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: 39.06,-87.05 Latitude: 39.06 Longitude: -87.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 59 SFC 987 172 23.1 18.2 74 4.9 19.8 203 6 297.4 299.8 293.4 336.3 13.45 2 950 507 23.7 16.9 66 6.8 19.1 206 23 301.2 303.6 294.1 339.0 12.83 3 900 977 19.7 15.6 77 4.1 17.0 207 29 301.8 304.1 294.0 338.6 12.47 4 850 1467 15.2 14.3 94 0.9 14.6 208 30 302.1 304.3 293.8 338.0 12.16 5 800 1978 11.2 9.4 89 1.8 10.1 215 29 303.0 304.8 291.9 330.7 9.29 6 750 2514 7.6 3.0 72 4.6 5.1 218 30 304.9 306.0 290.0 324.0 6.33 7 700 3079 4.9 -3.5 55 8.4 0.8 216 29 307.9 308.7 289.0 321.0 4.22 8 650 3681 2.9 -10.0 38 12.8 -2.6 210 35 312.2 312.7 289.0 321.1 2.76 9 600 4324 -1.3 -13.2 40 11.9 -5.9 213 39 314.7 315.1 289.4 322.2 2.30 10 550 5010 -6.6 -12.8 61 6.2 -8.9 221 44 316.2 316.7 290.2 324.8 2.60 11 500 5747 -11.8 -18.6 57 6.8 -13.9 225 45 318.7 319.0 290.2 324.6 1.76 12 450 6544 -16.8 -24.5 51 7.7 -18.7 227 49 322.1 322.4 290.6 326.2 1.17 13 400 7418 -23.1 -34.1 36 11.0 -25.0 238 57 325.0 325.1 290.8 326.9 0.53 14 350 8381 -30.5 -37.4 51 6.9 -31.4 240 67 327.7 327.8 291.5 329.3 0.44 15 300 9461 -38.3 -41.4 72 3.2 -38.5 239 68 331.5 331.5 292.4 332.7 0.34 16 250 10685 -49.2 -52.7 67 3.5 -49.3 240 59 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.4 0.12 17 200 12115 -55.0 -67.5 20 12.5 -55.2 238 78 345.7 345.8 295.7 345.8 0.02 18 150 13951 -57.2 -81.5 3 24.3 -57.5 246 63 371.5 371.5 300.8 371.5 0.00 19 100 16454 -66.6 -86.0 5 19.4 -66.7 247 39 399.1 399.1 305.1 399.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.33 m Freezing level: 615.31 mb = 4127.06 m = 13540.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 687.64 mb = 3223.74 m = 10576.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.49 % Est. max temperature: 28.05 C = 82.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 918.71 mb = 798.34 m = 2619.21 ft T: 21.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.25 C/km ThetaE index: 17.94 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 848.44 mb = 1482.23 m = 4862.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.83 C = 82.09 F Cap Strength: 1.19 C Lifted Index: -4.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.28 C Showalter Index: -4.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.08 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.98 C Cross Totals Index: 26.10 C K Index: 32.91 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 420.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.73 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1169.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 29.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.11 mb = 1315.79 m = 4316.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 830.11 mb = 1666.32 m = 5466.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 220.11 mb = 11500.96 m = 37732.36 ft B at Equ Level: 1149.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.11 mb = 13945.80 m = 45753.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.0 at 34.0 knts Storm direction: 246.0 at 25.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.2 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 118.8 neg: -3.3 tot: 115.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.84 Bulk Rich Number: 30.10 Bulk Shear: 38.84 m/s