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: 39.14,-88.53 Latitude: 39.14 Longitude: -88.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 SFC 987 179 25.0 18.4 67 6.6 20.5 248 11 299.3 301.8 294.1 339.0 13.61 2 950 514 22.3 17.1 72 5.2 18.7 244 19 299.8 302.2 293.7 337.7 12.98 3 900 982 18.0 15.8 87 2.2 16.5 243 22 300.1 302.4 293.6 337.1 12.66 4 850 1469 14.1 13.2 94 0.9 13.5 249 22 300.9 303.0 292.8 334.1 11.29 5 800 1979 11.0 9.7 92 1.2 10.2 235 21 302.9 304.6 292.0 331.2 9.52 6 750 2515 8.0 6.5 90 1.6 7.1 231 25 305.3 306.8 291.6 329.7 8.10 7 700 3082 4.5 2.8 88 1.7 3.5 233 26 307.5 308.7 291.1 327.9 6.69 8 650 3682 0.7 -1.5 85 2.2 -0.4 225 31 309.8 310.8 290.6 326.2 5.29 9 600 4320 -3.2 -4.7 90 1.5 -3.9 218 37 312.4 313.2 290.7 326.6 4.50 10 550 5004 -7.2 -8.7 89 1.5 -7.8 223 44 315.5 316.2 290.9 327.1 3.60 11 500 5741 -11.4 -13.5 85 2.1 -12.2 231 51 319.1 319.7 291.2 328.1 2.70 12 450 6541 -16.8 -19.2 81 2.5 -17.5 234 52 322.2 322.5 291.3 328.5 1.85 13 400 7416 -22.0 -24.6 80 2.6 -22.6 240 51 326.4 326.7 292.0 331.0 1.31 14 350 8383 -29.7 -33.1 73 3.3 -30.3 245 53 328.6 328.8 292.0 331.1 0.67 15 300 9462 -38.8 -42.2 71 3.3 -39.1 248 56 330.6 330.7 292.2 331.8 0.31 16 250 10683 -49.5 -53.2 65 3.7 -49.7 249 73 332.4 332.4 292.5 332.8 0.11 17 200 12114 -55.1 -69.9 14 14.8 -55.4 249 88 345.5 345.5 295.6 345.6 0.02 18 150 13948 -58.4 -81.1 4 22.7 -58.6 243 60 369.5 369.5 300.5 369.5 0.00 19 100 16437 -66.9 -86.2 5 19.3 -67.0 242 42 398.5 398.5 305.0 398.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5675.25 m Freezing level: 640.96 mb = 3797.18 m = 12457.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.97 mb = 3620.06 m = 11876.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.21 % Est. max temperature: 27.14 C = 80.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 895.93 mb = 1020.32 m = 3347.46 ft T: 17.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.99 C/km ThetaE index: 12.81 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 869.34 mb = 1277.10 m = 4189.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.32 C = 79.38 F Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lifted Index: -3.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.41 C Showalter Index: -2.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.08 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.49 C Cross Totals Index: 24.59 C K Index: 36.93 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 275.95 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.30 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1131.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.14 mb = 1181.50 m = 3876.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 854.14 mb = 1427.38 m = 4682.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 224.14 mb = 11383.44 m = 37346.78 ft B at Equ Level: 1118.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 144.14 mb = 14192.99 m = 46564.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.8 at 31.7 knts Storm direction: 259.8 at 23.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 2.7 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.2 neg: -0.8 tot: 33.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 32.58 Bulk Shear: 34.72 m/s