MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 18 OCT 25 Station: 38.07,-87.72 Latitude: 38.07 Longitude: -87.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 58 SFC 992 129 26.5 18.0 59 8.6 20.6 190 14 300.4 302.8 294.1 339.0 13.18 2 950 508 23.2 16.6 66 6.6 18.7 195 23 300.7 303.1 293.8 337.8 12.62 3 900 977 18.9 15.0 78 3.9 16.3 201 26 301.0 303.2 293.4 336.2 11.98 4 850 1466 16.0 11.2 73 4.8 13.0 225 27 302.9 304.7 292.3 332.2 9.86 5 800 1979 12.4 12.2 99 0.2 12.2 226 24 304.3 306.4 293.7 337.7 11.20 6 750 2518 8.6 8.1 97 0.5 8.3 227 24 305.9 307.6 292.6 333.3 9.09 7 700 3085 4.8 1.9 81 2.9 3.2 222 24 307.8 309.0 290.9 327.0 6.27 8 650 3686 2.2 -5.0 59 7.2 -1.2 213 30 311.4 312.2 290.0 324.2 4.04 9 600 4330 -0.7 -9.8 50 9.1 -4.6 213 35 315.3 315.9 290.3 325.2 3.04 10 550 5019 -5.8 -11.7 63 5.8 -8.1 221 38 317.2 317.7 290.7 326.5 2.85 11 500 5756 -12.2 -16.0 73 3.9 -13.5 226 39 318.2 318.6 290.4 325.5 2.19 12 450 6554 -15.6 -35.2 17 19.6 -19.3 227 44 323.6 323.7 290.3 325.2 0.42 13 400 7435 -20.8 -49.1 6 28.3 -24.1 237 52 327.9 328.0 291.3 328.4 0.11 14 350 8404 -28.8 -47.2 15 18.4 -30.6 238 58 330.0 330.0 291.9 330.6 0.16 15 300 9488 -37.7 -44.5 49 6.9 -38.2 242 67 332.3 332.3 292.6 333.2 0.24 16 250 10717 -48.4 -51.8 68 3.4 -48.6 244 70 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.6 0.13 17 200 12149 -56.8 -62.1 51 5.3 -56.9 245 75 342.8 342.8 295.0 343.0 0.05 18 150 13968 -58.4 -83.5 3 25.2 -58.6 241 70 369.5 369.5 300.5 369.5 0.00 19 100 16455 -67.2 -86.5 5 19.3 -67.3 250 40 397.9 397.9 304.9 397.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.37 m Freezing level: 612.05 mb = 4174.71 m = 13696.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.78 mb = 3516.23 m = 11536.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.37 % Est. max temperature: 29.28 C = 84.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 875.64 mb = 1212.11 m = 3976.71 ft T: 17.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.36 C/km ThetaE index: 13.54 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 826.37 mb = 1704.89 m = 5593.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.73 C = 85.51 F Cap Strength: 1.66 C Lifted Index: -4.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.08 C Showalter Index: -2.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.53 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.18 C Cross Totals Index: 23.36 C K Index: 36.42 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 305.80 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.36 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 727.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 34.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.35 mb = 1362.82 m = 4471.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 785.35 mb = 2133.31 m = 6998.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 225.35 mb = 11382.98 m = 37345.29 ft B at Equ Level: 718.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 155.35 mb = 13745.95 m = 45097.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.1 at 29.7 knts Storm direction: 248.1 at 22.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 52.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 97.6 neg: -7.4 tot: 90.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.44 Bulk Rich Number: 26.45 Bulk Shear: 27.50 m/s