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: 38.16,-87.82 Latitude: 38.16 Longitude: -87.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 990 129 24.5 18.0 67 6.5 20.1 171 13 298.5 300.9 293.6 337.0 13.23 2 950 492 23.4 16.8 66 6.6 18.9 180 34 301.0 303.3 294.0 338.6 12.81 3 900 961 19.2 15.7 80 3.5 16.8 185 39 301.3 303.6 293.9 338.2 12.54 4 850 1450 15.4 11.5 77 4.0 12.9 192 38 302.3 304.2 292.3 332.1 10.04 5 800 1962 12.4 5.4 62 7.0 8.3 197 36 304.4 305.7 290.5 325.6 7.04 6 750 2499 7.5 4.5 81 3.0 5.8 195 35 304.7 306.0 290.6 326.0 7.06 7 700 3065 5.0 -1.5 63 6.5 1.7 197 33 308.0 308.9 289.7 323.2 4.90 8 650 3667 2.8 -8.1 44 10.9 -2.0 205 40 312.1 312.7 289.5 322.3 3.19 9 600 4310 -1.2 -6.3 68 5.1 -3.6 206 44 314.7 315.4 291.0 327.4 3.97 10 550 4998 -6.0 -10.3 71 4.3 -7.8 205 45 317.0 317.6 290.9 327.3 3.16 11 500 5736 -12.0 -13.3 90 1.3 -12.5 212 50 318.4 319.0 291.0 327.5 2.74 12 450 6537 -15.1 -31.1 24 16.0 -18.6 226 56 324.3 324.4 290.7 326.6 0.64 13 400 7417 -21.0 -25.9 65 4.9 -22.2 232 62 327.7 327.9 292.2 331.8 1.16 14 350 8392 -27.3 -31.4 68 4.1 -28.1 240 61 331.9 332.1 293.0 334.8 0.79 15 300 9482 -36.4 -39.7 72 3.3 -36.8 240 67 334.0 334.1 293.2 335.6 0.40 16 250 10714 -48.3 -52.0 65 3.7 -48.5 249 68 334.2 334.2 293.0 334.7 0.12 17 200 12149 -54.1 -66.7 20 12.5 -54.4 253 74 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.2 0.02 18 150 13970 -59.9 -81.5 4 21.6 -60.1 254 62 366.9 366.9 300.0 366.9 0.00 19 100 16465 -66.2 -86.8 4 20.6 -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: 5692.77 m Freezing level: 615.31 mb = 4113.37 m = 13495.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.08 mb = 3335.65 m = 10943.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.20 % Est. max temperature: 28.72 C = 83.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 900.37 mb = 957.77 m = 3142.24 ft T: 19.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.35 C/km ThetaE index: 13.05 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 840.82 mb = 1541.87 m = 5058.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.70 C = 83.65 F Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lifted Index: -4.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.09 C Showalter Index: -1.74 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.84 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.42 C Cross Totals Index: 23.42 C K Index: 32.40 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 366.18 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.96 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 710.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 31.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 866.37 mb = 1287.01 m = 4222.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 791.37 mb = 2052.41 m = 6733.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.37 mb = 11212.00 m = 36784.32 ft B at Equ Level: 701.30 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 161.37 mb = 13507.74 m = 44316.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 200.5 at 39.5 knts Storm direction: 230.5 at 29.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.2 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 205.8 neg: -14.0 tot: 191.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 64.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.90 Bulk Rich Number: 16.86 Bulk Shear: 42.14 m/s