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: 39.99,-82.10 Latitude: 39.99 Longitude: -82.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -2 SFC 968 274 19.5 16.7 84 2.8 17.6 181 16 295.4 297.6 292.0 331.0 12.41 2 950 437 17.5 15.5 88 2.0 16.3 182 26 295.0 297.1 291.3 328.7 11.76 3 900 897 13.9 13.5 97 0.4 13.6 189 41 295.8 297.7 290.9 327.0 10.84 4 850 1377 11.0 10.8 99 0.2 10.9 202 56 297.7 299.4 290.5 325.7 9.61 5 800 1882 8.3 8.1 98 0.2 8.2 215 54 300.0 301.5 290.3 325.0 8.48 6 750 2413 5.3 4.9 97 0.4 5.1 214 49 302.4 303.7 290.0 324.0 7.25 7 700 2973 1.6 0.7 94 0.8 1.1 209 53 304.2 305.3 289.3 321.7 5.77 8 650 3567 -2.0 -3.0 93 1.0 -2.5 202 66 306.7 307.6 289.1 321.3 4.72 9 600 4201 -4.9 -5.8 93 0.9 -5.3 197 73 310.4 311.2 289.8 323.4 4.14 10 550 4880 -8.9 -16.0 56 7.1 -11.3 195 74 313.5 313.9 288.8 320.0 1.99 11 500 5610 -13.8 -33.6 17 19.8 -17.6 195 75 316.2 316.3 288.0 317.8 0.45 12 450 6401 -19.7 -39.4 16 19.7 -22.6 194 77 318.4 318.5 288.6 319.4 0.28 13 400 7266 -23.9 -32.1 47 8.2 -25.4 194 87 324.0 324.1 290.6 326.3 0.65 14 350 8230 -29.8 -32.9 75 3.1 -30.3 192 87 328.6 328.7 292.0 331.1 0.69 15 300 9310 -37.8 -43.4 56 5.6 -38.2 206 96 332.1 332.2 292.6 333.2 0.27 16 250 10542 -47.1 -51.6 60 4.5 -47.3 220 107 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.5 0.13 17 200 12012 -48.3 -75.6 3 27.4 -48.8 197 42 356.4 356.4 298.0 356.4 0.01 18 150 13866 -56.2 -84.4 2 28.2 -56.5 221 54 373.3 373.3 301.1 373.3 0.00 19 100 16392 -61.8 -86.3 2 24.5 -62.0 238 34 408.3 408.3 306.3 408.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5611.81 m Freezing level: 677.97 mb = 3235.00 m = 10613.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 684.28 mb = 3155.38 m = 10352.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.00 % Est. max temperature: 23.24 C = 73.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.66 mb = 630.41 m = 2068.25 ft T: 15.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.84 C/km ThetaE index: 9.76 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 900.98 mb = 887.75 m = 2912.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.90 C = 67.82 F Cap Strength: 0.07 C Lifted Index: -1.54 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.97 C Showalter Index: -0.42 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.46 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.84 C Cross Totals Index: 24.62 C K Index: 34.79 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 324.64 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.58 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 315.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.42 mb = 874.10 m = 2867.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 887.42 mb = 1015.25 m = 3330.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 407.42 mb = 7130.87 m = 23394.94 ft B at Equ Level: 314.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 277.42 mb = 9838.83 m = 32279.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 200.0 at 60.3 knts Storm direction: 230.0 at 45.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 2.1 tot: 8.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 400.0 neg: -15.6 tot: 384.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 128.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.7 stream: 8.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.75 Bulk Rich Number: 2.06 Bulk Shear: 153.08 m/s