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: 41.46,-85.64 Latitude: 41.46 Longitude: -85.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 974 272 20.8 16.9 78 3.9 18.2 227 6 296.2 298.5 292.4 332.4 12.56 2 950 487 20.7 15.8 74 4.9 17.5 228 17 298.2 300.4 292.6 333.1 12.00 3 900 952 18.0 10.5 62 7.5 13.4 235 27 300.1 301.7 290.6 326.3 8.90 4 850 1439 14.3 8.4 68 5.9 10.7 232 29 301.1 302.6 290.3 325.2 8.16 5 800 1947 10.5 6.0 74 4.5 7.9 229 29 302.3 303.7 290.0 324.2 7.33 6 750 2482 7.5 3.4 75 4.1 5.2 231 36 304.7 305.9 290.1 324.4 6.51 7 700 3047 3.6 1.9 89 1.7 2.7 231 45 306.5 307.6 290.5 325.6 6.28 8 650 3645 -0.4 -0.9 96 0.5 -0.6 231 43 308.5 309.6 290.5 325.6 5.52 9 600 4281 -4.2 -6.0 87 1.8 -5.0 227 42 311.3 312.0 290.0 324.1 4.06 10 550 4964 -7.0 -12.9 62 6.0 -9.2 233 45 315.8 316.3 290.0 324.2 2.57 11 500 5700 -11.7 -18.1 59 6.5 -13.7 234 49 318.8 319.1 290.3 324.9 1.83 12 450 6500 -16.7 -22.2 63 5.4 -18.2 228 46 322.2 322.5 290.9 327.1 1.44 13 400 7374 -22.7 -34.0 35 11.3 -24.6 225 49 325.5 325.6 291.0 327.4 0.54 14 350 8335 -31.0 -35.0 68 4.0 -31.6 226 56 327.0 327.1 291.5 329.0 0.56 15 300 9412 -38.7 -41.9 71 3.3 -39.0 228 61 330.8 330.9 292.3 332.1 0.32 16 250 10634 -50.2 -53.4 69 3.2 -50.3 230 69 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.8 0.11 17 200 12064 -56.1 -69.4 17 13.4 -56.2 255 67 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.1 0.02 18 150 13892 -57.9 -81.3 3 23.4 -58.1 247 53 370.4 370.4 300.7 370.4 0.00 19 100 16409 -63.9 -86.2 3 22.3 -64.0 252 36 404.3 404.3 305.8 404.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5657.46 m Freezing level: 654.65 mb = 3589.16 m = 11775.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.52 mb = 3527.48 m = 11572.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.66 % Est. max temperature: 26.30 C = 79.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.50 mb = 767.64 m = 2518.46 ft T: 19.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.76 C/km ThetaE index: 8.92 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 809.96 mb = 1843.51 m = 6048.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.64 C = 79.94 F Cap Strength: 2.06 C Lifted Index: -0.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.53 C Showalter Index: 1.89 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.03 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.95 C Cross Totals Index: 20.08 C K Index: 32.64 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 236.84 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.08 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 93.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 65.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 846.14 mb = 1476.81 m = 4845.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 721.14 mb = 2803.52 m = 9197.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 471.14 mb = 6151.43 m = 20181.61 ft B at Equ Level: 93.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 301.14 mb = 9385.65 m = 30792.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.5 at 38.1 knts Storm direction: 261.5 at 28.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.8 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 151.6 neg: -1.5 tot: 150.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 50.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 1.47 Bulk Shear: 63.62 m/s