MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 52 SFC 975 277 25.5 17.4 61 8.0 19.9 213 13 300.8 303.2 294.0 338.9 12.96 2 950 501 23.8 16.7 65 7.0 18.9 214 20 301.3 303.6 294.0 338.7 12.70 3 900 971 19.2 15.7 80 3.5 16.9 215 22 301.3 303.6 293.9 338.4 12.60 4 850 1460 15.5 12.3 81 3.2 13.5 228 25 302.4 304.3 292.8 333.9 10.66 5 800 1971 11.6 9.4 86 2.2 10.3 229 24 303.5 305.2 292.0 331.3 9.30 6 750 2509 8.8 5.9 82 2.8 7.1 241 26 306.1 307.5 291.6 329.7 7.80 7 700 3077 4.9 1.9 81 3.0 3.3 251 29 307.9 309.1 290.9 327.3 6.30 8 650 3678 1.2 -1.5 82 2.7 -0.2 240 34 310.3 311.3 290.7 326.7 5.27 9 600 4317 -3.1 -4.3 92 1.2 -3.7 240 36 312.5 313.4 290.9 327.2 4.65 10 550 5001 -7.1 -7.8 94 0.8 -7.4 239 38 315.7 316.5 291.2 328.1 3.86 11 500 5738 -11.8 -12.5 95 0.7 -12.1 237 41 318.7 319.3 291.2 328.3 2.94 12 450 6537 -17.3 -18.7 88 1.4 -17.7 237 42 321.5 321.9 291.2 328.1 1.94 13 400 7409 -23.4 -31.2 49 7.8 -24.8 236 49 324.6 324.7 290.9 327.1 0.71 14 350 8372 -30.2 -44.6 23 14.4 -31.6 235 60 328.1 328.1 291.4 328.9 0.21 15 300 9447 -39.8 -46.3 50 6.5 -40.3 237 64 329.2 329.3 291.7 330.0 0.20 16 250 10668 -49.2 -52.6 67 3.4 -49.4 241 78 332.9 332.9 292.6 333.4 0.12 17 200 12100 -55.2 -71.6 11 16.4 -55.4 248 72 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.4 0.01 18 150 13930 -57.2 -81.8 3 24.6 -57.5 243 67 371.5 371.5 300.8 371.5 0.00 19 100 16436 -66.5 -85.9 5 19.4 -66.7 242 39 399.2 399.2 305.1 399.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.60 m Freezing level: 636.21 mb = 3853.90 m = 12643.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.26 mb = 3649.43 m = 11973.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.51 % Est. max temperature: 27.59 C = 81.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 866.73 mb = 1293.23 m = 4242.84 ft T: 16.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.28 C/km ThetaE index: 12.14 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 837.89 mb = 1580.99 m = 5186.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.30 C = 81.13 F Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lifted Index: -4.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.18 C Showalter Index: -2.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.38 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.27 C Cross Totals Index: 24.11 C K Index: 36.62 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 331.83 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.19 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1290.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.45 mb = 1415.28 m = 4643.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 819.45 mb = 1768.74 m = 5802.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 219.45 mb = 11504.63 m = 37744.38 ft B at Equ Level: 1270.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.45 mb = 13952.55 m = 45775.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.3 at 31.1 knts Storm direction: 266.3 at 23.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 94.8 neg: -1.3 tot: 93.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.62 Bulk Rich Number: 41.36 Bulk Shear: 31.20 m/s