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: 39.65,-86.34 Latitude: 39.65 Longitude: -86.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 55 SFC 979 239 26.1 18.2 62 8.0 20.6 207 11 301.1 303.6 294.5 340.9 13.53 2 950 504 23.4 17.2 68 6.2 19.1 209 16 300.9 303.3 294.1 339.3 13.07 3 900 973 18.8 16.0 84 2.7 17.0 211 17 300.9 303.2 294.0 338.6 12.84 4 850 1461 14.5 14.2 98 0.3 14.3 223 20 301.3 303.6 293.6 336.9 12.08 5 800 1972 11.4 10.4 93 1.1 10.8 238 23 303.3 305.2 292.5 333.0 9.94 6 750 2509 8.3 6.1 86 2.2 7.0 239 26 305.6 307.0 291.5 329.4 7.89 7 700 3076 4.9 1.1 76 3.8 2.9 236 26 307.9 309.0 290.6 326.1 5.93 8 650 3678 2.2 -6.2 54 8.4 -1.6 225 29 311.5 312.2 289.8 323.3 3.71 9 600 4318 -2.3 -9.3 59 7.0 -5.3 217 35 313.4 314.0 289.8 323.5 3.14 10 550 5004 -6.6 -15.8 48 9.2 -9.8 224 46 316.3 316.7 289.7 323.0 2.03 11 500 5740 -12.1 -17.7 63 5.5 -13.9 231 50 318.2 318.6 290.2 324.6 1.90 12 450 6538 -16.9 -27.3 40 10.4 -19.3 235 50 322.0 322.1 290.3 325.2 0.91 13 400 7413 -22.4 -30.3 48 8.0 -23.9 241 52 325.9 326.1 291.3 328.7 0.77 14 350 8379 -29.6 -38.4 42 8.8 -30.7 245 56 328.8 328.9 291.8 330.3 0.40 15 300 9458 -38.4 -43.2 61 4.8 -38.8 249 59 331.3 331.4 292.3 332.4 0.28 16 250 10684 -49.2 -52.7 66 3.6 -49.3 250 72 332.9 333.0 292.6 333.4 0.11 17 200 12111 -57.2 -64.2 41 7.0 -57.3 246 80 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.3 0.03 18 150 13936 -57.5 -82.9 3 25.3 -57.8 241 63 370.9 370.9 300.7 371.0 0.00 19 100 16434 -65.9 -86.5 4 20.6 -66.0 251 40 400.5 400.5 305.3 400.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5685.64 m Freezing level: 625.39 mb = 3993.00 m = 13100.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.96 mb = 3456.26 m = 11339.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.98 % Est. max temperature: 27.20 C = 80.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 871.88 mb = 1244.10 m = 4081.65 ft T: 16.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.40 C/km ThetaE index: 17.61 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 862.11 mb = 1340.37 m = 4397.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.27 C = 79.28 F Cap Strength: 0.24 C Lifted Index: -5.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.48 C Showalter Index: -4.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.01 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.64 C Cross Totals Index: 26.37 C K Index: 37.04 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 383.08 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.52 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1293.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 866.01 mb = 1301.81 m = 4270.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 851.01 mb = 1451.00 m = 4760.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 211.01 mb = 11767.85 m = 38607.95 ft B at Equ Level: 1283.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 141.01 mb = 14316.78 m = 46970.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.9 at 31.2 knts Storm direction: 256.9 at 23.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.6 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 57.8 neg: -1.1 tot: 56.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.44 Bulk Rich Number: 30.39 Bulk Shear: 42.58 m/s