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: 38.14,-87.32 Latitude: 38.14 Longitude: -87.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 73 SFC 993 138 29.1 18.8 54 10.4 21.8 208 12 302.9 305.5 295.3 343.9 13.84 2 950 524 23.2 16.7 67 6.5 18.8 208 16 300.7 303.0 293.8 338.0 12.70 3 900 993 19.8 12.5 63 7.3 15.1 217 26 301.9 303.8 292.3 332.0 10.18 4 850 1483 16.0 11.8 76 4.2 13.3 223 25 302.9 304.8 292.6 333.4 10.26 5 800 1994 11.8 8.9 82 3.0 10.0 218 25 303.8 305.4 291.9 330.5 8.95 6 750 2531 8.4 5.8 83 2.6 6.9 223 29 305.7 307.1 291.5 329.0 7.71 7 700 3098 6.0 -4.5 47 10.5 1.0 232 22 309.1 309.8 289.2 321.4 3.91 8 650 3702 3.0 -7.0 48 10.0 -1.6 238 23 312.3 313.0 289.8 323.4 3.47 9 600 4344 -1.5 -17.4 29 15.9 -7.0 235 27 314.4 314.7 288.6 319.8 1.63 10 550 5031 -6.2 -16.4 44 10.2 -9.8 230 34 316.7 317.1 289.7 323.1 1.93 11 500 5767 -12.1 -21.3 46 9.2 -14.8 231 38 318.2 318.5 289.6 323.0 1.39 12 450 6566 -16.0 -55.0 2 39.1 -20.3 236 39 323.2 323.2 289.8 323.4 0.05 13 400 7445 -20.9 -34.9 27 14.0 -23.4 243 45 327.8 327.9 291.6 329.6 0.49 14 350 8414 -29.1 -44.7 21 15.6 -30.8 242 53 329.5 329.5 291.8 330.3 0.20 15 300 9496 -37.9 -49.6 29 11.6 -38.7 252 62 331.9 332.0 292.4 332.5 0.14 16 250 10726 -47.9 -54.4 47 6.5 -48.2 257 68 334.8 334.8 293.1 335.2 0.09 17 200 12165 -53.8 -66.8 19 12.9 -54.1 256 83 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.6 0.02 18 150 13993 -60.1 -83.1 3 23.0 -60.3 254 64 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.5 0.00 19 100 16455 -68.4 -86.6 6 18.2 -68.5 248 40 395.5 395.5 304.6 395.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.01 m Freezing level: 616.86 mb = 4127.63 m = 13541.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.30 mb = 3330.69 m = 10927.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.57 % Est. max temperature: 29.25 C = 84.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 853.84 mb = 1443.89 m = 4737.11 ft T: 16.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.79 C/km ThetaE index: 12.01 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 822.75 mb = 1757.65 m = 5766.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.59 C = 85.26 F Cap Strength: 1.36 C Lifted Index: -4.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.83 C Showalter Index: -2.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.02 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.13 C Cross Totals Index: 23.90 C K Index: 29.39 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 332.71 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 696.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 27.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 844.38 mb = 1538.58 m = 5047.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 799.38 mb = 2000.95 m = 6564.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.38 mb = 11005.72 m = 36107.57 ft B at Equ Level: 691.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 169.38 mb = 13221.20 m = 43376.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.4 at 26.9 knts Storm direction: 257.4 at 20.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 51.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 81.4 neg: -14.2 tot: 67.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.30 Bulk Rich Number: 27.51 Bulk Shear: 25.33 m/s