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: 41.18,-85.72 Latitude: 41.18 Longitude: -85.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 35 SFC 974 265 25.7 17.0 59 8.7 19.8 210 14 301.1 303.4 293.9 338.1 12.59 2 950 485 23.9 16.2 62 7.7 18.7 212 23 301.4 303.7 293.7 337.6 12.26 3 900 955 19.3 15.1 76 4.2 16.5 214 26 301.4 303.6 293.6 336.9 12.06 4 850 1443 14.8 13.7 93 1.1 14.1 218 28 301.6 303.8 293.3 336.0 11.66 5 800 1954 11.6 10.0 90 1.6 10.6 235 32 303.5 305.3 292.4 332.5 9.71 6 750 2491 8.1 3.7 74 4.4 5.6 245 30 305.4 306.6 290.5 325.5 6.65 7 700 3058 5.2 -5.3 47 10.5 0.3 247 33 308.2 308.9 288.6 319.7 3.68 8 650 3658 1.8 -14.6 28 16.4 -4.3 244 38 311.0 311.3 287.8 317.1 1.89 9 600 4299 -2.3 -13.9 41 11.6 -6.7 244 41 313.4 313.8 288.9 320.5 2.17 10 550 4982 -8.0 -15.5 55 7.5 -10.6 246 41 314.6 315.0 289.2 321.5 2.09 11 500 5715 -12.5 -14.4 86 1.9 -13.2 243 40 317.8 318.3 290.6 326.1 2.51 12 450 6514 -17.1 -19.0 85 1.9 -17.7 231 43 321.7 322.1 291.2 328.1 1.89 13 400 7385 -23.4 -25.9 80 2.5 -23.9 231 50 324.6 324.8 291.3 328.7 1.16 14 350 8348 -30.1 -33.1 75 3.0 -30.6 227 56 328.1 328.3 291.9 330.6 0.67 15 300 9426 -39.1 -42.4 71 3.3 -39.4 231 64 330.2 330.3 292.1 331.4 0.30 16 250 10645 -50.7 -54.3 66 3.6 -50.8 242 80 330.7 330.7 292.0 331.1 0.10 17 200 12064 -56.2 -68.0 22 11.7 -56.4 250 83 343.7 343.7 295.2 343.8 0.02 18 150 13899 -57.3 -80.9 4 23.5 -57.6 237 62 371.3 371.3 300.8 371.3 0.00 19 100 16411 -64.7 -86.9 3 22.2 -64.8 257 43 402.8 402.8 305.6 402.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5679.36 m Freezing level: 628.48 mb = 3934.08 m = 12906.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 696.64 mb = 3096.93 m = 10160.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.20 % Est. max temperature: 27.19 C = 80.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 857.62 mb = 1366.88 m = 4484.47 ft T: 15.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.66 C/km ThetaE index: 21.00 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 840.04 mb = 1542.53 m = 5060.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.59 C = 79.86 F Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lifted Index: -4.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.64 C Showalter Index: -4.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.49 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.28 C Cross Totals Index: 26.21 C K Index: 30.50 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 429.20 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1175.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 847.43 mb = 1468.63 m = 4818.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 822.43 mb = 1721.16 m = 5646.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 222.43 mb = 11387.98 m = 37361.70 ft B at Equ Level: 1169.81 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 142.43 mb = 14220.10 m = 46653.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.5 at 34.5 knts Storm direction: 268.5 at 25.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.6 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 152.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 152.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.01 Bulk Rich Number: 27.65 Bulk Shear: 42.50 m/s