MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 37.62,-88.07 Latitude: 37.62 Longitude: -88.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 24 SFC 988 129 24.1 17.4 66 6.7 19.5 173 17 298.3 300.6 293.1 335.2 12.71 2 950 471 22.2 16.3 69 5.9 18.2 180 38 299.7 302.0 293.3 335.8 12.35 3 900 939 18.8 15.5 81 3.3 16.5 192 52 300.8 303.1 293.6 337.2 12.36 4 850 1428 14.9 14.3 96 0.6 14.5 199 58 301.7 304.0 293.7 337.6 12.15 5 800 1939 11.9 11.6 98 0.3 11.7 207 61 303.8 305.8 293.3 336.0 10.79 6 750 2477 8.4 8.2 98 0.3 8.3 214 59 305.7 307.4 292.6 333.2 9.11 7 700 3045 5.3 4.8 96 0.5 5.0 222 59 308.4 309.8 292.2 331.9 7.72 8 650 3648 1.7 0.8 94 0.8 1.3 224 61 310.9 312.1 291.8 330.3 6.27 9 600 4289 -2.1 -3.6 90 1.4 -2.9 212 60 313.7 314.6 291.5 329.1 4.90 10 550 4976 -5.4 -6.1 95 0.7 -5.7 213 62 317.7 318.5 292.2 331.9 4.42 11 500 5720 -9.1 -9.4 98 0.3 -9.2 225 65 321.9 322.6 292.9 334.3 3.76 12 450 6525 -14.8 -17.3 81 2.5 -15.6 231 56 324.6 325.1 292.3 332.1 2.19 13 400 7408 -19.8 -25.8 59 6.0 -21.2 235 53 329.3 329.5 292.6 333.4 1.17 14 350 8385 -26.6 -34.3 48 7.7 -27.9 237 53 332.9 333.0 293.1 335.1 0.60 15 300 9478 -36.2 -42.1 55 5.8 -36.8 236 53 334.3 334.3 293.2 335.5 0.31 16 250 10711 -47.0 -50.7 66 3.7 -47.2 232 63 336.2 336.2 293.5 336.8 0.15 17 200 12165 -52.1 -72.3 7 20.2 -52.4 247 71 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.4 0.01 18 150 13997 -60.7 -81.0 5 20.3 -60.9 244 58 365.5 365.5 299.8 365.6 0.00 19 100 16471 -66.2 -86.8 4 20.7 -66.3 252 38 399.9 399.9 305.2 399.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.50 m Freezing level: 627.93 mb = 3930.61 m = 12895.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.76 mb = 3837.73 m = 12590.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.58 % Est. max temperature: 28.03 C = 82.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 895.07 mb = 985.87 m = 3234.44 ft T: 18.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.39 C/km ThetaE index: 8.42 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 844.53 mb = 1481.97 m = 4862.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.76 C = 81.97 F Cap Strength: 1.42 C Lifted Index: -0.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.17 C Showalter Index: -1.29 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.43 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.99 C Cross Totals Index: 23.44 C K Index: 37.79 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 431.81 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.78 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 242.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 31.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.96 mb = 1229.10 m = 4032.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 794.96 mb = 1991.82 m = 6534.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 394.96 mb = 7500.84 m = 24608.77 ft B at Equ Level: 242.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 204.96 mb = 12005.73 m = 39388.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 212.3 at 57.4 knts Storm direction: 242.3 at 43.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 659.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 659.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 219.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.3 stream: 11.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.90 Bulk Rich Number: 1.48 Bulk Shear: 163.95 m/s