MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 12Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 39.29,-80.45 Latitude: 39.29 Longitude: -80.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 64 SFC 966 356 17.8 13.9 78 4.0 15.3 172 9 293.9 295.7 289.8 323.5 10.36 2 950 501 17.4 13.5 78 4.0 15.0 180 18 294.9 296.7 290.1 324.4 10.27 3 900 964 16.6 12.8 78 3.8 14.2 208 42 298.6 300.5 291.4 328.9 10.38 4 850 1450 14.7 8.9 68 5.8 11.2 217 38 301.5 303.1 290.7 326.5 8.42 5 800 1959 10.7 6.1 73 4.6 8.0 214 42 302.6 303.9 290.2 324.7 7.41 6 750 2495 7.9 3.2 72 4.7 5.3 209 43 305.1 306.3 290.2 324.6 6.43 7 700 3061 4.2 0.8 79 3.4 2.4 208 44 307.2 308.2 290.3 325.0 5.82 8 650 3659 1.0 -10.2 43 11.2 -3.6 205 46 310.1 310.6 288.3 318.7 2.71 9 600 4299 -1.7 -21.3 21 19.6 -7.8 201 50 314.2 314.4 288.1 318.1 1.16 10 550 4985 -6.7 -19.9 34 13.2 -10.9 208 52 316.1 316.4 289.0 320.9 1.43 11 500 5720 -11.8 -26.0 30 14.2 -15.4 209 51 318.6 318.8 289.3 321.8 0.92 12 450 6517 -16.8 -34.9 19 18.1 -20.1 214 46 322.2 322.2 289.9 323.8 0.44 13 400 7393 -21.7 -40.9 16 19.3 -24.4 211 45 326.8 326.8 291.1 327.8 0.27 14 350 8361 -29.7 -43.2 26 13.5 -31.2 213 46 328.7 328.7 291.6 329.6 0.24 15 300 9441 -38.6 -43.4 60 4.9 -39.0 217 49 331.0 331.1 292.3 332.1 0.27 16 250 10665 -49.0 -52.3 68 3.3 -49.1 226 67 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.7 0.12 17 200 12110 -52.9 -72.5 7 19.7 -53.2 239 55 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.1 0.01 18 150 13934 -60.6 -79.7 6 19.1 -60.8 242 39 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.6 0.00 19 100 16422 -65.8 -87.4 3 21.6 -65.9 244 27 400.6 400.6 305.3 400.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5656.37 m Freezing level: 631.35 mb = 3897.95 m = 12788.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 679.93 mb = 3295.56 m = 10812.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.22 % Est. max temperature: 26.13 C = 79.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 910.95 mb = 860.23 m = 2822.26 ft T: 16.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.04 C/km ThetaE index: 4.26 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 798.05 mb = 1979.56 m = 6494.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.56 C = 79.81 F Cap Strength: 3.46 C Lifted Index: 1.00 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.10 C Showalter Index: 1.15 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.21 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.51 C Cross Totals Index: 20.69 C K Index: 31.99 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 234.34 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.90 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6487.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.10 mb = 1339.69 m = 4395.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 207.7 at 44.4 knts Storm direction: 237.7 at 33.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 1.5 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 252.3 neg: -7.8 tot: 244.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 81.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.5 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.35 Bulk Shear: 69.53 m/s