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: 39.85,-87.05 Latitude: 39.85 Longitude: -87.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 60 SFC 981 227 25.6 17.3 60 8.4 19.9 203 14 300.4 302.8 293.8 337.8 12.74 2 950 508 21.9 16.4 71 5.4 18.2 205 20 299.4 301.7 293.3 335.8 12.48 3 900 975 18.8 14.8 78 4.0 16.1 227 28 300.9 303.0 293.2 335.6 11.82 4 850 1463 14.9 12.4 85 2.5 13.3 223 25 301.7 303.7 292.6 333.3 10.70 5 800 1973 10.7 9.8 94 0.9 10.2 226 27 302.6 304.3 291.9 330.9 9.54 6 750 2510 9.1 4.2 72 4.8 6.3 241 29 306.4 307.7 291.0 327.5 6.93 7 700 3080 6.4 1.9 73 4.5 3.9 248 32 309.6 310.8 291.4 329.0 6.27 8 650 3683 1.8 -1.8 77 3.6 -0.0 243 35 311.0 311.9 290.9 327.1 5.17 9 600 4323 -3.2 -5.1 87 1.9 -4.1 244 37 312.4 313.2 290.6 326.1 4.36 10 550 5007 -7.2 -8.8 89 1.5 -7.9 247 38 315.5 316.2 290.9 327.0 3.59 11 500 5743 -12.0 -15.6 74 3.6 -13.2 244 40 318.4 318.9 290.6 326.0 2.27 12 450 6540 -17.4 -22.5 64 5.1 -18.8 238 41 321.4 321.6 290.6 326.2 1.39 13 400 7413 -23.0 -26.5 73 3.6 -23.7 238 47 325.2 325.4 291.5 329.0 1.09 14 350 8377 -29.9 -35.8 57 5.9 -30.7 239 57 328.4 328.5 291.8 330.3 0.51 15 300 9456 -38.7 -42.4 68 3.7 -39.1 243 62 330.8 330.9 292.3 332.0 0.30 16 250 10678 -49.4 -53.4 63 4.0 -49.6 248 75 332.7 332.7 292.6 333.1 0.11 17 200 12111 -54.5 -69.4 14 14.9 -54.7 256 80 346.5 346.5 295.8 346.6 0.02 18 150 13941 -58.8 -80.1 5 21.3 -59.0 245 61 368.8 368.8 300.4 368.9 0.00 19 100 16431 -66.9 -86.9 4 20.0 -67.0 243 43 398.5 398.5 305.0 398.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5682.97 m Freezing level: 632.34 mb = 3909.01 m = 12824.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.49 mb = 3677.03 m = 12063.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.27 % Est. max temperature: 27.24 C = 81.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 867.93 mb = 1284.88 m = 4215.44 ft T: 16.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.91 C/km ThetaE index: 10.33 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 841.99 mb = 1542.89 m = 5061.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.05 C = 80.69 F Cap Strength: 1.22 C Lifted Index: -3.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.04 C Showalter Index: -2.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.22 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.84 C Cross Totals Index: 24.37 C K Index: 34.69 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 352.78 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.52 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 811.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.77 mb = 1345.80 m = 4415.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 826.77 mb = 1696.34 m = 5565.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 706.77 mb = 3000.32 m = 9843.45 ft B at Equ Level: 21.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 166.77 mb = 13267.34 m = 43527.48 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.7 at 32.2 knts Storm direction: 268.7 at 24.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.1 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 143.5 neg: -12.4 tot: 131.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.58 Bulk Rich Number: 17.82 Bulk Shear: 45.50 m/s