MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510180600F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 18Z MON 20 OCT 25 Station: 40.05,-86.34 Latitude: 40.05 Longitude: -86.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 152 SFC 985 279 15.7 2.4 41 13.3 8.9 202 10 290.1 290.9 282.7 303.4 4.61 2 950 584 11.4 -0.2 45 11.6 5.9 203 12 288.7 289.4 281.4 300.2 3.96 3 900 1031 7.1 -1.9 53 9.0 3.0 208 12 288.8 289.4 281.1 299.4 3.68 4 850 1500 6.8 -26.7 7 33.5 -2.1 250 14 293.3 293.4 279.0 294.9 0.51 5 800 1996 6.0 -40.1 2 46.1 -3.5 261 15 297.5 297.5 280.4 298.0 0.15 6 750 2523 5.1 -33.8 4 39.0 -4.1 272 18 302.1 302.2 282.7 303.1 0.29 7 700 3083 3.1 -10.0 38 13.1 -2.2 280 23 305.9 306.4 286.7 313.9 2.55 8 650 3680 0.3 -4.7 69 5.0 -2.0 287 26 309.3 310.1 289.5 322.3 4.14 9 600 4319 -2.7 -12.2 48 9.5 -6.4 284 27 312.9 313.4 289.0 321.0 2.49 10 550 5003 -7.1 -18.7 39 11.6 -10.8 279 30 315.7 316.0 289.0 321.0 1.59 11 500 5738 -11.7 -24.1 35 12.4 -15.0 276 33 318.8 319.0 289.5 322.5 1.08 12 450 6536 -17.6 -28.8 37 11.2 -20.1 280 36 321.1 321.2 289.9 323.8 0.79 13 400 7406 -24.0 -36.6 30 12.6 -25.9 283 39 323.8 323.9 290.3 325.3 0.42 14 350 8365 -31.0 -51.1 12 20.1 -32.6 282 43 326.9 327.0 291.0 327.3 0.10 15 300 9439 -39.8 -53.5 22 13.7 -40.5 282 47 329.3 329.3 291.6 329.6 0.09 16 250 10656 -49.5 -61.2 24 11.8 -49.8 281 52 332.5 332.5 292.4 332.7 0.04 17 200 12091 -56.5 -70.7 15 14.1 -56.8 287 57 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.3 0.01 18 150 13901 -59.3 -81.0 4 21.7 -59.6 265 33 367.8 367.8 300.2 367.9 0.00 19 100 16398 -64.5 -88.5 2 24.0 -64.7 251 34 403.1 403.1 305.6 403.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5586.01 m Freezing level: 644.82 mb = 3746.35 m = 12291.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 870.50 mb = 1304.84 m = 4280.92 ft Precipitable water: 0.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.96 % Est. max temperature: 20.08 C = 68.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 806.25 mb = 1932.63 m = 6340.56 ft T: 6.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.57 C/km ThetaE index: 8.48 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 537.11 mb = 5185.80 m = 17013.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.97 C = 107.54 F Cap Strength: 16.01 C Lifted Index: 17.16 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 20.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 12.43 C Showalter Index: 20.91 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 3.50 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.50 C Cross Totals Index: -15.00 C K Index: -21.27 Risk: None Sweat Index: 60.83 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.80 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14595.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 16.96 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 786.98 mb = 2130.03 m = 6988.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.4 at 22.7 knts Storm direction: 302.4 at 17.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 77.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 77.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.08 Bulk Shear: 60.59 m/s