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: 40.21,-85.38 Latitude: 40.21 Longitude: -85.38 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 974 293 21.3 17.6 79 3.7 18.8 183 7 296.7 299.1 293.0 334.7 13.14 2 950 509 23.4 16.2 64 7.2 18.5 202 21 300.9 303.2 293.6 337.1 12.31 3 900 978 19.2 14.6 75 4.5 16.2 208 24 301.2 303.4 293.3 335.8 11.72 4 850 1466 14.4 13.4 94 1.0 13.8 210 25 301.2 303.3 293.0 335.0 11.46 5 800 1976 11.0 9.5 90 1.6 10.1 222 27 302.9 304.6 291.9 330.7 9.34 6 750 2513 8.0 6.2 88 1.8 6.9 223 29 305.2 306.7 291.5 329.1 7.93 7 700 3080 4.7 2.4 85 2.4 3.4 220 24 307.7 309.0 291.0 327.6 6.50 8 650 3680 1.3 -1.8 80 3.1 -0.3 218 32 310.4 311.4 290.7 326.5 5.15 9 600 4320 -2.7 -5.2 83 2.5 -3.8 216 38 313.0 313.8 290.7 326.7 4.33 10 550 5006 -6.3 -10.2 73 4.0 -7.9 221 43 316.7 317.3 290.9 327.0 3.19 11 500 5743 -12.1 -17.5 64 5.4 -13.9 228 45 318.3 318.6 290.2 324.7 1.93 12 450 6541 -17.1 -28.6 36 11.5 -19.7 230 44 321.7 321.9 290.1 324.5 0.80 13 400 7414 -23.0 -37.0 27 14.0 -25.2 235 46 325.1 325.2 290.7 326.6 0.40 14 350 8376 -31.0 -39.4 44 8.4 -32.0 238 57 326.9 327.0 291.2 328.2 0.36 15 300 9451 -38.8 -42.2 70 3.4 -39.1 241 61 330.7 330.7 292.2 331.9 0.31 16 250 10673 -49.9 -53.4 66 3.5 -50.1 240 63 331.8 331.8 292.3 332.2 0.11 17 200 12102 -55.0 -69.6 15 14.7 -55.2 235 67 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.8 0.02 18 150 13936 -57.1 -82.6 3 25.4 -57.4 242 61 371.6 371.6 300.8 371.7 0.00 19 100 16440 -66.2 -84.8 6 18.6 -66.4 243 39 399.8 399.8 305.2 399.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5680.86 m Freezing level: 633.81 mb = 3887.57 m = 12754.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.67 mb = 3634.64 m = 11924.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.43 % Est. max temperature: 26.66 C = 79.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.10 mb = 767.74 m = 2518.79 ft T: 21.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.33 C/km ThetaE index: 10.64 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 846.68 mb = 1499.39 m = 4919.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.89 C = 78.60 F Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lifted Index: -3.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.67 C Showalter Index: -3.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.05 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.51 C Cross Totals Index: 25.55 C K Index: 37.56 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 380.76 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 937.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 855.44 mb = 1412.02 m = 4632.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 830.44 mb = 1662.30 m = 5453.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.44 mb = 11194.95 m = 36728.39 ft B at Equ Level: 926.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 160.44 mb = 13507.21 m = 44314.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.7 at 32.5 knts Storm direction: 249.7 at 24.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.4 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 129.8 neg: -16.2 tot: 113.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.70 Bulk Rich Number: 28.14 Bulk Shear: 33.30 m/s