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: 41.65,-86.19 Latitude: 41.65 Longitude: -86.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 978 239 19.3 19.1 99 0.2 19.1 285 5 294.3 296.9 293.2 335.3 14.34 2 950 485 17.9 17.5 98 0.4 17.7 269 14 295.4 297.8 292.7 333.8 13.40 3 900 947 15.6 14.5 93 1.1 14.9 251 17 297.6 299.7 292.0 331.3 11.62 4 850 1431 13.0 11.9 93 1.1 12.3 237 21 299.7 301.6 291.7 330.1 10.37 5 800 1939 10.1 8.5 90 1.6 9.2 229 25 301.9 303.5 291.1 327.9 8.75 6 750 2473 6.9 4.2 83 2.7 5.4 225 31 304.0 305.3 290.2 324.8 6.90 7 700 3037 2.9 0.3 83 2.6 1.6 225 38 305.7 306.8 289.6 322.8 5.60 8 650 3632 -0.9 -2.7 88 1.8 -1.8 224 41 307.9 308.8 289.6 322.8 4.81 9 600 4268 -3.8 -6.3 83 2.5 -5.0 224 40 311.7 312.4 290.0 324.2 3.97 10 550 4952 -6.9 -8.7 87 1.8 -7.7 230 43 315.9 316.6 291.0 327.5 3.60 11 500 5689 -11.7 -14.8 77 3.2 -12.8 230 48 318.8 319.3 290.8 326.9 2.42 12 450 6488 -16.8 -21.8 65 4.9 -18.2 226 47 322.1 322.4 290.9 327.2 1.49 13 400 7362 -23.0 -33.0 40 10.0 -24.8 224 50 325.1 325.2 290.9 327.3 0.59 14 350 8323 -31.1 -35.2 67 4.1 -31.7 225 56 326.8 326.9 291.4 328.8 0.54 15 300 9399 -38.9 -42.2 71 3.3 -39.2 225 51 330.5 330.6 292.2 331.7 0.31 16 250 10620 -50.2 -53.6 68 3.3 -50.4 227 67 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.8 0.10 17 200 12055 -55.2 -70.2 14 15.0 -55.5 257 65 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.4 0.01 18 150 13881 -58.2 -81.6 3 23.4 -58.5 245 51 369.7 369.7 300.5 369.8 0.00 19 100 16401 -63.5 -87.7 2 24.2 -63.7 253 38 405.1 405.1 305.9 405.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5645.58 m Freezing level: 662.10 mb = 3488.02 m = 11443.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.43 mb = 3311.85 m = 10865.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.21 % Est. max temperature: 25.62 C = 78.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 974.50 mb = 265.74 m = 871.85 ft T: 19.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.50 C/km ThetaE index: 12.52 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 905.47 mb = 895.00 m = 2936.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.25 C = 72.05 F Cap Strength: 0.35 C Lifted Index: -1.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.36 C Showalter Index: -0.49 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.21 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.63 C Cross Totals Index: 23.58 C K Index: 33.95 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 232.76 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.75 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 533.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.82 mb = 779.23 m = 2556.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 862.82 mb = 1303.91 m = 4277.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.82 mb = 10807.69 m = 35457.87 ft B at Equ Level: 526.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 182.82 mb = 12624.96 m = 41419.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.4 at 34.0 knts Storm direction: 259.4 at 25.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 6.3 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 85.9 neg: -8.1 tot: 77.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 6.19 Bulk Shear: 86.22 m/s