MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 6Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 41.09,-85.14 Latitude: 41.09 Longitude: -85.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 14 SFC 973 246 19.3 18.6 96 0.7 18.8 156 11 294.7 297.2 293.0 334.7 13.99 2 950 455 18.4 17.8 96 0.6 18.0 172 24 295.9 298.3 293.0 335.0 13.59 3 900 918 17.1 15.3 89 1.8 16.0 196 48 299.2 301.4 293.0 334.9 12.25 4 850 1404 13.7 12.9 95 0.7 13.2 204 60 300.5 302.5 292.6 333.1 11.10 5 800 1913 10.6 9.6 93 1.0 10.0 205 61 302.4 304.1 291.8 330.3 9.40 6 750 2449 7.6 6.1 91 1.4 6.8 200 56 304.8 306.3 291.3 328.6 7.92 7 700 3015 4.5 2.7 88 1.7 3.5 198 53 307.5 308.7 291.1 327.8 6.68 8 650 3616 1.2 -0.9 86 2.1 0.1 205 55 310.4 311.4 291.0 327.6 5.53 9 600 4256 -2.1 -3.4 91 1.3 -2.8 212 65 313.6 314.6 291.5 329.3 4.96 10 550 4943 -6.6 -9.7 79 3.0 -7.9 215 69 316.2 316.9 290.9 327.0 3.34 11 500 5680 -11.2 -13.4 84 2.2 -12.0 222 70 319.4 319.9 291.3 328.4 2.73 12 450 6481 -16.3 -20.3 71 4.1 -17.5 230 66 322.8 323.1 291.3 328.5 1.69 13 400 7357 -22.1 -26.4 68 4.3 -23.1 231 61 326.3 326.5 291.7 330.2 1.11 14 350 8324 -29.4 -32.7 73 3.3 -29.9 230 56 329.1 329.2 292.2 331.6 0.70 15 300 9404 -38.6 -41.9 71 3.3 -38.9 232 50 330.9 331.0 292.3 332.1 0.32 16 250 10626 -50.1 -54.1 63 4.0 -50.3 241 49 331.6 331.6 292.3 332.0 0.10 17 200 12058 -53.0 -68.9 13 15.9 -53.3 247 78 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.02 18 150 13888 -58.6 -81.9 3 23.3 -58.9 237 58 369.1 369.1 300.4 369.1 0.00 19 100 16407 -62.6 -86.9 2 24.3 -62.8 248 33 406.8 406.8 306.1 406.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5665.43 m Freezing level: 631.61 mb = 3851.15 m = 12634.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.66 mb = 3644.33 m = 11956.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.79 % Est. max temperature: 26.02 C = 78.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.16 mb = 327.71 m = 1075.14 ft T: 18.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.89 C/km ThetaE index: 7.39 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 878.71 mb = 1122.03 m = 3681.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.26 C = 75.67 F Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lifted Index: -2.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.51 C Showalter Index: -1.38 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.01 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.86 C Cross Totals Index: 24.15 C K Index: 36.07 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 410.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.01 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 580.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 906.66 mb = 855.24 m = 2805.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 841.66 mb = 1487.26 m = 4879.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.66 mb = 11114.88 m = 36465.69 ft B at Equ Level: 555.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 181.66 mb = 12669.81 m = 41567.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 208.5 at 58.2 knts Storm direction: 238.5 at 43.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.3 neg: 1.5 tot: 10.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 575.1 neg: -99.6 tot: 475.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 158.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.2 stream: 8.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.03 Bulk Rich Number: 2.97 Bulk Shear: 195.49 m/s