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: 38.21,-85.80 Latitude: 38.21 Longitude: -85.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 80 SFC 989 177 24.5 17.4 64 7.2 19.6 177 7 298.6 300.9 293.2 335.6 12.71 2 950 529 23.9 15.0 58 8.9 18.0 200 25 301.4 303.5 293.0 335.0 11.38 3 900 999 19.6 13.7 69 5.9 15.8 207 28 301.7 303.8 292.9 334.3 11.03 4 850 1488 15.0 12.7 86 2.3 13.5 209 28 301.8 303.8 292.8 334.0 10.89 5 800 1998 10.8 9.7 93 1.2 10.1 221 26 302.7 304.4 291.9 330.8 9.46 6 750 2533 7.5 4.7 83 2.8 5.9 224 24 304.7 306.0 290.7 326.3 7.17 7 700 3100 6.4 -4.4 46 10.8 1.2 217 28 309.6 310.3 289.3 321.9 3.93 8 650 3706 3.8 -5.1 52 8.9 -0.5 215 28 313.2 314.0 290.6 326.0 4.01 9 600 4350 -1.1 -4.3 79 3.2 -2.6 219 30 314.9 315.8 291.6 329.6 4.64 10 550 5038 -6.4 -10.6 72 4.1 -8.1 225 31 316.4 317.0 290.7 326.5 3.10 11 500 5775 -11.2 -31.9 16 20.7 -15.7 223 31 319.4 319.5 289.2 321.3 0.53 12 450 6574 -15.8 -36.2 16 20.4 -19.6 229 39 323.4 323.4 290.2 324.8 0.38 13 400 7454 -20.8 -48.2 7 27.3 -24.1 238 48 327.9 327.9 291.3 328.4 0.12 14 350 8423 -29.1 -46.6 17 17.5 -30.9 243 57 329.5 329.5 291.7 330.1 0.17 15 300 9504 -38.4 -45.2 48 6.9 -38.9 246 62 331.3 331.4 292.3 332.2 0.22 16 250 10728 -48.9 -52.5 66 3.6 -49.0 245 69 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.8 0.12 17 200 12164 -56.0 -69.5 17 13.6 -56.2 246 77 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.2 0.02 18 150 13987 -57.6 -83.0 3 25.3 -57.9 242 68 370.8 370.8 300.7 370.8 0.00 19 100 16475 -67.8 -87.0 5 19.2 -67.8 252 37 396.8 396.8 304.8 396.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.63 m Freezing level: 611.01 mb = 4208.06 m = 13805.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.94 mb = 3519.94 m = 11548.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.62 % Est. max temperature: 27.91 C = 82.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 890.54 mb = 1089.18 m = 3573.39 ft T: 18.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.57 C/km ThetaE index: 13.75 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 826.56 mb = 1722.97 m = 5652.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.12 C = 82.62 F Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lifted Index: -2.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.39 C Showalter Index: -1.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.98 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.15 C Cross Totals Index: 23.83 C K Index: 27.96 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 313.97 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 348.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 27.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 841.25 mb = 1574.72 m = 5166.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 806.25 mb = 1932.38 m = 6339.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 706.25 mb = 3026.96 m = 9930.86 ft B at Equ Level: 39.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 186.25 mb = 12615.69 m = 41389.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.5 at 28.0 knts Storm direction: 247.5 at 21.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.6 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 132.9 neg: -2.6 tot: 130.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.28 Bulk Rich Number: 17.76 Bulk Shear: 19.59 m/s