MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F072.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F072.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 day NAM valid 18Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 39.93,-82.18 Latitude: 39.93 Longitude: -82.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -1 SFC 968 280 18.8 16.6 87 2.2 17.4 183 16 294.7 297.0 291.7 330.2 12.38 2 950 437 17.1 15.6 91 1.5 16.1 184 26 294.6 296.7 291.3 328.4 11.82 3 900 897 13.8 13.6 99 0.2 13.7 190 41 295.7 297.7 290.9 327.2 10.92 4 850 1377 11.0 10.9 99 0.1 10.9 203 55 297.7 299.4 290.5 325.8 9.65 5 800 1882 8.1 8.0 99 0.1 8.0 217 53 299.8 301.4 290.2 324.7 8.44 6 750 2412 5.1 4.8 98 0.3 5.0 217 48 302.2 303.5 289.9 323.7 7.23 7 700 2973 1.5 0.8 95 0.7 1.1 211 50 304.1 305.2 289.3 321.7 5.81 8 650 3566 -2.1 -2.9 94 0.8 -2.5 202 64 306.5 307.4 289.1 321.1 4.74 9 600 4199 -4.8 -5.4 95 0.6 -5.1 196 74 310.6 311.4 289.9 323.9 4.25 10 550 4879 -9.0 -15.1 61 6.1 -11.1 195 76 313.5 313.9 288.9 320.5 2.15 11 500 5609 -14.3 -30.4 24 16.1 -17.6 195 77 315.6 315.7 288.0 317.8 0.61 12 450 6398 -19.9 -40.3 15 20.4 -22.8 193 79 318.2 318.3 288.5 319.2 0.25 13 400 7263 -24.0 -33.9 40 9.8 -25.7 194 89 323.7 323.8 290.5 325.7 0.55 14 350 8227 -29.7 -32.9 74 3.2 -30.2 191 89 328.7 328.8 292.0 331.2 0.69 15 300 9308 -37.7 -43.1 57 5.4 -38.1 206 98 332.3 332.4 292.6 333.4 0.28 16 250 10540 -47.0 -51.7 58 4.8 -47.2 220 108 336.3 336.3 293.5 336.8 0.13 17 200 12011 -48.4 -74.7 3 26.3 -49.0 202 42 356.1 356.1 297.9 356.1 0.01 18 150 13867 -56.2 -84.4 2 28.2 -56.5 220 54 373.3 373.3 301.1 373.3 0.00 19 100 16393 -61.8 -86.3 2 24.5 -62.1 239 34 408.2 408.2 306.3 408.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5610.11 m Freezing level: 679.53 mb = 3215.70 m = 10550.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 684.41 mb = 3153.19 m = 10344.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.20 % Est. max temperature: 23.11 C = 73.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.71 mb = 557.09 m = 1827.70 ft T: 16.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.98 C/km ThetaE index: 9.08 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 903.32 mb = 865.62 m = 2839.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.74 C = 67.53 F Cap Strength: 0.12 C Lifted Index: -1.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.99 C Showalter Index: -0.94 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.43 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.29 C Cross Totals Index: 25.14 C K Index: 35.49 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 345.47 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.62 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 339.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.96 mb = 840.79 m = 2758.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 890.96 mb = 981.75 m = 3220.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 400.96 mb = 7245.54 m = 23771.18 ft B at Equ Level: 336.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 270.96 mb = 9996.13 m = 32795.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 200.3 at 60.5 knts Storm direction: 230.3 at 45.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 2.2 tot: 8.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 381.2 neg: -15.6 tot: 365.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 121.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.9 stream: 8.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.77 Bulk Rich Number: 2.28 Bulk Shear: 148.87 m/s