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: 39,-86.3 Latitude: 39.00 Longitude: -86.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 63 SFC 983 213 25.8 18.1 62 7.8 20.5 188 10 300.4 302.9 294.3 339.7 13.38 2 950 512 23.0 16.8 68 6.2 18.8 194 18 300.5 302.9 293.8 338.0 12.76 3 900 980 18.6 15.5 82 3.1 16.5 201 23 300.7 302.9 293.6 337.1 12.40 4 850 1468 14.6 13.2 91 1.5 13.7 219 27 301.5 303.5 293.0 334.7 11.27 5 800 1980 11.8 11.1 95 0.7 11.3 242 25 303.7 305.6 293.0 334.7 10.40 6 750 2517 8.4 6.0 85 2.3 7.0 239 29 305.6 307.1 291.5 329.3 7.85 7 700 3084 4.8 -0.7 68 5.5 2.0 233 28 307.8 308.8 289.9 323.8 5.21 8 650 3687 3.5 -10.2 36 13.7 -2.3 224 28 313.0 313.5 289.3 321.7 2.71 9 600 4330 -1.1 -16.0 31 14.9 -6.5 223 34 314.8 315.2 289.0 320.9 1.83 10 550 5017 -5.9 -20.9 30 15.0 -10.6 227 39 317.0 317.3 289.2 321.5 1.31 11 500 5754 -12.1 -20.4 50 8.3 -14.6 231 41 318.2 318.5 289.8 323.3 1.51 12 450 6552 -16.5 -33.4 22 16.9 -19.8 232 43 322.5 322.6 290.0 324.3 0.51 13 400 7429 -21.3 -48.6 7 27.3 -24.5 241 47 327.3 327.3 291.1 327.8 0.12 14 350 8397 -29.6 -47.2 17 17.6 -31.2 241 53 328.9 328.9 291.6 329.5 0.16 15 300 9477 -38.2 -45.3 47 7.1 -38.8 247 58 331.6 331.6 292.4 332.4 0.22 16 250 10705 -48.5 -52.0 67 3.4 -48.7 248 69 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.4 0.13 17 200 12135 -57.1 -64.2 40 7.1 -57.3 248 77 342.3 342.3 294.9 342.4 0.03 18 150 13957 -58.2 -83.4 3 25.2 -58.5 244 67 369.8 369.8 300.5 369.8 0.00 19 100 16445 -66.4 -87.0 4 20.5 -66.5 251 38 399.4 399.4 305.1 399.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.52 m Freezing level: 611.84 mb = 4177.40 m = 13705.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.48 mb = 3362.01 m = 11030.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.58 % Est. max temperature: 27.58 C = 81.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 877.85 mb = 1193.04 m = 3914.13 ft T: 16.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.34 C/km ThetaE index: 18.77 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 855.27 mb = 1415.41 m = 4643.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.76 C = 80.17 F Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lifted Index: -4.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.21 C Showalter Index: -3.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.08 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.77 C Cross Totals Index: 25.31 C K Index: 34.47 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 364.34 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.28 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 876.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.20 mb = 1316.88 m = 4320.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 840.20 mb = 1566.02 m = 5137.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 220.20 mb = 11518.29 m = 37789.19 ft B at Equ Level: 865.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.20 mb = 13947.91 m = 45760.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.2 at 30.4 knts Storm direction: 256.2 at 22.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.9 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 126.9 neg: -9.1 tot: 117.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.68 Bulk Rich Number: 18.61 Bulk Shear: 47.12 m/s