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: 39.90,-82.49 Latitude: 39.90 Longitude: -82.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 6 SFC 967 295 18.4 17.1 93 1.2 17.5 181 14 294.3 296.6 292.0 331.0 12.81 2 950 444 16.8 16.4 98 0.4 16.5 182 22 294.2 296.4 291.6 329.7 12.43 3 900 904 14.2 14.0 99 0.1 14.1 199 40 296.1 298.1 291.3 328.6 11.27 4 850 1385 11.4 11.2 99 0.1 11.3 218 48 298.0 299.8 290.8 326.8 9.88 5 800 1890 8.4 8.0 97 0.4 8.2 227 40 300.1 301.6 290.2 324.9 8.42 6 750 2422 5.7 5.1 96 0.6 5.4 215 37 302.7 304.1 290.2 324.8 7.37 7 700 2984 2.6 1.6 93 1.1 2.1 209 47 305.4 306.5 290.0 324.0 6.13 8 650 3579 -1.5 -2.1 96 0.6 -1.8 204 55 307.2 308.2 289.6 322.8 5.04 9 600 4215 -4.2 -4.5 98 0.3 -4.3 202 57 311.3 312.2 290.5 325.7 4.58 10 550 4896 -8.4 -8.8 97 0.4 -8.6 204 55 314.1 314.8 290.5 325.6 3.57 11 500 5629 -13.0 -13.9 93 0.9 -13.3 209 61 317.2 317.7 290.5 325.8 2.62 12 450 6423 -19.2 -34.0 26 14.8 -21.8 209 68 319.1 319.2 289.0 320.8 0.48 13 400 7286 -25.7 -44.7 15 19.0 -27.8 205 66 321.6 321.7 289.5 322.3 0.18 14 350 8240 -32.2 -37.7 58 5.5 -32.9 204 75 325.3 325.4 290.8 326.9 0.43 15 300 9313 -39.5 -45.3 54 5.9 -39.9 197 92 329.7 329.8 291.9 330.6 0.22 16 250 10541 -45.1 -71.2 4 26.1 -45.7 207 90 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.1 0.01 17 200 12022 -48.2 -75.6 3 27.4 -48.8 217 61 356.5 356.5 298.0 356.5 0.01 18 150 13878 -56.9 -82.4 3 25.5 -57.2 220 49 372.0 372.0 300.9 372.0 0.00 19 100 16402 -62.8 -85.3 3 22.5 -63.0 239 35 406.4 406.4 306.0 406.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5622.99 m Freezing level: 668.38 mb = 3360.07 m = 11023.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.23 mb = 3296.82 m = 10816.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.48 % Est. max temperature: 23.36 C = 74.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.52 mb = 448.62 m = 1471.82 ft T: 16.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.90 C/km ThetaE index: 8.20 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 909.38 mb = 816.00 m = 2677.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.75 C = 67.56 F Cap Strength: 0.08 C Lifted Index: -1.31 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.33 C Showalter Index: -0.20 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.57 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.36 C Cross Totals Index: 24.21 C K Index: 34.51 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 291.77 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.30 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 403.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.02 mb = 791.28 m = 2596.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 897.02 mb = 932.03 m = 3057.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 327.02 mb = 8712.47 m = 28583.87 ft B at Equ Level: 401.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 237.02 mb = 10894.94 m = 35744.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 207.9 at 49.3 knts Storm direction: 237.9 at 36.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 3.2 tot: 8.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 331.9 neg: -20.1 tot: 311.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 104.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.6 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.73 Bulk Rich Number: 4.35 Bulk Shear: 92.78 m/s