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: 38.28,-87.48 Latitude: 38.28 Longitude: -87.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 57 SFC 991 140 27.4 17.7 56 9.7 20.8 191 14 301.4 303.8 294.3 339.7 13.01 2 950 508 23.7 16.4 64 7.3 18.7 196 22 301.2 303.5 293.7 337.8 12.43 3 900 977 19.1 15.3 78 3.9 16.5 201 24 301.2 303.5 293.6 337.2 12.21 4 850 1466 15.9 11.5 75 4.4 13.1 224 28 302.8 304.7 292.4 332.8 10.09 5 800 1979 12.2 11.9 99 0.2 12.0 230 23 304.1 306.2 293.6 337.0 11.04 6 750 2517 8.5 7.3 92 1.2 7.8 229 24 305.8 307.4 292.2 331.6 8.57 7 700 3084 4.6 0.1 73 4.5 2.3 223 26 307.6 308.6 290.2 324.6 5.52 8 650 3685 2.6 -7.8 46 10.3 -2.0 215 30 311.9 312.5 289.5 322.3 3.28 9 600 4329 -0.5 -14.4 34 13.9 -5.8 217 35 315.5 315.9 289.5 322.4 2.09 10 550 5018 -5.8 -13.9 53 8.0 -8.8 223 39 317.2 317.7 290.3 325.1 2.38 11 500 5755 -12.2 -15.8 75 3.6 -13.4 228 40 318.2 318.6 290.5 325.6 2.24 12 450 6553 -15.8 -34.4 19 18.6 -19.4 228 43 323.3 323.4 290.3 325.0 0.46 13 400 7433 -21.0 -47.7 7 26.7 -24.2 238 51 327.7 327.8 291.2 328.2 0.13 14 350 8402 -29.1 -44.3 22 15.2 -30.7 238 56 329.6 329.6 291.8 330.4 0.21 15 300 9484 -37.9 -44.0 53 6.1 -38.4 240 64 332.0 332.0 292.5 333.0 0.26 16 250 10713 -48.3 -51.7 68 3.4 -48.4 243 71 334.3 334.3 293.0 334.8 0.13 17 200 12145 -57.1 -62.3 51 5.2 -57.2 245 74 342.4 342.4 294.9 342.6 0.04 18 150 13964 -58.3 -83.5 3 25.2 -58.6 241 70 369.6 369.6 300.5 369.6 0.00 19 100 16452 -67.0 -86.3 5 19.3 -67.1 249 40 398.3 398.3 305.0 398.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.80 m Freezing level: 608.42 mb = 4220.84 m = 13847.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.24 mb = 3400.37 m = 11155.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.26 % Est. max temperature: 29.12 C = 84.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 860.22 mb = 1363.86 m = 4474.56 ft T: 16.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.29 C/km ThetaE index: 14.69 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 827.44 mb = 1693.62 m = 5556.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.45 C = 85.02 F Cap Strength: 1.41 C Lifted Index: -4.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.37 C Showalter Index: -2.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.82 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.12 C Cross Totals Index: 23.69 C K Index: 35.13 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 323.40 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.45 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 816.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.48 mb = 1431.22 m = 4695.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 798.48 mb = 1994.79 m = 6544.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.48 mb = 11290.96 m = 37043.40 ft B at Equ Level: 814.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 158.48 mb = 13616.31 m = 44672.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 220.4 at 29.9 knts Storm direction: 250.4 at 22.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.7 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 56.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 97.9 neg: -7.0 tot: 90.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.49 Bulk Rich Number: 26.51 Bulk Shear: 30.80 m/s