MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 15Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 39.31,-89.65 Latitude: 39.31 Longitude: -89.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 985 198 23.5 16.6 65 6.9 18.8 197 12 298.0 300.2 292.6 333.2 12.14 2 950 507 20.4 16.0 76 4.4 17.5 216 24 297.9 300.1 292.6 333.1 12.13 3 900 975 18.9 15.2 79 3.7 16.4 256 26 301.0 303.2 293.5 336.8 12.15 4 850 1464 15.8 12.6 81 3.2 13.7 242 19 302.7 304.7 293.0 334.8 10.83 5 800 1976 12.2 10.4 88 1.9 11.0 230 21 304.2 306.0 292.7 333.8 9.93 6 750 2515 9.1 4.4 72 4.7 6.4 240 25 306.5 307.8 291.1 327.7 7.01 7 700 3084 5.9 0.3 67 5.6 2.9 243 32 309.0 310.1 290.7 326.3 5.59 8 650 3686 1.3 -2.8 74 4.1 -0.7 243 38 310.5 311.4 290.4 325.5 4.80 9 600 4324 -3.4 -8.4 68 5.0 -5.5 245 42 312.2 312.8 289.6 323.0 3.38 10 550 5007 -7.6 -11.8 72 4.2 -9.2 243 47 315.1 315.6 290.0 324.2 2.80 11 500 5742 -12.2 -15.6 76 3.4 -13.3 243 51 318.2 318.6 290.5 325.7 2.27 12 450 6539 -17.9 -23.5 62 5.6 -19.4 241 51 320.7 320.9 290.3 325.1 1.27 13 400 7409 -23.5 -27.2 71 3.7 -24.3 241 53 324.4 324.6 291.2 328.0 1.02 14 350 8371 -30.5 -33.9 72 3.4 -31.0 238 59 327.6 327.7 291.7 329.9 0.62 15 300 9448 -38.9 -44.3 57 5.4 -39.4 244 66 330.5 330.6 292.1 331.5 0.25 16 250 10672 -48.9 -52.3 68 3.4 -49.0 252 85 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.8 0.12 17 200 12109 -52.4 -70.2 10 17.8 -52.8 255 90 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.8 0.01 18 150 13952 -58.1 -80.4 4 22.3 -58.4 252 64 369.9 369.9 300.5 369.9 0.00 19 100 16443 -67.4 -87.7 4 20.4 -67.5 243 39 397.6 397.6 304.9 397.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5678.68 m Freezing level: 636.01 mb = 3864.26 m = 12677.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.41 mb = 3568.88 m = 11708.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.49 % Est. max temperature: 28.65 C = 83.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 889.62 mb = 1074.01 m = 3523.60 ft T: 18.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.82 C/km ThetaE index: 13.78 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 820.70 mb = 1760.25 m = 5775.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.06 C = 84.30 F Cap Strength: 2.57 C Lifted Index: -3.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.02 C Showalter Index: -3.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.78 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.00 C Cross Totals Index: 24.78 C K Index: 34.96 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 342.65 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.87 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 683.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 81.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.08 mb = 1234.58 m = 4050.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 698.08 mb = 3105.88 m = 10189.78 ft Equ Level (EL): 248.08 mb = 10721.52 m = 35175.18 ft B at Equ Level: 681.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 178.08 mb = 12852.60 m = 42166.82 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.7 at 34.4 knts Storm direction: 271.7 at 25.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 1.0 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 168.4 neg: -15.1 tot: 153.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.54 Bulk Rich Number: 15.13 Bulk Shear: 45.18 m/s