MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 38.14,-87.85 Latitude: 38.14 Longitude: -87.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 43 SFC 990 128 24.6 18.0 67 6.6 20.1 171 13 298.5 300.9 293.6 337.0 13.21 2 950 492 23.5 16.8 66 6.7 18.9 180 34 301.0 303.3 293.9 338.5 12.74 3 900 961 19.2 15.7 80 3.5 16.8 185 39 301.3 303.6 293.9 338.3 12.55 4 850 1450 15.4 11.6 78 3.8 13.0 192 38 302.3 304.1 292.3 332.3 10.13 5 800 1962 12.4 5.4 62 7.0 8.4 197 36 304.4 305.7 290.5 325.6 7.04 6 750 2499 7.5 4.1 79 3.4 5.6 195 35 304.7 306.0 290.4 325.4 6.84 7 700 3065 5.0 -1.9 61 6.9 1.6 197 33 308.1 309.0 289.6 322.8 4.76 8 650 3667 2.8 -8.0 45 10.8 -2.0 205 40 312.2 312.8 289.5 322.4 3.22 9 600 4310 -1.2 -6.3 69 5.0 -3.6 206 44 314.7 315.4 291.0 327.4 3.98 10 550 4998 -6.0 -10.3 71 4.3 -7.8 205 45 317.0 317.6 290.9 327.3 3.17 11 500 5736 -11.9 -13.3 90 1.3 -12.5 211 50 318.5 319.0 291.0 327.5 2.75 12 450 6537 -15.1 -30.4 26 15.3 -18.5 226 56 324.2 324.3 290.7 326.6 0.68 13 400 7417 -21.0 -26.1 64 5.1 -22.2 232 62 327.7 327.9 292.2 331.7 1.14 14 350 8392 -27.2 -31.1 69 3.9 -27.9 239 61 332.1 332.2 293.1 335.1 0.81 15 300 9482 -36.5 -40.0 70 3.5 -36.8 240 67 334.0 334.1 293.2 335.5 0.39 16 250 10714 -48.4 -52.2 64 3.8 -48.6 249 68 334.2 334.2 293.0 334.6 0.12 17 200 12149 -54.1 -66.8 20 12.7 -54.3 253 74 347.2 347.2 296.0 347.3 0.02 18 150 13971 -60.0 -81.6 4 21.6 -60.2 254 62 366.8 366.8 300.0 366.8 0.00 19 100 16465 -66.3 -86.8 4 20.5 -66.4 255 42 399.7 399.7 305.2 399.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5692.86 m Freezing level: 615.33 mb = 4113.11 m = 13494.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.59 mb = 3329.49 m = 10923.40 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.86 % Est. max temperature: 28.67 C = 83.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 899.71 mb = 964.04 m = 3162.82 ft T: 19.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.36 C/km ThetaE index: 16.00 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 841.41 mb = 1535.95 m = 5039.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.63 C = 83.53 F Cap Strength: 1.27 C Lifted Index: -4.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.00 C Showalter Index: -1.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.85 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.33 C Cross Totals Index: 23.52 C K Index: 31.97 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 368.22 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.99 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 695.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 30.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.74 mb = 1293.20 m = 4242.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 800.74 mb = 1954.33 m = 6411.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.74 mb = 11229.63 m = 36842.19 ft B at Equ Level: 684.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 160.74 mb = 13532.83 m = 44398.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 200.5 at 39.6 knts Storm direction: 230.5 at 29.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.2 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 205.2 neg: -12.3 tot: 192.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 64.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.87 Bulk Rich Number: 16.46 Bulk Shear: 42.23 m/s