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: 38.16,-87.64 Latitude: 38.16 Longitude: -87.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 991 135 26.8 17.8 58 9.0 20.6 192 14 300.7 303.1 294.1 339.0 13.04 2 950 508 23.4 16.5 65 6.9 18.7 196 23 300.9 303.2 293.7 337.6 12.50 3 900 977 18.9 15.1 79 3.8 16.4 200 25 301.0 303.2 293.4 336.6 12.10 4 850 1466 16.1 11.8 75 4.3 13.3 226 28 303.0 304.9 292.6 333.5 10.25 5 800 1979 12.3 12.0 98 0.3 12.1 228 23 304.2 306.3 293.6 337.3 11.09 6 750 2517 8.6 7.7 94 0.9 8.0 227 24 305.9 307.5 292.4 332.4 8.81 7 700 3085 4.7 1.1 77 3.6 2.8 222 25 307.7 308.8 290.5 325.9 5.92 8 650 3686 2.3 -6.1 54 8.4 -1.5 214 30 311.6 312.3 289.8 323.5 3.74 9 600 4329 -0.6 -12.1 42 11.5 -5.2 215 35 315.4 315.9 289.9 323.7 2.52 10 550 5018 -5.8 -12.5 59 6.7 -8.4 222 39 317.1 317.7 290.5 325.9 2.66 11 500 5755 -12.2 -15.7 75 3.5 -13.3 227 40 318.2 318.7 290.5 325.7 2.25 12 450 6554 -15.7 -33.6 20 17.8 -19.3 227 43 323.4 323.5 290.3 325.3 0.50 13 400 7434 -20.9 -49.1 6 28.2 -24.1 237 52 327.9 327.9 291.2 328.3 0.11 14 350 8403 -28.9 -46.7 16 17.8 -30.7 238 57 329.8 329.9 291.9 330.5 0.16 15 300 9486 -37.8 -44.5 50 6.7 -38.3 241 67 332.1 332.2 292.6 333.1 0.24 16 250 10715 -48.4 -51.8 68 3.4 -48.6 244 71 334.0 334.1 292.9 334.6 0.13 17 200 12147 -56.9 -62.1 52 5.2 -57.0 245 75 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.9 0.05 18 150 13966 -58.4 -83.5 3 25.2 -58.6 241 70 369.5 369.5 300.5 369.5 0.00 19 100 16453 -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: 610.49 mb = 4194.33 m = 13760.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.58 mb = 3469.21 m = 11381.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.77 % Est. max temperature: 29.31 C = 84.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 869.07 mb = 1276.25 m = 4187.13 ft T: 17.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.32 C/km ThetaE index: 13.82 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 825.39 mb = 1714.62 m = 5625.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.69 C = 85.45 F Cap Strength: 1.69 C Lifted Index: -4.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.16 C Showalter Index: -2.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.15 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.25 C Cross Totals Index: 23.91 C K Index: 36.37 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 325.75 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.57 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 740.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 31.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.81 mb = 1387.88 m = 4553.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 792.81 mb = 2054.22 m = 6739.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 222.81 mb = 11454.00 m = 37578.28 ft B at Equ Level: 728.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 152.81 mb = 13848.37 m = 45433.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.1 at 29.8 knts Storm direction: 249.1 at 22.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.6 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 52.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 96.8 neg: -8.3 tot: 88.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.44 Bulk Rich Number: 26.98 Bulk Shear: 27.43 m/s