MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 18 OCT 25 Station: 37.69,-88.5 Latitude: 37.69 Longitude: -88.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 72 SFC 992 142 29.0 19.2 55 9.8 22.1 205 12 302.8 305.5 295.5 345.0 14.23 2 950 523 23.5 16.8 66 6.7 18.9 207 18 301.0 303.3 293.9 338.5 12.74 3 900 992 19.8 14.2 70 5.6 16.1 215 25 301.9 304.0 293.2 335.6 11.40 4 850 1482 15.9 12.6 81 3.3 13.7 226 27 302.8 304.8 293.0 334.9 10.82 5 800 1994 12.0 9.6 85 2.5 10.5 218 26 304.0 305.7 292.3 332.0 9.39 6 750 2532 8.1 7.4 95 0.7 7.6 217 28 305.3 306.9 292.0 331.3 8.62 7 700 3100 5.8 -0.5 64 6.3 2.5 223 24 308.9 309.9 290.3 325.2 5.26 8 650 3702 2.1 -6.1 54 8.2 -1.6 227 23 311.4 312.1 289.8 323.2 3.73 9 600 4343 -1.6 -14.0 38 12.4 -6.2 227 27 314.3 314.7 289.2 321.3 2.16 10 550 5030 -6.4 -15.7 48 9.3 -9.7 225 35 316.5 316.8 289.8 323.2 2.04 11 500 5766 -12.0 -22.9 40 10.9 -15.0 230 39 318.4 318.6 289.5 322.6 1.22 12 450 6564 -16.4 -33.5 21 17.1 -19.7 233 38 322.6 322.7 290.1 324.4 0.50 13 400 7442 -21.3 -32.3 37 10.9 -23.4 243 46 327.3 327.4 291.6 329.6 0.64 14 350 8410 -29.4 -47.3 16 17.8 -31.2 241 57 329.1 329.1 291.6 329.7 0.15 15 300 9492 -37.5 -48.9 29 11.4 -38.3 252 65 332.5 332.5 292.6 333.1 0.15 16 250 10723 -47.7 -53.3 53 5.6 -47.9 258 73 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.6 0.11 17 200 12163 -54.4 -65.8 23 11.4 -54.6 256 87 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.8 0.03 18 150 13991 -59.3 -81.9 4 22.6 -59.5 250 65 367.9 367.9 300.2 367.9 0.00 19 100 16457 -68.4 -85.8 7 17.3 -68.5 249 42 395.5 395.5 304.6 395.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5693.91 m Freezing level: 621.43 mb = 4068.65 m = 13348.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.62 mb = 3460.44 m = 11353.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.69 % Est. max temperature: 29.12 C = 84.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 860.38 mb = 1378.14 m = 4521.40 ft T: 16.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.66 C/km ThetaE index: 23.61 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 832.23 mb = 1660.65 m = 5448.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.36 C = 84.84 F Cap Strength: 1.03 C Lifted Index: -4.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.52 C Showalter Index: -3.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.43 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.87 C Cross Totals Index: 24.56 C K Index: 34.13 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 345.76 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.46 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 998.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 850.55 mb = 1476.57 m = 4844.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 815.55 mb = 1831.71 m = 6009.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.55 mb = 11107.49 m = 36441.47 ft B at Equ Level: 997.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 155.55 mb = 13760.53 m = 45145.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.3 at 27.7 knts Storm direction: 253.3 at 20.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 51.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 74.8 neg: -17.1 tot: 57.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.44 Bulk Rich Number: 45.02 Bulk Shear: 22.19 m/s