MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 38.62,-88.82 Latitude: 38.62 Longitude: -88.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 989 163 27.3 17.6 56 9.7 20.6 228 12 301.4 303.8 294.2 339.5 12.93 2 950 513 23.8 16.8 65 7.0 19.1 229 18 301.4 303.7 294.1 339.1 12.81 3 900 982 19.3 15.7 80 3.6 16.9 231 19 301.4 303.7 293.9 338.4 12.56 4 850 1471 14.8 13.8 94 1.0 14.1 251 24 301.6 303.8 293.4 336.3 11.76 5 800 1983 12.2 12.0 99 0.1 12.1 245 21 304.1 306.2 293.6 337.3 11.12 6 750 2522 8.4 8.2 98 0.3 8.3 228 25 305.7 307.4 292.6 333.2 9.11 7 700 3089 4.5 2.6 88 1.9 3.4 223 29 307.4 308.7 291.0 327.6 6.59 8 650 3689 1.4 -4.5 65 5.9 -1.4 219 35 310.6 311.4 289.9 323.8 4.21 9 600 4329 -2.5 -7.0 72 4.4 -4.5 219 38 313.2 313.9 290.3 325.2 3.78 10 550 5015 -6.5 -14.3 54 7.9 -9.4 226 46 316.4 316.9 290.0 324.0 2.29 11 500 5751 -11.8 -19.9 51 8.1 -14.2 231 49 318.7 319.0 290.0 324.0 1.58 12 450 6550 -16.3 -29.5 31 13.2 -19.3 234 47 322.7 322.8 290.3 325.3 0.73 13 400 7427 -21.7 -34.9 29 13.2 -23.9 242 54 326.8 326.9 291.3 328.6 0.50 14 350 8394 -29.5 -44.3 22 14.8 -31.1 246 62 329.0 329.0 291.6 329.8 0.21 15 300 9473 -38.4 -48.1 36 9.6 -39.1 250 67 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.9 0.16 16 250 10700 -48.8 -52.6 64 3.8 -49.0 249 75 333.5 333.5 292.8 333.9 0.12 17 200 12132 -55.4 -68.4 18 13.0 -55.6 249 87 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.2 0.02 18 150 13963 -58.5 -82.5 3 24.0 -58.8 245 63 369.2 369.2 300.4 369.2 0.00 19 100 16445 -67.6 -86.9 5 19.2 -67.8 242 41 397.0 397.0 304.8 397.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.94 m Freezing level: 631.99 mb = 3919.57 m = 12859.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.43 mb = 3511.17 m = 11519.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.40 % Est. max temperature: 28.05 C = 82.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 858.82 mb = 1382.90 m = 4537.00 ft T: 15.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.10 C/km ThetaE index: 13.46 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 853.32 mb = 1437.82 m = 4717.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.48 C = 81.46 F Cap Strength: 0.20 C Lifted Index: -4.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.88 C Showalter Index: -3.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.14 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.55 C Cross Totals Index: 25.59 C K Index: 38.48 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 325.16 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1174.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.19 mb = 1409.12 m = 4623.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 841.19 mb = 1559.16 m = 5115.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 221.19 mb = 11485.90 m = 37682.93 ft B at Equ Level: 1162.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 141.19 mb = 14333.40 m = 47025.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.2 at 32.0 knts Storm direction: 258.2 at 24.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 2.3 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 48.8 neg: -2.6 tot: 46.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 33.58 Bulk Shear: 34.97 m/s