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: 41.41,-86.48 Latitude: 41.41 Longitude: -86.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 40 SFC 979 229 24.9 17.5 63 7.5 19.8 224 9 299.9 302.3 293.7 337.8 12.93 2 950 488 22.4 16.3 69 6.1 18.3 224 14 299.9 302.2 293.4 336.2 12.40 3 900 956 17.9 15.5 85 2.5 16.3 222 17 300.0 302.2 293.3 336.2 12.36 4 850 1442 14.0 13.4 96 0.6 13.6 232 25 300.8 302.9 292.9 334.4 11.42 5 800 1953 11.3 11.1 99 0.2 11.2 235 31 303.2 305.1 292.8 334.1 10.40 6 750 2489 7.1 5.9 92 1.2 6.4 237 33 304.3 305.7 291.0 327.6 7.78 7 700 3053 3.3 -1.2 72 4.5 1.0 239 39 306.1 307.0 289.2 321.4 5.00 8 650 3649 0.1 -13.9 34 14.0 -5.1 245 44 309.1 309.5 287.3 315.6 2.01 9 600 4286 -3.4 -15.3 39 11.9 -7.6 248 47 312.2 312.6 288.3 318.6 1.94 10 550 4968 -7.7 -16.5 49 8.8 -10.7 248 50 314.9 315.3 289.1 321.2 1.91 11 500 5702 -12.3 -28.1 26 15.8 -16.0 244 54 318.0 318.1 288.9 320.6 0.75 12 450 6499 -17.3 -34.0 22 16.7 -20.4 241 57 321.5 321.5 289.8 323.2 0.48 13 400 7370 -23.5 -39.0 23 15.5 -25.7 240 62 324.5 324.5 290.5 325.7 0.33 14 350 8331 -31.0 -40.7 38 9.7 -32.1 237 67 326.9 327.0 291.2 328.1 0.31 15 300 9404 -39.8 -44.1 64 4.3 -40.1 235 71 329.3 329.3 291.8 330.3 0.25 16 250 10622 -50.6 -54.0 68 3.3 -50.8 248 91 330.8 330.8 292.0 331.2 0.10 17 200 12051 -54.6 -73.9 7 19.3 -54.8 248 73 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.4 0.01 18 150 13886 -56.5 -81.3 3 24.8 -56.8 242 65 372.7 372.7 301.1 372.8 0.00 19 100 16410 -64.3 -85.2 4 20.9 -64.4 245 43 403.5 403.5 305.7 403.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5662.29 m Freezing level: 648.29 mb = 3671.13 m = 12044.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 691.66 mb = 3149.06 m = 10331.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.50 % Est. max temperature: 26.80 C = 80.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 877.15 mb = 1174.49 m = 3853.26 ft T: 16.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.90 C/km ThetaE index: 22.18 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 860.06 mb = 1341.99 m = 4402.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.66 C = 78.18 F Cap Strength: 0.50 C Lifted Index: -4.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.25 C Showalter Index: -3.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.09 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.36 C Cross Totals Index: 25.72 C K Index: 35.23 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 377.47 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.79 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1201.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.48 mb = 1259.02 m = 4130.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 853.48 mb = 1407.33 m = 4617.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 223.48 mb = 11339.82 m = 37203.70 ft B at Equ Level: 1179.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 153.48 mb = 13739.61 m = 45076.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.7 at 38.2 knts Storm direction: 271.7 at 28.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 1.1 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 168.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 168.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 56.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.96 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.91 Bulk Rich Number: 13.63 Bulk Shear: 88.12 m/s