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: 40.41,-86.88 Latitude: 40.41 Longitude: -86.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 62 SFC 983 207 20.2 18.6 90 1.6 19.1 264 6 294.8 297.3 292.9 334.4 13.84 2 950 505 18.6 17.4 92 1.3 17.8 258 18 296.1 298.5 292.9 334.3 13.25 3 900 968 15.9 15.0 94 0.9 15.4 239 21 297.9 300.1 292.5 332.9 12.03 4 850 1452 13.4 12.8 96 0.6 13.1 219 24 300.2 302.2 292.4 332.6 11.03 5 800 1961 10.3 9.7 96 0.6 10.0 209 28 302.2 303.9 291.8 330.3 9.50 6 750 2496 7.4 6.5 94 0.9 6.8 207 32 304.6 306.1 291.4 328.9 8.10 7 700 3062 4.2 3.1 93 1.1 3.5 210 41 307.1 308.4 291.1 327.9 6.83 8 650 3661 0.5 -0.8 91 1.4 -0.2 206 40 309.6 310.6 290.8 326.8 5.55 9 600 4300 -3.0 -4.4 90 1.4 -3.7 213 49 312.6 313.5 290.9 327.1 4.60 10 550 4985 -6.9 -8.4 89 1.6 -7.5 218 56 315.9 316.6 291.1 327.8 3.68 11 500 5721 -12.4 -20.7 50 8.3 -14.8 219 59 317.9 318.2 289.6 322.9 1.47 12 450 6515 -18.1 -23.9 60 5.8 -19.6 221 58 320.5 320.7 290.2 324.8 1.23 13 400 7386 -23.8 -26.6 78 2.7 -24.4 225 52 324.0 324.2 291.1 327.8 1.09 14 350 8345 -31.1 -34.2 74 3.1 -31.6 233 49 326.8 326.9 291.4 329.0 0.60 15 300 9419 -39.7 -43.2 69 3.5 -40.0 232 52 329.4 329.4 291.8 330.5 0.28 16 250 10638 -50.0 -53.7 65 3.7 -50.1 231 69 331.7 331.8 292.3 332.1 0.10 17 200 12072 -52.0 -72.5 7 20.4 -52.4 246 62 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.4 0.01 18 150 13914 -56.8 -82.3 3 25.5 -57.1 247 55 372.2 372.2 300.9 372.2 0.00 19 100 16427 -65.6 -86.2 4 20.7 -65.7 240 43 401.0 401.0 305.3 401.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5658.92 m Freezing level: 642.41 mb = 3758.29 m = 12330.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.11 mb = 3635.19 m = 11926.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.37 % Est. max temperature: 26.27 C = 79.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.34 mb = 411.42 m = 1349.79 ft T: 19.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.23 C/km ThetaE index: 7.67 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 901.76 mb = 950.98 m = 3119.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.29 C = 73.91 F Cap Strength: 0.55 C Lifted Index: -2.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.49 C Showalter Index: -2.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.12 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.85 C Cross Totals Index: 25.27 C K Index: 37.60 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 329.19 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.98 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 721.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.90 mb = 808.44 m = 2652.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 841.90 mb = 1532.85 m = 5028.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 241.90 mb = 10849.98 m = 35596.63 ft B at Equ Level: 711.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 181.90 mb = 12679.67 m = 41599.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.4 at 39.4 knts Storm direction: 246.4 at 29.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 5.6 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 115.8 neg: -20.6 tot: 95.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.27 Bulk Rich Number: 6.20 Bulk Shear: 116.43 m/s