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: 41.66,-86.22 Latitude: 41.66 Longitude: -86.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 977 238 24.0 17.7 68 6.3 19.7 225 8 299.1 301.5 293.7 337.5 13.16 2 950 478 22.7 16.2 67 6.5 18.3 225 17 300.2 302.5 293.4 336.2 12.27 3 900 946 18.3 15.1 81 3.2 16.2 222 22 300.4 302.6 293.3 335.8 12.07 4 850 1433 13.8 13.6 98 0.3 13.7 220 24 300.6 302.7 293.0 334.6 11.58 5 800 1942 10.6 10.3 98 0.3 10.4 231 29 302.4 304.2 292.2 331.7 9.89 6 750 2479 7.6 7.3 98 0.3 7.4 237 35 304.8 306.4 291.9 330.6 8.59 7 700 3044 3.9 3.4 97 0.5 3.6 239 36 306.8 308.1 291.2 328.1 7.00 8 650 3643 0.3 -1.4 88 1.7 -0.6 241 37 309.3 310.3 290.5 325.7 5.31 9 600 4281 -3.0 -7.1 73 4.2 -4.8 243 43 312.7 313.4 290.1 324.5 3.73 10 550 4965 -7.1 -20.2 34 13.1 -11.2 242 46 315.6 315.9 288.8 320.3 1.39 11 500 5699 -13.2 -25.7 34 12.5 -16.3 248 53 317.0 317.2 288.8 320.3 0.95 12 450 6492 -18.0 -20.6 80 2.7 -18.7 242 60 320.7 321.0 290.6 326.3 1.65 13 400 7365 -23.1 -25.4 81 2.4 -23.6 232 62 325.0 325.3 291.5 329.3 1.21 14 350 8328 -30.2 -33.0 76 2.9 -30.6 227 73 328.1 328.2 291.9 330.6 0.68 15 300 9406 -39.3 -42.5 72 3.2 -39.5 229 77 330.0 330.1 292.0 331.2 0.30 16 250 10624 -50.7 -54.2 67 3.4 -50.8 239 86 330.6 330.6 292.0 331.0 0.10 17 200 12044 -56.0 -68.7 19 12.7 -56.2 246 83 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.1 0.02 18 150 13881 -56.7 -80.3 4 23.6 -57.0 239 63 372.4 372.4 301.0 372.4 0.00 19 100 16400 -64.2 -86.5 3 22.3 -64.4 257 42 403.7 403.7 305.7 403.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5668.15 m Freezing level: 645.67 mb = 3697.87 m = 12131.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 656.80 mb = 3558.53 m = 11674.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.57 % Est. max temperature: 26.26 C = 79.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 890.93 mb = 1032.72 m = 3388.15 ft T: 17.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.42 C/km ThetaE index: 17.28 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 858.40 mb = 1349.62 m = 4427.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.41 C = 77.73 F Cap Strength: 0.37 C Lifted Index: -4.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.52 C Showalter Index: -4.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.70 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.98 C Cross Totals Index: 26.73 C K Index: 40.06 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 440.66 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.90 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1100.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 863.74 mb = 1296.74 m = 4254.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 848.74 mb = 1445.82 m = 4743.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.74 mb = 11189.43 m = 36710.28 ft B at Equ Level: 1098.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 148.74 mb = 13933.71 m = 45713.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.2 at 36.7 knts Storm direction: 269.2 at 27.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 2.5 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 158.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 158.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 52.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.91 Bulk Rich Number: 16.85 Bulk Shear: 65.32 m/s