MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181800F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 41.68,-85.82 Latitude: 41.68 Longitude: -85.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 25 SFC 974 251 20.2 18.5 90 1.8 19.1 184 6 295.6 298.1 293.2 335.4 13.85 2 950 470 22.1 17.5 75 4.6 18.9 214 20 299.6 302.1 294.0 338.6 13.34 3 900 938 17.9 16.6 92 1.3 17.0 217 25 300.0 302.4 294.0 338.9 13.31 4 850 1425 14.4 11.1 80 3.4 12.3 219 24 301.3 303.1 291.7 330.2 9.81 5 800 1934 11.3 5.2 66 6.1 7.8 226 22 303.1 304.4 290.0 324.0 6.95 6 750 2470 7.8 1.5 64 6.4 4.5 230 24 305.1 306.2 289.5 322.4 5.67 7 700 3036 5.1 -7.0 41 12.1 -0.3 234 27 308.1 308.7 288.2 318.3 3.23 8 650 3636 0.9 -4.2 69 5.1 -1.5 217 30 310.0 310.8 289.8 323.5 4.31 9 600 4276 -2.6 -6.3 76 3.7 -4.3 208 41 313.1 313.8 290.5 325.7 3.97 10 550 4962 -6.6 -11.8 66 5.3 -8.7 210 49 316.3 316.8 290.4 325.4 2.81 11 500 5697 -12.0 -15.7 74 3.6 -13.3 215 49 318.4 318.8 290.5 325.9 2.26 12 450 6497 -16.7 -19.7 78 3.0 -17.6 220 51 322.2 322.5 291.2 328.2 1.77 13 400 7371 -22.7 -26.7 70 4.0 -23.6 220 55 325.5 325.7 291.5 329.3 1.07 14 350 8337 -29.3 -36.9 48 7.6 -30.4 222 59 329.2 329.3 292.0 330.9 0.46 15 300 9417 -38.6 -44.5 54 5.9 -39.1 226 64 331.0 331.0 292.2 331.9 0.24 16 250 10640 -49.6 -53.3 65 3.7 -49.7 240 71 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.8 0.11 17 200 12067 -55.3 -69.6 15 14.3 -55.6 257 78 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.2 0.02 18 150 13888 -59.3 -81.1 4 21.8 -59.5 240 49 367.9 367.9 300.2 367.9 0.00 19 100 16390 -63.5 -85.9 3 22.4 -63.7 259 37 405.0 405.0 305.9 405.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5672.46 m Freezing level: 637.29 mb = 3798.65 m = 12462.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 702.88 mb = 3002.64 m = 9851.08 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.68 % Est. max temperature: 26.84 C = 80.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.44 mb = 475.10 m = 1558.71 ft T: 22.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.44 C/km ThetaE index: 20.64 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 869.92 mb = 1227.23 m = 4026.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.38 C = 77.68 F Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lifted Index: -4.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.89 C Showalter Index: -0.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.61 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.48 C Cross Totals Index: 23.13 C K Index: 25.48 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 241.88 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.91 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1120.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.99 mb = 1061.60 m = 3482.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 851.99 mb = 1404.69 m = 4608.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 221.99 mb = 11400.01 m = 37401.16 ft B at Equ Level: 1105.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 151.99 mb = 13804.22 m = 45288.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.8 at 33.5 knts Storm direction: 246.8 at 25.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.5 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 92.0 neg: -8.5 tot: 83.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.59 Bulk Rich Number: 34.20 Bulk Shear: 32.77 m/s