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: 41.08,-82.00 Latitude: 41.08 Longitude: -82.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 964 308 17.5 17.0 97 0.5 17.2 181 14 293.8 296.1 291.7 330.2 12.77 2 950 428 16.7 16.5 99 0.2 16.6 181 21 294.2 296.4 291.7 330.0 12.55 3 900 888 14.5 14.3 99 0.1 14.4 197 39 296.4 298.5 291.6 329.6 11.48 4 850 1370 11.7 11.6 99 0.1 11.6 211 47 298.4 300.3 291.1 327.9 10.12 5 800 1876 9.0 8.7 98 0.3 8.8 217 44 300.7 302.3 290.8 326.9 8.86 6 750 2408 6.0 5.7 98 0.3 5.8 214 44 303.1 304.5 290.6 326.1 7.69 7 700 2971 2.8 2.5 98 0.3 2.7 212 45 305.6 306.9 290.5 325.6 6.58 8 650 3568 -0.9 -1.2 98 0.3 -1.0 209 48 308.0 309.0 290.2 324.7 5.41 9 600 4203 -4.5 -5.2 95 0.6 -4.8 206 54 310.9 311.7 290.1 324.5 4.34 10 550 4884 -8.6 -10.5 86 1.9 -9.4 205 60 313.9 314.5 290.0 324.0 3.13 11 500 5615 -13.6 -15.3 87 1.7 -14.2 202 63 316.5 317.0 290.0 324.2 2.33 12 450 6408 -19.0 -21.3 82 2.3 -19.6 203 70 319.4 319.7 290.2 324.7 1.56 13 400 7273 -25.5 -30.2 65 4.6 -26.3 198 73 321.8 322.0 290.2 324.6 0.78 14 350 8231 -31.0 -34.9 68 4.0 -31.5 190 79 327.0 327.1 291.5 329.0 0.56 15 300 9308 -39.0 -42.3 71 3.3 -39.3 192 87 330.4 330.4 292.2 331.6 0.31 16 250 10531 -46.5 -54.5 40 8.0 -46.9 204 91 337.0 337.0 293.7 337.3 0.09 17 200 12011 -48.6 -73.8 4 25.2 -49.1 215 56 355.9 355.9 297.9 355.9 0.01 18 150 13861 -57.5 -82.8 3 25.4 -57.8 212 53 371.1 371.1 300.8 371.1 0.00 19 100 16388 -61.6 -86.1 2 24.5 -61.8 236 30 408.8 408.8 306.3 408.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5624.68 m Freezing level: 661.67 mb = 3428.51 m = 11248.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.02 mb = 3395.99 m = 11141.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.42 % Est. max temperature: 23.76 C = 74.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 956.42 mb = 371.02 m = 1217.25 ft T: 17.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.20 C/km ThetaE index: 6.22 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 906.25 mb = 829.57 m = 2721.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.84 C = 67.71 F Cap Strength: 0.11 C Lifted Index: -2.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.34 C Showalter Index: -1.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.40 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.28 C Cross Totals Index: 25.13 C K Index: 36.54 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 323.37 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.84 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 419.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.45 mb = 790.25 m = 2592.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 885.45 mb = 1025.86 m = 3365.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 345.45 mb = 8321.99 m = 27302.77 ft B at Equ Level: 416.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 225.45 mb = 11216.60 m = 36799.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 206.5 at 49.9 knts Storm direction: 236.5 at 37.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.9 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 276.5 neg: -7.5 tot: 269.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 89.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.72 Bulk Rich Number: 4.35 Bulk Shear: 96.46 m/s