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: 38.19,-87.59 Latitude: 38.19 Longitude: -87.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 991 136 26.9 17.8 57 9.2 20.6 192 14 300.9 303.2 294.1 339.1 13.01 2 950 508 23.5 16.5 65 7.0 18.7 196 22 301.0 303.3 293.7 337.7 12.48 3 900 977 19.0 15.2 79 3.8 16.4 201 24 301.1 303.3 293.5 336.7 12.12 4 850 1466 16.1 11.6 75 4.5 13.2 226 28 303.0 304.8 292.5 333.0 10.11 5 800 1979 12.2 12.0 98 0.2 12.1 228 23 304.2 306.2 293.6 337.2 11.08 6 750 2517 8.5 7.5 93 1.0 7.9 228 24 305.8 307.5 292.3 332.2 8.73 7 700 3085 4.7 0.8 76 3.9 2.6 222 25 307.7 308.8 290.4 325.5 5.79 8 650 3686 2.4 -6.7 51 9.1 -1.7 214 30 311.7 312.4 289.7 323.0 3.56 9 600 4329 -0.6 -12.5 40 11.9 -5.3 215 35 315.4 315.9 289.8 323.4 2.45 10 550 5018 -5.8 -12.9 57 7.1 -8.5 223 39 317.2 317.7 290.5 325.6 2.58 11 500 5755 -12.2 -15.7 75 3.5 -13.4 227 40 318.2 318.6 290.5 325.7 2.25 12 450 6554 -15.7 -34.0 19 18.3 -19.3 227 43 323.4 323.5 290.3 325.2 0.48 13 400 7434 -20.9 -48.7 6 27.8 -24.2 238 52 327.8 327.9 291.2 328.3 0.11 14 350 8403 -28.9 -45.7 18 16.8 -30.7 238 57 329.8 329.8 291.9 330.5 0.18 15 300 9485 -37.8 -44.3 51 6.5 -38.4 241 66 332.1 332.2 292.6 333.1 0.25 16 250 10715 -48.4 -51.8 68 3.4 -48.6 243 71 334.1 334.1 293.0 334.6 0.13 17 200 12147 -56.9 -62.2 52 5.2 -57.1 245 74 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.8 0.04 18 150 13965 -58.4 -83.6 3 25.2 -58.6 241 70 369.5 369.5 300.5 369.5 0.00 19 100 16453 -67.1 -86.4 5 19.3 -67.2 250 40 398.0 398.0 304.9 398.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.51 m Freezing level: 609.77 mb = 4203.60 m = 13791.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.63 mb = 3444.27 m = 11299.96 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.68 % Est. max temperature: 29.27 C = 84.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 866.87 mb = 1298.06 m = 4258.68 ft T: 17.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.32 C/km ThetaE index: 14.19 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 825.78 mb = 1710.73 m = 5612.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.64 C = 85.35 F Cap Strength: 1.63 C Lifted Index: -4.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.25 C Showalter Index: -2.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.99 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.25 C Cross Totals Index: 23.74 C K Index: 35.89 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 322.27 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.49 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 757.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 29.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.48 mb = 1401.30 m = 4597.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 791.48 mb = 2068.35 m = 6785.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 221.48 mb = 11492.15 m = 37703.44 ft B at Equ Level: 744.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 161.48 mb = 13499.24 m = 44288.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.5 at 29.8 knts Storm direction: 249.5 at 22.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.6 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 53.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 96.1 neg: -7.9 tot: 88.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.45 Bulk Rich Number: 26.97 Bulk Shear: 28.08 m/s