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: 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 47 SFC 965 356 21.3 14.9 67 6.4 17.1 186 12 297.5 299.5 291.6 329.7 11.11 2 950 487 19.2 14.0 72 5.2 15.8 188 19 296.6 298.6 291.0 327.4 10.63 3 900 949 15.4 12.6 84 2.7 13.6 202 37 297.3 299.2 290.9 327.1 10.25 4 850 1433 13.5 10.9 84 2.6 11.9 222 49 300.3 302.0 291.3 328.6 9.65 5 800 1941 10.6 8.8 89 1.8 9.5 216 47 302.4 304.1 291.4 328.9 8.92 6 750 2476 7.5 2.6 71 4.9 4.9 206 50 304.7 305.9 289.8 323.5 6.18 7 700 3042 4.2 0.3 76 3.9 2.2 206 53 307.2 308.2 290.1 324.3 5.60 8 650 3641 0.7 -6.3 60 6.9 -2.4 205 55 309.7 310.4 289.2 321.3 3.68 9 600 4279 -3.3 -9.5 62 6.2 -5.8 206 56 312.3 312.9 289.5 322.2 3.10 10 550 4962 -7.3 -14.2 58 6.9 -9.8 204 60 315.4 315.8 289.7 323.0 2.32 11 500 5696 -12.7 -19.5 57 6.8 -14.7 204 62 317.6 317.9 289.7 323.0 1.63 12 450 6493 -17.4 -22.6 64 5.2 -18.8 205 57 321.3 321.6 290.6 326.1 1.38 13 400 7365 -22.9 -29.0 58 6.0 -24.2 204 54 325.2 325.4 291.2 328.3 0.87 14 350 8330 -30.0 -34.1 68 4.1 -30.6 203 54 328.3 328.4 291.9 330.5 0.61 15 300 9410 -38.0 -43.0 60 4.9 -38.5 205 60 331.7 331.8 292.5 332.8 0.29 16 250 10637 -47.1 -54.6 42 7.5 -47.4 213 70 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.5 0.09 17 200 12100 -50.8 -72.2 6 21.4 -51.2 221 55 352.3 352.3 297.1 352.3 0.01 18 150 13926 -61.2 -78.8 8 17.5 -61.4 227 43 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.6 0.01 19 100 16420 -64.6 -86.8 3 22.2 -64.7 229 31 403.0 403.0 305.6 403.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5649.90 m Freezing level: 641.59 mb = 3748.18 m = 12297.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.37 mb = 3319.23 m = 10889.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.18 % Est. max temperature: 25.54 C = 77.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 878.32 mb = 1155.36 m = 3790.49 ft T: 14.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.37 C/km ThetaE index: 5.48 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 809.96 mb = 1837.42 m = 6028.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.75 C = 78.35 F Cap Strength: 1.98 C Lifted Index: -0.30 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.80 C Showalter Index: -0.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.74 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.18 C Cross Totals Index: 23.55 C K Index: 33.15 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 304.42 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.15 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 122.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 863.99 mb = 1294.60 m = 4247.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 518.99 mb = 5409.19 m = 17746.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 478.99 mb = 6021.00 m = 19753.71 ft B at Equ Level: 13.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 428.99 mb = 6847.10 m = 22463.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 206.8 at 51.4 knts Storm direction: 236.8 at 38.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 2.3 tot: 8.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 268.5 neg: -36.9 tot: 231.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 77.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.8 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.12 Bulk Shear: 113.28 m/s