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: 41.52,-85.72 Latitude: 41.52 Longitude: -85.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 41 SFC 975 264 25.3 17.1 60 8.2 19.7 228 12 300.7 303.0 293.8 337.9 12.70 2 950 490 22.7 16.2 67 6.4 18.3 227 16 300.2 302.4 293.4 336.2 12.31 3 900 957 18.1 15.2 84 2.8 16.2 227 18 300.1 302.4 293.3 335.9 12.20 4 850 1444 14.7 11.9 83 2.8 12.9 234 31 301.6 303.5 292.3 332.1 10.35 5 800 1955 11.3 9.8 91 1.5 10.4 237 33 303.2 304.9 292.2 331.6 9.56 6 750 2491 7.6 5.6 87 2.0 6.5 240 34 304.8 306.2 291.1 327.8 7.64 7 700 3056 3.5 -1.6 69 5.1 1.0 242 38 306.4 307.3 289.2 321.4 4.87 8 650 3653 0.5 -12.7 36 13.3 -4.6 247 44 309.6 310.0 287.6 316.7 2.21 9 600 4291 -3.3 -11.2 54 8.0 -6.4 249 47 312.4 312.9 289.0 321.1 2.70 10 550 4975 -7.1 -16.7 46 9.6 -10.4 248 49 315.7 316.1 289.3 322.0 1.88 11 500 5710 -12.0 -33.6 15 21.5 -16.4 243 52 318.4 318.4 288.7 320.0 0.45 12 450 6508 -16.9 -38.3 14 21.5 -20.4 240 54 322.0 322.1 289.7 323.1 0.31 13 400 7380 -23.3 -37.1 27 13.8 -25.5 241 58 324.6 324.7 290.6 326.1 0.39 14 350 8341 -30.9 -41.8 33 10.9 -32.1 240 66 327.1 327.2 291.2 328.2 0.28 15 300 9414 -39.8 -44.5 61 4.7 -40.1 238 69 329.3 329.4 291.8 330.2 0.24 16 250 10632 -50.7 -54.0 68 3.3 -50.8 247 86 330.7 330.7 292.0 331.1 0.10 17 200 12059 -55.7 -72.8 10 17.1 -55.9 250 74 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.6 0.01 18 150 13889 -56.7 -81.4 3 24.7 -56.9 242 66 372.5 372.5 301.0 372.5 0.00 19 100 16411 -64.6 -86.8 3 22.2 -64.7 251 42 403.0 403.0 305.6 403.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5668.86 m Freezing level: 642.96 mb = 3743.25 m = 12280.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 690.88 mb = 3161.73 m = 10372.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.41 % Est. max temperature: 27.02 C = 80.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 864.53 mb = 1299.96 m = 4264.93 ft T: 15.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.88 C/km ThetaE index: 21.26 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 842.38 mb = 1520.14 m = 4987.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.47 C = 79.64 F Cap Strength: 0.90 C Lifted Index: -3.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.86 C Showalter Index: -1.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.70 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.76 C Cross Totals Index: 23.94 C K Index: 33.53 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 334.15 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.41 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1069.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.75 mb = 1337.21 m = 4387.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 815.75 mb = 1790.63 m = 5874.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.75 mb = 11284.29 m = 37021.49 ft B at Equ Level: 1057.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 155.75 mb = 13649.16 m = 44780.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.7 at 39.0 knts Storm direction: 272.7 at 29.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 1.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 159.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 159.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.98 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.83 Bulk Rich Number: 13.64 Bulk Shear: 78.36 m/s