MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F075.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510161800F075.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 75 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 41.07,-80.28 Latitude: 41.07 Longitude: -80.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -11 SFC 958 352 18.8 16.2 85 2.6 17.1 174 13 295.5 297.7 291.8 330.4 12.14 2 950 428 18.5 15.7 84 2.8 16.7 174 16 295.9 298.1 291.8 330.2 11.91 3 900 890 15.3 14.0 92 1.3 14.4 178 35 297.2 299.3 291.6 329.7 11.20 4 850 1373 12.0 11.8 99 0.2 11.9 180 44 298.7 300.5 291.3 328.6 10.26 5 800 1878 8.9 8.8 99 0.1 8.8 185 48 300.6 302.3 290.8 326.9 8.89 6 750 2411 5.8 5.5 98 0.3 5.7 196 52 302.9 304.3 290.5 325.6 7.60 7 700 2973 2.7 2.3 98 0.3 2.5 205 50 305.4 306.6 290.3 325.1 6.48 8 650 3569 -1.3 -1.6 98 0.3 -1.5 208 48 307.5 308.5 289.8 323.6 5.22 9 600 4203 -5.0 -5.3 98 0.3 -5.1 203 55 310.4 311.2 289.9 323.9 4.31 10 550 4882 -8.7 -9.2 96 0.6 -8.9 199 67 313.8 314.5 290.2 324.9 3.45 11 500 5614 -14.1 -19.0 66 4.9 -15.6 195 74 315.8 316.1 289.2 321.5 1.70 12 450 6402 -21.1 -42.1 13 21.0 -23.8 194 76 316.8 316.8 287.9 317.5 0.21 13 400 7261 -26.1 -45.5 14 19.4 -28.1 190 81 321.1 321.1 289.3 321.7 0.16 14 350 8217 -31.4 -34.7 73 3.3 -31.9 182 87 326.4 326.5 291.3 328.5 0.58 15 300 9294 -38.3 -41.4 72 3.1 -38.7 189 92 331.3 331.4 292.4 332.6 0.34 16 250 10525 -46.2 -52.4 49 6.3 -46.4 204 82 337.4 337.5 293.8 337.9 0.12 17 200 11991 -50.8 -74.6 4 23.9 -51.2 183 60 352.4 352.4 297.1 352.4 0.01 18 150 13850 -54.7 -83.3 2 28.5 -55.1 232 51 375.8 375.8 301.5 375.8 0.00 19 100 16384 -61.2 -87.7 2 26.5 -61.4 233 33 409.5 409.5 306.5 409.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5624.55 m Freezing level: 666.48 mb = 3372.17 m = 11063.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.87 mb = 3338.49 m = 10952.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.11 % Est. max temperature: 23.53 C = 74.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.27 mb = 681.15 m = 2234.71 ft T: 16.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.36 C/km ThetaE index: 6.80 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 875.00 mb = 1127.82 m = 3700.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.20 C = 70.16 F Cap Strength: 0.54 C Lifted Index: -2.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.57 C Showalter Index: -2.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.98 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.09 C Cross Totals Index: 25.90 C K Index: 37.52 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 362.07 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.50 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 568.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.61 mb = 1016.54 m = 3335.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 851.61 mb = 1356.56 m = 4450.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 341.61 mb = 8386.07 m = 27513.02 ft B at Equ Level: 568.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 221.61 mb = 11316.83 m = 37128.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 195.9 at 54.0 knts Storm direction: 225.9 at 40.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 396.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 396.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 132.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 8.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.30 Bulk Rich Number: 3.87 Bulk Shear: 146.77 m/s