MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 6Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 40.02,-80.58 Latitude: 40.02 Longitude: -80.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 90 SFC 971 347 18.8 14.1 74 4.7 15.8 180 8 294.4 296.3 290.1 324.4 10.48 2 950 530 18.5 13.9 74 4.6 15.5 189 20 296.0 297.9 290.7 326.4 10.55 3 900 994 17.7 12.6 72 5.1 14.5 221 33 299.8 301.6 291.7 329.9 10.27 4 850 1480 14.2 10.3 78 3.8 11.8 217 29 301.0 302.7 291.3 328.4 9.30 5 800 1989 10.2 7.9 86 2.3 8.9 217 23 302.0 303.6 290.9 327.0 8.39 6 750 2523 7.3 -1.3 54 8.6 3.0 215 29 304.5 305.4 288.3 318.7 4.64 7 700 3092 8.5 -15.5 16 24.0 -0.7 220 32 311.9 312.2 287.8 317.3 1.63 8 650 3698 3.3 -4.3 58 7.6 -0.3 222 27 312.7 313.5 290.6 326.3 4.29 9 600 4341 -1.7 -6.6 70 4.8 -3.9 228 30 314.1 314.9 290.7 326.6 3.90 10 550 5027 -7.0 -11.7 69 4.8 -8.8 230 34 315.8 316.4 290.3 325.1 2.83 11 500 5761 -13.8 -14.9 92 1.1 -14.2 231 37 316.2 316.7 290.0 324.2 2.41 12 450 6557 -16.7 -37.3 15 20.6 -20.3 237 40 322.2 322.3 289.8 323.5 0.34 13 400 7432 -22.3 -40.7 17 18.3 -24.9 241 41 326.0 326.0 290.9 327.0 0.27 14 350 8396 -30.2 -43.0 28 12.8 -31.6 250 46 328.0 328.0 291.4 328.9 0.24 15 300 9473 -39.3 -42.5 71 3.3 -39.5 256 54 330.0 330.1 292.0 331.2 0.30 16 250 10691 -50.9 -54.3 67 3.5 -51.0 264 70 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.8 0.09 17 200 12110 -58.4 -66.8 33 8.4 -58.5 254 66 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.4 0.02 18 150 13920 -58.6 -81.9 3 23.3 -58.9 253 57 369.0 369.0 300.4 369.1 0.00 19 100 16430 -65.7 -87.7 3 22.0 -65.8 261 28 400.8 400.8 305.3 400.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5670.85 m Freezing level: 617.11 mb = 4120.93 m = 13519.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 709.89 mb = 2975.99 m = 9763.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.18 % Est. max temperature: 25.88 C = 78.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 905.82 mb = 938.44 m = 3078.83 ft T: 17.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.35 C/km ThetaE index: 12.60 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 811.33 mb = 1871.00 m = 6138.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.07 C = 78.92 F Cap Strength: 4.91 C Lifted Index: -1.62 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.91 C Showalter Index: -1.80 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.05 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.94 C Cross Totals Index: 24.10 C K Index: 14.22 Risk: None Sweat Index: 335.38 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.85 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 52.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 301.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.32 mb = 1417.09 m = 4649.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 531.32 mb = 5293.02 m = 17365.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 461.32 mb = 6369.19 m = 20896.05 ft B at Equ Level: 50.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 401.32 mb = 7407.48 m = 24302.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.1 at 30.3 knts Storm direction: 253.1 at 22.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.6 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 205.1 neg: -41.3 tot: 163.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 54.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 1.86 Bulk Shear: 28.10 m/s