MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F063.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F063.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 63 hour NAM valid 15Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 38.98,-83.25 Latitude: 38.98 Longitude: -83.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 9 SFC 970 266 17.8 17.4 97 0.5 17.5 180 9 293.5 295.8 291.8 330.4 12.95 2 950 447 16.7 16.6 99 0.2 16.6 184 19 294.2 296.4 291.7 330.1 12.56 3 900 907 14.4 14.3 99 0.1 14.3 198 37 296.3 298.4 291.5 329.4 11.43 4 850 1389 11.8 11.7 99 0.1 11.7 213 47 298.5 300.4 291.2 328.3 10.19 5 800 1894 8.9 8.7 99 0.1 8.8 223 47 300.6 302.2 290.8 326.8 8.87 6 750 2427 5.7 5.5 99 0.2 5.6 225 43 302.8 304.2 290.4 325.4 7.58 7 700 2989 2.6 2.3 98 0.3 2.4 217 40 305.3 306.5 290.2 324.9 6.45 8 650 3584 -1.2 -1.5 98 0.3 -1.4 209 44 307.6 308.6 289.9 323.8 5.27 9 600 4219 -4.4 -4.7 98 0.3 -4.6 210 51 311.0 311.9 290.3 325.2 4.50 10 550 4900 -8.6 -8.9 98 0.3 -8.8 210 57 313.8 314.5 290.3 325.2 3.54 11 500 5632 -13.4 -14.3 93 0.9 -13.7 203 57 316.7 317.2 290.3 325.0 2.53 12 450 6424 -19.8 -26.0 58 6.1 -21.2 213 75 318.3 318.5 289.3 321.8 1.02 13 400 7285 -26.8 -35.5 43 8.7 -28.0 213 83 320.2 320.3 289.3 321.8 0.46 14 350 8236 -32.5 -47.9 20 15.4 -33.8 207 91 324.9 324.9 290.4 325.4 0.14 15 300 9309 -38.4 -53.0 20 14.7 -39.2 205 95 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.7 0.09 16 250 10545 -43.3 -69.7 4 26.4 -44.1 212 89 341.7 341.7 294.7 341.7 0.01 17 200 12034 -48.0 -76.6 2 28.6 -48.6 223 61 356.8 356.8 298.1 356.8 0.01 18 150 13890 -56.8 -82.3 3 25.5 -57.1 224 51 372.2 372.2 300.9 372.2 0.00 19 100 16414 -62.8 -85.3 3 22.5 -63.0 242 35 406.5 406.5 306.0 406.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5623.54 m Freezing level: 666.22 mb = 3390.84 m = 11124.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.20 mb = 3362.12 m = 11030.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.93 % Est. max temperature: 24.03 C = 75.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 963.74 mb = 324.32 m = 1064.03 ft T: 17.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.02 C/km ThetaE index: 6.59 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 914.45 mb = 771.37 m = 2530.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.02 C = 68.04 F Cap Strength: 0.07 C Lifted Index: -1.96 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.62 C Showalter Index: -1.29 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.22 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.18 C Cross Totals Index: 25.04 C K Index: 36.56 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 314.38 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.74 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 556.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.21 mb = 745.74 m = 2446.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 902.21 mb = 886.03 m = 2906.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 322.21 mb = 8811.72 m = 28909.49 ft B at Equ Level: 552.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 232.21 mb = 11037.46 m = 36211.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.9 at 47.2 knts Storm direction: 240.9 at 35.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: 1.4 tot: 8.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 338.2 neg: -25.8 tot: 312.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 104.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.2 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.17 Bulk Rich Number: 5.03 Bulk Shear: 110.74 m/s