -40.2 237 53 329.4 329.4 291.7 330.1 0.18 16 250 10661 -50.6 -54.3 65 3.7 -50.7 252 66 330.9 330.9 292.0 331.3 0.10 17 200 12091 -54.5 -71.6 10 17.1 -54.8 254 69 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.5 0.01 18 150 13918 -58.3 -81.6 3 23.3 -58.5 246 60 369.7 369.7 300.5 369.7 0.00 19 100 16418 -65.9 -85.4 5 19.5 -66.1 249 44 400.3 400.3 305.2 400.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5677.83 m Freezing level: 636.21 mb = 3853.68 m = 12643.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.40 mb = 3573.28 m = 11723.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.28 % Est. max temperature: 26.94 C = 80.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 845.73 mb = 1504.57 m = 4936.21 ft T: 14.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.39 C/km ThetaE index: 9.15 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 837.30 mb = 1588.81 m = 5212.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.70 C = 80.06 F Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lifted Index: -2.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.77 C Showalter Index: -2.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.99 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.22 C Cross Totals Index: 24.78 C K Index: 35.20 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 352.90 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.54 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 794.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 852.81 mb = 1434.13 m = 4705.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 817.81 mb = 1786.99 m = 5862.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.81 mb = 11256.86 m = 36931.50 ft B at Equ Level: 772.01 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 167.81 mb = 13205.56 m = 43324.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.4 at 37.7 knts Storm direction: 271.4 at 28.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 161.0 neg: -2.9 tot: 158.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 52.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.56 Bulk Rich Number: 15.46 Bulk Shear: 51.39 m/s