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: 40.39,-86.22 Latitude: 40.39 Longitude: -86.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 50 SFC 976 260 25.3 17.4 62 7.9 19.9 213 14 300.5 302.9 293.9 338.5 12.92 2 950 500 23.3 16.7 66 6.6 18.8 215 23 300.8 303.2 293.8 338.0 12.65 3 900 969 18.9 15.8 82 3.1 16.8 216 25 301.0 303.3 293.9 338.0 12.60 4 850 1457 15.3 12.3 83 2.9 13.4 223 26 302.1 304.1 292.7 333.6 10.65 5 800 1968 11.7 9.1 84 2.6 10.1 230 27 303.6 305.3 291.9 330.7 9.09 6 750 2506 8.4 5.8 84 2.6 6.9 242 27 305.7 307.2 291.5 329.2 7.76 7 700 3073 4.8 1.5 79 3.3 3.0 249 32 307.8 308.9 290.7 326.4 6.09 8 650 3673 0.6 -1.1 89 1.6 -0.3 246 37 309.6 310.6 290.7 326.5 5.45 9 600 4312 -3.3 -4.9 88 1.7 -4.0 251 38 312.3 313.2 290.6 326.3 4.42 10 550 4995 -7.6 -8.4 94 0.9 -7.9 247 38 315.1 315.8 290.8 326.9 3.68 11 500 5731 -11.7 -12.2 96 0.5 -11.9 240 39 318.8 319.4 291.3 328.7 3.01 12 450 6532 -16.7 -17.5 94 0.8 -17.0 232 44 322.2 322.7 291.6 329.5 2.16 13 400 7404 -23.6 -26.7 76 3.0 -24.3 233 49 324.3 324.5 291.2 328.1 1.08 14 350 8365 -30.5 -41.1 35 10.6 -31.7 236 59 327.6 327.6 291.3 328.7 0.30 15 300 9440 -39.5 -46.7 46 7.2 -40.1 239 65 329.7 329.7 291.8 330.4 0.19 16 250 10662 -49.7 -53.7 63 4.0 -49.8 243 79 332.2 332.3 292.4 332.7 0.10 17 200 12094 -55.4 -71.9 11 16.5 -55.7 247 72 345.0 345.0 295.5 345.0 0.01 18 150 13923 -57.0 -81.6 3 24.7 -57.3 243 66 371.9 371.9 300.9 371.9 0.00 19 100 16432 -66.3 -85.7 5 19.4 -66.4 242 41 399.7 399.7 305.2 399.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.78 m Freezing level: 642.73 mb = 3765.69 m = 12354.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.16 mb = 3621.07 m = 11880.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.89 % Est. max temperature: 27.61 C = 81.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 869.54 mb = 1262.84 m = 4143.12 ft T: 16.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.19 C/km ThetaE index: 11.59 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 841.21 mb = 1544.65 m = 5067.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.17 C = 80.91 F Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lifted Index: -3.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.23 C Showalter Index: -2.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.92 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.93 C Cross Totals Index: 24.00 C K Index: 35.94 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 338.49 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.07 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1270.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.03 mb = 1366.69 m = 4483.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 814.03 mb = 1821.63 m = 5976.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 224.03 mb = 11365.62 m = 37288.31 ft B at Equ Level: 1260.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 144.03 mb = 14174.21 m = 46502.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.4 at 32.5 knts Storm direction: 269.4 at 24.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 117.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 117.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.73 Bulk Rich Number: 37.75 Bulk Shear: 33.65 m/s