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: 39.14,-88.53 Latitude: 39.14 Longitude: -88.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 44 SFC 985 179 24.6 19.4 73 5.2 21.0 151 6 299.1 301.7 294.7 341.6 14.58 2 950 491 21.0 18.0 83 3.0 18.9 162 8 298.5 301.0 294.0 338.7 13.80 3 900 958 18.2 14.5 79 3.7 15.8 193 15 300.3 302.4 292.9 334.3 11.59 4 850 1446 15.6 11.3 76 4.2 12.9 206 19 302.5 304.3 292.3 332.0 9.97 5 800 1959 12.6 8.9 78 3.6 10.3 215 24 304.6 306.2 292.2 331.6 9.01 6 750 2497 9.0 6.8 86 2.1 7.7 211 27 306.3 307.9 292.1 331.4 8.30 7 700 3066 5.8 2.3 78 3.5 3.8 224 32 308.9 310.1 291.3 328.7 6.44 8 650 3668 1.9 -3.1 69 5.0 -0.5 228 36 311.1 312.0 290.5 325.9 4.69 9 600 4309 -2.6 -5.8 79 3.1 -4.1 236 41 313.1 313.9 290.6 326.2 4.15 10 550 4993 -7.7 -10.4 81 2.7 -8.8 235 44 314.9 315.5 290.3 325.1 3.14 11 500 5727 -12.9 -18.3 64 5.5 -14.6 227 46 317.3 317.7 289.8 323.3 1.80 12 450 6521 -17.6 -28.8 37 11.2 -20.0 221 49 321.1 321.2 289.9 323.9 0.78 13 400 7395 -22.2 -43.0 13 20.8 -25.0 223 52 326.1 326.1 290.8 326.9 0.21 14 350 8361 -29.7 -45.7 20 16.0 -31.3 226 63 328.7 328.7 291.5 329.4 0.18 15 300 9440 -38.1 -41.5 70 3.4 -38.4 230 74 331.7 331.8 292.5 333.0 0.34 16 250 10668 -49.1 -52.4 68 3.4 -49.2 239 75 333.1 333.1 292.7 333.6 0.12 17 200 12096 -54.4 -66.9 20 12.5 -54.6 239 69 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.7 0.02 18 150 13926 -57.4 -82.8 3 25.4 -57.7 243 64 371.2 371.2 300.8 371.2 0.00 19 100 16426 -66.2 -86.8 4 20.6 -66.3 246 44 399.8 399.8 305.2 399.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5683.00 m Freezing level: 628.85 mb = 3939.60 m = 12925.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.85 mb = 3595.59 m = 11796.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.44 % Est. max temperature: 28.62 C = 83.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 912.97 mb = 834.26 m = 2737.03 ft T: 18.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.01 C/km ThetaE index: 15.71 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 843.36 mb = 1512.26 m = 4961.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.26 C = 82.88 F Cap Strength: 1.47 C Lifted Index: -5.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.06 C Showalter Index: -2.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.71 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.48 C Cross Totals Index: 24.23 C K Index: 36.31 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 364.73 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.75 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 985.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 36.38 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.06 mb = 1100.69 m = 3611.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 770.06 mb = 2276.90 m = 7470.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.06 mb = 11199.62 m = 36743.71 ft B at Equ Level: 975.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 160.06 mb = 13512.71 m = 44332.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.1 at 31.4 knts Storm direction: 254.1 at 23.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 169.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 169.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 56.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.75 Bulk Rich Number: 9.13 Bulk Shear: 107.92 m/s