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: 38.84,-88.78 Latitude: 38.84 Longitude: -88.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 43 SFC 986 169 26.2 18.9 64 7.3 21.1 147 6 300.6 303.2 294.8 342.0 14.12 2 950 491 22.5 17.7 74 4.8 19.2 155 8 300.0 302.5 294.2 339.6 13.52 3 900 959 18.6 15.6 83 3.0 16.6 189 16 300.7 303.0 293.7 337.3 12.49 4 850 1448 15.3 13.6 89 1.7 14.1 199 20 302.1 304.3 293.4 336.3 11.56 5 800 1960 12.2 10.6 90 1.6 11.2 208 22 304.2 306.0 292.9 334.2 10.07 6 750 2499 8.9 7.3 90 1.5 7.9 208 27 306.2 307.8 292.3 332.2 8.62 7 700 3067 5.2 1.4 76 3.8 3.2 215 30 308.2 309.4 290.8 326.9 6.05 8 650 3669 2.4 -6.2 53 8.6 -1.6 221 35 311.7 312.4 289.8 323.4 3.69 9 600 4311 -1.8 -7.9 63 6.1 -4.4 232 39 314.1 314.7 290.4 325.4 3.53 10 550 4997 -7.1 -13.5 60 6.4 -9.5 229 42 315.6 316.1 289.9 323.6 2.45 11 500 5731 -12.9 -16.6 74 3.7 -14.1 225 43 317.3 317.7 290.0 324.2 2.08 12 450 6525 -17.8 -26.8 45 9.0 -19.8 221 50 320.9 321.1 290.0 324.2 0.95 13 400 7399 -22.2 -42.8 14 20.6 -24.9 225 57 326.1 326.2 290.9 326.9 0.22 14 350 8364 -29.7 -44.2 23 14.5 -31.3 226 66 328.7 328.7 291.6 329.5 0.21 15 300 9445 -37.8 -41.1 71 3.3 -38.1 233 77 332.1 332.2 292.6 333.4 0.35 16 250 10672 -49.2 -52.7 66 3.6 -49.3 244 74 332.9 333.0 292.6 333.4 0.11 17 200 12102 -54.0 -67.8 17 13.8 -54.3 240 70 347.2 347.2 296.0 347.3 0.02 18 150 13932 -57.4 -82.7 3 25.4 -57.6 244 65 371.2 371.2 300.8 371.3 0.00 19 100 16431 -66.5 -86.1 5 19.6 -66.7 246 43 399.2 399.2 305.1 399.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.48 m Freezing level: 621.27 mb = 4037.82 m = 13247.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.56 mb = 3464.36 m = 11365.87 ft Precipitable water: 1.56 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.50 % Est. max temperature: 28.31 C = 82.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 886.81 mb = 1085.49 m = 3561.28 ft T: 17.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.80 C/km ThetaE index: 18.63 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 855.86 mb = 1389.11 m = 4557.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.58 C = 81.64 F Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lifted Index: -5.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.20 C Showalter Index: -4.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.67 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.19 C Cross Totals Index: 26.48 C K Index: 37.93 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 438.50 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.46 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1251.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.42 mb = 1196.02 m = 3923.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 820.42 mb = 1747.10 m = 5731.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 220.42 mb = 11479.42 m = 37661.67 ft B at Equ Level: 1232.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.42 mb = 13914.23 m = 45649.82 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 218.7 at 30.1 knts Storm direction: 248.7 at 22.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 153.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 153.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 51.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.90 Bulk Rich Number: 12.59 Bulk Shear: 99.45 m/s