MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510191800F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510191800F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 9Z TUE 21 OCT 25 Station: 38.14,-86.67 Latitude: 38.14 Longitude: -86.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 99 SFC 992 167 13.6 6.1 60 7.5 9.6 218 8 287.4 288.5 283.1 304.2 5.94 2 950 530 13.1 5.0 58 8.2 8.8 238 31 290.5 291.5 284.2 306.9 5.74 3 900 984 11.4 6.5 72 4.8 8.7 269 39 293.2 294.4 286.3 312.7 6.77 4 850 1458 7.5 7.2 98 0.3 7.3 275 32 294.0 295.4 287.3 315.7 7.52 5 800 1958 6.2 5.9 98 0.3 6.0 260 33 297.7 299.1 288.5 319.1 7.29 6 750 2485 3.3 3.0 98 0.3 3.1 249 37 300.1 301.3 288.4 318.9 6.33 7 700 3041 -0.2 -0.5 98 0.3 -0.3 246 46 302.3 303.3 288.2 318.3 5.29 8 650 3631 -3.4 -5.0 89 1.6 -4.1 243 48 305.2 305.9 288.0 317.7 4.07 9 600 4262 -5.9 -12.1 61 6.2 -8.2 242 57 309.3 309.8 287.9 317.3 2.51 10 550 4940 -8.2 -27.8 19 19.6 -13.0 248 69 314.4 314.5 287.7 316.8 0.71 11 500 5674 -12.4 -37.9 10 25.5 -17.0 251 79 317.9 317.9 288.4 319.0 0.29 12 450 6467 -19.2 -40.7 13 21.5 -22.2 247 78 319.1 319.2 288.8 320.1 0.24 13 400 7331 -25.6 -43.1 18 17.5 -27.6 246 82 321.7 321.7 289.5 322.5 0.21 14 350 8283 -33.2 -43.3 36 10.1 -34.1 245 91 324.0 324.1 290.2 324.9 0.24 15 300 9348 -41.6 -51.4 34 9.8 -42.1 246 99 326.8 326.8 290.9 327.2 0.11 16 250 10564 -48.3 -59.7 26 11.3 -48.7 250 105 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.4 0.05 17 200 12015 -52.9 -72.5 8 19.5 -53.2 250 84 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.01 18 150 13829 -62.5 -79.7 8 17.3 -62.6 253 81 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.5 0.00 19 100 16334 -62.6 -86.9 2 24.3 -62.8 256 40 406.8 406.8 306.1 406.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5574.68 m Freezing level: 702.29 mb = 3016.01 m = 9894.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 704.80 mb = 2986.36 m = 9797.64 ft Precipitable water: 0.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.63 % Est. max temperature: 20.79 C = 69.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 885.50 mb = 1118.86 m = 3670.76 ft T: 10.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.66 C/km ThetaE index: 2.24 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 734.57 mb = 2652.61 m = 8702.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.94 C = 80.50 F Cap Strength: 9.68 C Lifted Index: 10.93 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.75 C Showalter Index: 6.42 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.59 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.96 C Cross Totals Index: 19.63 C K Index: 26.86 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 230.11 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.71 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11020.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.17 mb = 1476.12 m = 4842.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.7 at 49.6 knts Storm direction: 279.7 at 37.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 3.6 tot: 9.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 279.8 neg: -9.4 tot: 270.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 90.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.4 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.23 Bulk Shear: 100.86 m/s