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: 41.19,-81.78 Latitude: 41.19 Longitude: -81.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -8 SFC 965 299 18.0 16.9 93 1.1 17.2 177 15 294.1 296.4 291.8 330.3 12.64 2 950 430 16.8 16.4 97 0.5 16.5 178 22 294.3 296.5 291.7 329.8 12.43 3 900 890 14.5 14.4 99 0.1 14.4 195 43 296.4 298.5 291.6 329.7 11.50 4 850 1372 11.8 11.6 99 0.2 11.7 210 49 298.5 300.3 291.2 328.1 10.17 5 800 1878 9.0 8.6 97 0.4 8.8 215 46 300.8 302.4 290.8 326.8 8.81 6 750 2410 6.1 5.7 97 0.4 5.9 216 47 303.2 304.6 290.6 326.1 7.67 7 700 2973 2.8 2.5 98 0.3 2.6 212 49 305.6 306.8 290.4 325.5 6.56 8 650 3569 -1.1 -1.4 98 0.3 -1.3 208 55 307.7 308.7 290.0 324.0 5.31 9 600 4205 -4.5 -5.3 94 0.8 -4.8 206 59 310.9 311.8 290.1 324.5 4.31 10 550 4885 -8.4 -12.4 73 3.9 -9.9 205 63 314.1 314.6 289.6 322.8 2.69 11 500 5617 -13.3 -17.8 69 4.5 -14.7 201 66 316.8 317.2 289.7 323.1 1.88 12 450 6411 -18.6 -26.6 49 8.0 -20.4 202 68 319.9 320.0 289.8 323.2 0.96 13 400 7277 -24.8 -32.2 50 7.4 -26.1 195 69 322.8 322.9 290.3 325.1 0.64 14 350 8239 -30.2 -33.5 73 3.3 -30.7 188 78 328.0 328.2 291.8 330.4 0.64 15 300 9316 -39.2 -42.5 71 3.3 -39.5 191 82 330.1 330.2 292.0 331.3 0.30 16 250 10538 -47.1 -53.7 47 6.6 -47.4 204 88 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.4 0.10 17 200 12013 -49.0 -72.1 5 23.1 -49.6 216 58 355.2 355.2 297.7 355.2 0.01 18 150 13860 -57.8 -83.1 3 25.3 -58.0 212 53 370.6 370.6 300.7 370.6 0.00 19 100 16385 -61.9 -86.3 2 24.5 -62.1 235 30 408.2 408.2 306.3 408.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5625.38 m Freezing level: 664.49 mb = 3396.45 m = 11143.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.41 mb = 3368.62 m = 11051.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.87 % Est. max temperature: 23.87 C = 74.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.43 mb = 435.19 m = 1427.77 ft T: 16.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.09 C/km ThetaE index: 6.25 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 904.69 mb = 845.88 m = 2775.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.06 C = 68.10 F Cap Strength: 0.14 C Lifted Index: -1.88 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.39 C Showalter Index: -1.18 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.05 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.10 C Cross Totals Index: 24.95 C K Index: 36.44 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 324.47 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.09 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 366.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.87 mb = 797.24 m = 2615.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 884.87 mb = 1032.97 m = 3388.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 364.87 mb = 7938.94 m = 26046.07 ft B at Equ Level: 365.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 234.87 mb = 10950.48 m = 35926.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 205.9 at 53.0 knts Storm direction: 235.9 at 39.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 1.3 tot: 7.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 337.9 neg: -2.7 tot: 335.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 111.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.76 Bulk Rich Number: 3.28 Bulk Shear: 111.76 m/s