MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 38.05,-87.64 Latitude: 38.05 Longitude: -87.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 63 SFC 992 130 24.6 18.2 68 6.4 20.2 179 9 298.4 300.9 293.7 337.4 13.39 2 950 513 23.7 16.6 64 7.1 18.8 199 28 301.2 303.5 293.9 338.2 12.58 3 900 982 19.1 15.5 80 3.6 16.7 200 29 301.2 303.5 293.8 337.8 12.43 4 850 1471 14.7 14.4 98 0.3 14.5 201 29 301.5 303.7 293.7 337.5 12.22 5 800 1982 11.6 10.5 93 1.1 10.9 222 25 303.5 305.4 292.6 333.4 10.04 6 750 2519 8.3 6.4 88 1.9 7.2 218 28 305.6 307.1 291.7 330.0 8.09 7 700 3086 4.9 0.9 76 4.0 2.8 218 30 307.9 309.0 290.5 325.9 5.85 8 650 3689 3.0 -3.7 61 6.7 -0.3 212 34 312.4 313.2 290.7 326.5 4.48 9 600 4333 -0.9 -5.5 71 4.6 -3.0 217 39 315.1 315.9 291.3 328.6 4.24 10 550 5021 -6.1 -11.7 64 5.6 -8.3 222 42 316.9 317.5 290.6 326.2 2.84 11 500 5759 -11.7 -17.9 60 6.2 -13.7 225 44 318.8 319.2 290.3 325.1 1.88 12 450 6558 -16.0 -30.4 28 14.4 -19.1 234 52 323.1 323.3 290.5 325.6 0.68 13 400 7435 -21.8 -39.9 18 18.1 -24.5 241 60 326.6 326.7 291.0 327.7 0.30 14 350 8404 -28.6 -46.4 16 17.8 -30.4 238 64 330.2 330.2 291.9 330.8 0.17 15 300 9486 -38.6 -47.1 40 8.5 -39.2 240 70 330.9 331.0 292.2 331.7 0.18 16 250 10710 -48.2 -56.6 37 8.4 -48.5 243 67 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.7 0.07 17 200 12152 -55.3 -70.5 13 15.2 -55.5 243 77 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.3 0.01 18 150 13975 -58.2 -83.4 3 25.2 -58.4 247 70 369.9 369.9 300.5 369.9 0.00 19 100 16467 -67.5 -84.9 7 17.5 -67.6 249 39 397.4 397.4 304.9 397.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.64 m Freezing level: 611.58 mb = 4183.85 m = 13726.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.48 mb = 3633.11 m = 11919.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.90 % Est. max temperature: 28.00 C = 82.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 903.79 mb = 945.87 m = 3103.22 ft T: 19.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.19 C/km ThetaE index: 12.35 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 854.39 mb = 1426.72 m = 4680.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.68 C = 81.82 F Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lifted Index: -4.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.14 C Showalter Index: -3.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.38 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.32 C Cross Totals Index: 26.06 C K Index: 36.76 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 419.18 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.52 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 872.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.84 mb = 1322.85 m = 4340.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 839.84 mb = 1572.10 m = 5157.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.84 mb = 11253.21 m = 36919.52 ft B at Equ Level: 862.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 159.84 mb = 13571.96 m = 44526.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.9 at 33.4 knts Storm direction: 245.9 at 25.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.8 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 137.9 neg: -0.4 tot: 137.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 45.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.69 Bulk Rich Number: 27.39 Bulk Shear: 31.84 m/s