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: 41.68,-86.24 Latitude: 41.68 Longitude: -86.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 44 SFC 978 237 19.3 19.0 99 0.2 19.1 282 5 294.3 296.9 293.1 335.2 14.32 2 950 485 17.6 17.3 98 0.3 17.4 270 13 295.0 297.4 292.5 333.0 13.23 3 900 946 15.3 14.2 93 1.1 14.6 252 16 297.3 299.4 291.8 330.3 11.39 4 850 1430 12.9 11.6 92 1.3 12.1 238 20 299.7 301.5 291.6 329.4 10.14 5 800 1938 10.1 8.3 89 1.8 9.0 229 24 301.9 303.5 291.0 327.4 8.61 6 750 2472 6.8 4.2 84 2.5 5.4 224 30 303.9 305.2 290.2 324.8 6.93 7 700 3035 2.7 0.5 85 2.2 1.6 224 36 305.5 306.6 289.6 322.9 5.69 8 650 3631 -0.9 -2.2 91 1.3 -1.5 223 39 308.0 308.9 289.8 323.5 5.02 9 600 4266 -3.7 -5.4 88 1.7 -4.4 224 38 311.8 312.7 290.4 325.3 4.28 10 550 4951 -6.8 -8.3 89 1.5 -7.5 229 41 316.0 316.7 291.1 328.0 3.71 11 500 5688 -11.6 -14.3 81 2.6 -12.6 229 47 318.9 319.4 290.9 327.3 2.53 12 450 6487 -16.9 -21.2 69 4.3 -18.1 225 46 322.0 322.4 291.0 327.4 1.57 13 400 7361 -23.1 -31.9 44 8.8 -24.7 223 49 325.0 325.1 291.0 327.4 0.66 14 350 8322 -31.0 -35.1 67 4.1 -31.6 225 55 326.9 327.0 291.4 328.9 0.55 15 300 9398 -39.0 -42.4 70 3.4 -39.3 224 50 330.4 330.5 292.2 331.6 0.31 16 250 10619 -50.3 -53.6 67 3.4 -50.4 227 67 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.8 0.10 17 200 12054 -55.1 -70.3 14 15.2 -55.4 257 65 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.6 0.01 18 150 13881 -58.3 -81.6 3 23.3 -58.5 245 51 369.7 369.7 300.5 369.7 0.00 19 100 16401 -63.5 -87.6 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: 5644.27 m Freezing level: 662.05 mb = 3487.06 m = 11440.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 674.21 mb = 3336.79 m = 10947.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.98 % Est. max temperature: 25.57 C = 78.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 974.80 mb = 263.49 m = 864.45 ft T: 19.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.42 C/km ThetaE index: 12.35 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 907.42 mb = 876.28 m = 2874.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.92 C = 71.45 F Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lifted Index: -1.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.26 C Showalter Index: -0.11 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.77 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.55 C Cross Totals Index: 23.22 C K Index: 33.94 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 224.68 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.52 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 401.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.39 mb = 773.73 m = 2538.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 843.39 mb = 1495.26 m = 4905.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 293.39 mb = 9547.06 m = 31322.00 ft B at Equ Level: 401.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 193.39 mb = 12266.96 m = 40245.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.7 at 32.5 knts Storm direction: 258.7 at 24.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 5.9 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 78.5 neg: -8.1 tot: 70.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 4.98 Bulk Shear: 80.65 m/s