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: 41.27,-86.01 Latitude: 41.27 Longitude: -86.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 32 SFC 975 257 25.2 17.0 61 8.1 19.6 212 12 300.5 302.8 293.7 337.6 12.63 2 950 481 23.6 16.3 63 7.3 18.7 213 22 301.1 303.4 293.7 337.4 12.34 3 900 951 19.1 15.2 78 3.9 16.5 214 26 301.1 303.4 293.5 336.8 12.13 4 850 1439 14.6 14.0 97 0.5 14.3 215 28 301.4 303.6 293.4 336.6 11.94 5 800 1950 11.4 10.4 93 1.1 10.8 230 33 303.4 305.2 292.5 332.9 9.94 6 750 2487 8.0 4.6 79 3.5 6.1 239 31 305.3 306.6 290.7 326.7 7.09 7 700 3053 4.7 -2.4 60 7.1 1.2 243 32 307.7 308.6 289.3 321.9 4.59 8 650 3653 1.6 -9.3 44 11.0 -3.0 244 37 310.8 311.4 288.8 320.1 2.90 9 600 4294 -2.4 -16.6 32 14.3 -7.3 243 42 313.4 313.7 288.5 319.1 1.73 10 550 4977 -8.0 -18.2 44 10.2 -11.3 246 43 314.6 314.9 288.8 320.1 1.66 11 500 5709 -13.0 -14.9 86 1.9 -13.7 250 46 317.2 317.6 290.3 325.1 2.40 12 450 6507 -17.1 -19.1 85 1.9 -17.7 235 45 321.7 322.0 291.2 328.1 1.88 13 400 7379 -23.1 -25.4 81 2.3 -23.7 229 54 324.9 325.2 291.5 329.2 1.21 14 350 8343 -30.1 -32.9 76 2.9 -30.5 225 63 328.2 328.4 291.9 330.7 0.68 15 300 9420 -39.2 -42.4 71 3.3 -39.5 231 70 330.1 330.2 292.0 331.3 0.30 16 250 10639 -50.6 -54.0 67 3.4 -50.7 244 84 330.9 330.9 292.0 331.3 0.10 17 200 12059 -56.6 -67.8 23 11.3 -56.8 248 85 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.3 0.02 18 150 13894 -57.1 -80.7 4 23.6 -57.4 237 62 371.7 371.7 300.9 371.7 0.00 19 100 16408 -64.6 -86.8 3 22.2 -64.8 257 43 402.8 402.8 305.6 402.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5676.37 m Freezing level: 629.42 mb = 3916.88 m = 12850.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 685.43 mb = 3223.36 m = 10575.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.25 % Est. max temperature: 27.02 C = 80.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 865.21 mb = 1287.31 m = 4223.42 ft T: 15.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.68 C/km ThetaE index: 18.49 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 847.07 mb = 1467.94 m = 4816.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.17 C = 79.11 F Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lifted Index: -5.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.04 C Showalter Index: -4.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.67 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.60 C Cross Totals Index: 27.07 C K Index: 34.54 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 480.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1177.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 852.58 mb = 1412.94 m = 4635.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 837.58 mb = 1562.99 m = 5127.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 217.58 mb = 11522.89 m = 37804.28 ft B at Equ Level: 1163.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 147.58 mb = 13994.73 m = 45913.90 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.7 at 35.7 knts Storm direction: 268.7 at 26.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 164.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 164.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 54.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.09 Bulk Rich Number: 23.88 Bulk Shear: 49.32 m/s