MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 39.38,-87.45 Latitude: 39.38 Longitude: -87.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 38 SFC 985 167 19.8 19.4 98 0.3 19.5 131 4 294.2 296.8 293.3 335.7 14.56 2 950 480 18.8 17.7 93 1.1 18.1 170 13 296.3 298.7 293.2 335.4 13.56 3 900 944 17.5 15.9 90 1.6 16.4 194 37 299.5 301.9 293.5 336.8 12.74 4 850 1431 14.0 13.6 98 0.3 13.7 199 50 300.8 302.9 293.0 334.9 11.63 5 800 1941 10.8 10.6 99 0.1 10.7 200 50 302.6 304.5 292.4 332.5 10.09 6 750 2477 7.8 7.6 99 0.2 7.7 201 48 305.0 306.6 292.1 331.3 8.77 7 700 3044 4.5 4.1 98 0.3 4.3 202 45 307.4 308.8 291.7 329.9 7.38 8 650 3644 1.0 0.5 97 0.5 0.8 206 46 310.1 311.3 291.5 329.1 6.13 9 600 4284 -2.4 -2.9 97 0.4 -2.6 210 53 313.3 314.3 291.6 329.6 5.17 10 550 4971 -6.2 -7.9 88 1.6 -7.0 215 60 316.7 317.4 291.5 329.1 3.84 11 500 5710 -10.6 -12.1 89 1.4 -11.2 220 56 320.1 320.7 291.7 330.1 3.03 12 450 6513 -15.8 -18.7 78 2.9 -16.7 232 54 323.4 323.8 291.7 330.0 1.95 13 400 7390 -21.9 -32.0 40 10.0 -23.8 237 54 326.5 326.6 291.4 328.9 0.66 14 350 8355 -30.0 -44.3 24 14.3 -31.5 235 48 328.2 328.3 291.5 329.1 0.21 15 300 9433 -38.8 -47.6 39 8.8 -39.5 233 42 330.6 330.7 292.0 331.3 0.17 16 250 10658 -48.3 -54.7 47 6.5 -48.5 246 60 334.3 334.3 293.0 334.7 0.09 17 200 12113 -50.4 -73.7 5 23.4 -50.8 243 79 353.0 353.0 297.3 353.0 0.01 18 150 13945 -60.1 -80.4 5 20.4 -60.3 249 54 366.6 366.6 299.9 366.6 0.00 19 100 16436 -65.2 -85.9 4 20.7 -65.4 245 40 401.7 401.7 305.5 401.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5671.25 m Freezing level: 635.32 mb = 3831.95 m = 12571.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.84 mb = 3782.52 m = 12409.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.97 % Est. max temperature: 26.87 C = 80.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 980.53 mb = 207.62 m = 681.17 ft T: 19.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.66 C/km ThetaE index: 7.71 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 883.98 mb = 1097.20 m = 3599.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.51 C = 77.91 F Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lifted Index: -2.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.94 C Showalter Index: -1.68 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.84 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.58 C Cross Totals Index: 24.27 C K Index: 37.90 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 390.27 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.07 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 716.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.81 mb = 766.46 m = 2514.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 853.81 mb = 1392.97 m = 4570.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 243.81 mb = 10821.39 m = 35502.82 ft B at Equ Level: 708.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 183.81 mb = 12650.54 m = 41503.90 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 207.3 at 46.9 knts Storm direction: 237.3 at 35.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 389.4 neg: -16.0 tot: 373.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 124.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.7 stream: 8.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.73 Bulk Rich Number: 3.70 Bulk Shear: 193.50 m/s