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: 41.65,-86.37 Latitude: 41.65 Longitude: -86.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 31 SFC 977 233 23.8 17.8 69 5.9 19.7 227 8 298.9 301.3 293.7 337.4 13.24 2 950 479 22.5 16.2 68 6.3 18.3 226 17 300.0 302.3 293.3 336.0 12.30 3 900 946 18.1 15.0 82 3.1 16.1 223 21 300.2 302.4 293.2 335.4 12.03 4 850 1433 13.7 13.4 98 0.3 13.5 221 22 300.5 302.6 292.8 334.1 11.44 5 800 1942 10.4 10.0 98 0.4 10.2 232 28 302.2 304.0 292.0 330.9 9.70 6 750 2477 7.3 7.0 98 0.3 7.1 237 34 304.5 306.1 291.6 329.7 8.39 7 700 3042 3.8 3.4 97 0.4 3.6 238 36 306.7 308.0 291.2 328.0 7.00 8 650 3641 0.0 -0.8 94 0.9 -0.4 240 37 309.0 310.1 290.6 326.1 5.54 9 600 4278 -3.0 -4.5 90 1.4 -3.7 242 41 312.6 313.5 290.9 327.0 4.57 10 550 4963 -7.0 -16.4 47 9.4 -10.2 241 46 315.8 316.2 289.4 322.2 1.93 11 500 5697 -13.0 -27.0 30 14.0 -16.4 248 54 317.2 317.3 288.8 320.1 0.84 12 450 6491 -18.0 -21.0 78 3.0 -18.8 242 62 320.6 320.9 290.6 326.1 1.60 13 400 7363 -23.0 -25.4 81 2.4 -23.6 230 64 325.0 325.3 291.5 329.3 1.21 14 350 8327 -30.2 -33.0 76 2.9 -30.6 227 73 328.1 328.2 291.9 330.6 0.68 15 300 9404 -39.4 -42.7 71 3.3 -39.7 230 77 329.8 329.9 292.0 331.0 0.30 16 250 10622 -50.7 -54.2 67 3.4 -50.8 240 87 330.6 330.7 292.0 331.0 0.10 17 200 12042 -56.0 -68.6 19 12.6 -56.2 246 83 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.1 0.02 18 150 13880 -56.7 -80.7 3 24.0 -57.0 239 63 372.4 372.4 301.0 372.4 0.00 19 100 16399 -64.2 -86.4 3 22.3 -64.3 256 42 403.8 403.8 305.7 403.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5666.22 m Freezing level: 649.27 mb = 3649.94 m = 11974.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.90 mb = 3580.03 m = 11745.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.77 % Est. max temperature: 26.14 C = 79.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 895.60 mb = 987.77 m = 3240.69 ft T: 17.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.35 C/km ThetaE index: 11.30 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 860.35 mb = 1329.69 m = 4362.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.31 C = 77.56 F Cap Strength: 0.42 C Lifted Index: -4.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.53 C Showalter Index: -3.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.16 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.73 C Cross Totals Index: 26.43 C K Index: 39.72 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 423.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.83 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1074.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 866.42 mb = 1269.81 m = 4166.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 851.42 mb = 1418.51 m = 4653.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 221.42 mb = 11394.52 m = 37383.14 ft B at Equ Level: 1054.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 151.42 mb = 13819.81 m = 45340.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.1 at 36.2 knts Storm direction: 269.1 at 27.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 2.4 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 144.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 144.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.81 Bulk Rich Number: 17.05 Bulk Shear: 62.99 m/s