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: 40.61,-82.36 Latitude: 40.61 Longitude: -82.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -5 SFC 958 360 17.5 16.8 95 0.7 17.0 189 14 294.2 296.5 291.8 330.3 12.63 2 950 433 16.9 16.5 97 0.5 16.6 190 20 294.4 296.6 291.7 330.1 12.49 3 900 893 14.3 14.2 99 0.1 14.2 200 41 296.2 298.3 291.4 329.0 11.35 4 850 1374 11.6 11.4 99 0.1 11.5 213 51 298.3 300.1 291.0 327.5 10.02 5 800 1879 8.6 8.2 97 0.4 8.4 223 47 300.4 301.9 290.5 325.7 8.58 6 750 2411 5.8 5.0 94 0.8 5.4 222 39 302.9 304.2 290.2 324.8 7.31 7 700 2973 2.5 1.9 95 0.7 2.2 214 42 305.3 306.5 290.0 324.3 6.27 8 650 3569 -1.4 -2.1 95 0.6 -1.7 210 48 307.4 308.3 289.6 322.9 5.06 9 600 4204 -4.5 -4.8 98 0.3 -4.6 208 51 310.9 311.8 290.3 325.0 4.47 10 550 4885 -8.4 -8.9 96 0.5 -8.7 208 54 314.1 314.8 290.4 325.4 3.54 11 500 5616 -14.0 -14.9 93 0.8 -14.3 207 53 315.9 316.4 289.9 323.9 2.41 12 450 6410 -18.9 -19.8 93 0.9 -19.1 207 67 319.5 319.9 290.4 325.5 1.77 13 400 7273 -26.2 -32.6 55 6.3 -27.3 200 72 320.9 321.0 289.7 323.1 0.62 14 350 8226 -32.6 -44.1 31 11.5 -33.7 199 80 324.8 324.9 290.5 325.7 0.22 15 300 9300 -39.0 -43.6 62 4.6 -39.4 195 94 330.4 330.4 292.1 331.4 0.27 16 250 10527 -45.5 -63.4 12 17.8 -46.1 205 92 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.5 0.03 17 200 12007 -47.9 -75.0 3 27.1 -48.5 214 58 357.0 357.0 298.1 357.0 0.01 18 150 13866 -56.6 -82.2 3 25.5 -56.9 216 48 372.5 372.5 301.0 372.5 0.00 19 100 16392 -61.8 -86.3 2 24.5 -62.0 237 33 408.3 408.3 306.3 408.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5620.56 m Freezing level: 667.91 mb = 3355.52 m = 11008.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.14 mb = 3299.74 m = 10825.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.39 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.47 % Est. max temperature: 23.22 C = 73.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 948.06 mb = 450.15 m = 1476.84 ft T: 16.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.27 C/km ThetaE index: 7.36 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 901.56 mb = 878.01 m = 2880.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.41 C = 66.94 F Cap Strength: 0.08 C Lifted Index: -2.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.46 C Showalter Index: -1.57 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.04 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.60 C Cross Totals Index: 25.45 C K Index: 36.34 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 332.44 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.81 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 464.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.09 mb = 854.18 m = 2802.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 889.09 mb = 995.48 m = 3265.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 329.09 mb = 8655.32 m = 28396.37 ft B at Equ Level: 463.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 229.09 mb = 11106.34 m = 36437.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.3 at 47.8 knts Storm direction: 240.3 at 35.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 1.6 tot: 7.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 323.4 neg: -27.6 tot: 295.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 98.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.8 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.90 Bulk Rich Number: 7.39 Bulk Shear: 62.81 m/s