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: 39,-86.3 Latitude: 39.00 Longitude: -86.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 49 SFC 981 212 22.9 17.2 70 5.7 19.1 173 9 297.7 300.0 292.9 334.5 12.68 2 950 496 22.5 16.5 69 6.0 18.4 181 28 300.0 302.3 293.4 336.6 12.49 3 900 964 18.9 14.3 75 4.6 15.9 193 36 301.0 303.1 293.0 334.8 11.49 4 850 1453 16.2 9.0 62 7.3 11.8 204 34 303.2 304.7 291.3 328.5 8.48 5 800 1965 11.8 10.1 89 1.7 10.7 204 31 303.7 305.5 292.4 332.7 9.72 6 750 2502 8.4 6.7 89 1.6 7.4 205 27 305.7 307.2 291.9 330.5 8.25 7 700 3070 5.0 0.6 73 4.3 2.7 208 28 308.0 309.1 290.5 325.7 5.74 8 650 3672 3.5 -8.9 40 12.3 -1.9 207 35 312.9 313.4 289.5 322.5 3.00 9 600 4317 -0.4 -8.8 53 8.4 -4.1 210 36 315.7 316.3 290.6 326.2 3.27 10 550 5006 -5.9 -11.6 64 5.7 -8.2 217 36 317.1 317.7 290.7 326.5 2.86 11 500 5743 -12.2 -18.3 60 6.2 -14.1 218 38 318.2 318.6 290.0 324.3 1.81 12 450 6543 -15.4 -34.0 19 18.7 -19.0 225 49 323.9 324.0 290.5 325.7 0.48 13 400 7422 -21.8 -29.4 50 7.6 -23.4 234 57 326.7 326.8 291.6 329.7 0.84 14 350 8392 -27.9 -30.6 78 2.7 -28.4 247 60 331.1 331.3 292.9 334.2 0.86 15 300 9478 -37.5 -42.7 58 5.2 -38.0 253 71 332.5 332.5 292.7 333.6 0.30 16 250 10707 -48.9 -52.4 67 3.5 -49.0 249 75 333.4 333.5 292.7 333.9 0.12 17 200 12137 -55.9 -66.2 26 10.3 -56.1 254 62 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.4 0.03 18 150 13956 -58.3 -81.7 3 23.3 -58.6 252 62 369.6 369.6 300.5 369.6 0.00 19 100 16454 -65.8 -86.4 4 20.6 -66.0 251 38 400.6 400.6 305.3 400.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.81 m Freezing level: 605.24 mb = 4249.35 m = 13941.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 670.67 mb = 3417.64 m = 11212.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.60 % Est. max temperature: 28.59 C = 83.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.10 mb = 943.58 m = 3095.70 ft T: 19.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.41 C/km ThetaE index: 10.19 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 818.75 mb = 1769.21 m = 5804.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.74 C = 83.73 F Cap Strength: 2.47 C Lifted Index: -3.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.12 C Showalter Index: -0.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.50 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.39 C Cross Totals Index: 21.11 C K Index: 32.99 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 277.31 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.81 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 332.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 58.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 858.93 mb = 1363.53 m = 4473.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 773.93 mb = 2240.85 m = 7351.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 653.93 mb = 3623.23 m = 11887.10 ft B at Equ Level: 40.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 183.93 mb = 12666.59 m = 41556.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 207.8 at 33.2 knts Storm direction: 237.8 at 24.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 213.2 neg: -24.6 tot: 188.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 62.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.42 Bulk Rich Number: 9.77 Bulk Shear: 34.04 m/s