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: 38.32,-87.85 Latitude: 38.32 Longitude: -87.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 67 SFC 993 130 29.6 18.2 51 11.3 21.6 211 13 303.3 305.8 295.0 343.0 13.37 2 950 517 23.5 16.5 65 7.1 18.8 209 18 301.1 303.4 293.8 337.9 12.51 3 900 987 20.2 13.3 65 6.8 15.7 216 26 302.3 304.3 292.8 334.1 10.74 4 850 1477 16.0 11.6 75 4.4 13.2 228 26 302.9 304.8 292.6 333.1 10.18 5 800 1990 12.3 10.3 88 1.9 11.0 219 27 304.2 306.0 292.7 333.8 9.90 6 750 2528 8.3 8.0 97 0.4 8.1 224 27 305.6 307.3 292.4 332.7 8.99 7 700 3095 5.1 1.1 75 4.0 2.9 238 22 308.1 309.2 290.7 326.3 5.93 8 650 3697 2.1 -9.0 43 11.2 -2.6 237 23 311.4 311.9 289.0 320.9 2.97 9 600 4337 -2.3 -17.0 31 14.8 -7.4 231 26 313.5 313.8 288.4 319.0 1.68 10 550 5022 -6.7 -17.9 40 11.3 -10.4 229 37 316.2 316.5 289.3 321.9 1.70 11 500 5758 -12.2 -25.6 32 13.4 -15.6 231 40 318.1 318.3 289.2 321.4 0.95 12 450 6555 -16.5 -39.4 12 22.9 -20.3 232 41 322.5 322.5 289.8 323.5 0.28 13 400 7432 -21.6 -32.5 37 10.8 -23.7 241 49 326.9 327.0 291.5 329.2 0.63 14 350 8400 -29.6 -42.1 29 12.5 -31.0 241 59 328.8 328.9 291.7 329.9 0.27 15 300 9480 -38.1 -46.3 42 8.2 -38.8 249 66 331.6 331.7 292.4 332.4 0.20 16 250 10709 -48.0 -52.7 58 4.7 -48.2 257 70 334.7 334.7 293.1 335.2 0.12 17 200 12147 -53.8 -64.7 25 10.9 -54.1 255 86 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.7 0.03 18 150 13982 -59.2 -84.2 3 25.0 -59.4 251 64 368.1 368.1 300.2 368.1 0.00 19 100 16450 -68.2 -86.4 6 18.2 -68.3 247 40 395.9 395.9 304.6 395.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.03 m Freezing level: 625.72 mb = 4007.75 m = 13148.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.51 mb = 3408.32 m = 11182.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.58 % Est. max temperature: 29.33 C = 84.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 842.16 mb = 1555.58 m = 5103.55 ft T: 15.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.49 C/km ThetaE index: 14.76 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 818.65 mb = 1794.93 m = 5888.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.96 C = 85.93 F Cap Strength: 1.17 C Lifted Index: -4.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.85 C Showalter Index: -2.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.07 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.22 C Cross Totals Index: 23.86 C K Index: 35.87 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 324.41 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 912.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 839.88 mb = 1578.47 m = 5178.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 794.88 mb = 2043.32 m = 6703.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.88 mb = 11111.23 m = 36453.73 ft B at Equ Level: 903.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 154.88 mb = 13777.74 m = 45202.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.6 at 27.8 knts Storm direction: 257.6 at 20.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 1.5 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 47.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 79.8 neg: -12.6 tot: 67.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.42 Bulk Rich Number: 39.10 Bulk Shear: 23.35 m/s