MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F066.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F066.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 66 hour NAM valid 18Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 39.25,-81.60 Latitude: 39.25 Longitude: -81.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -0 SFC 972 239 18.7 16.6 88 2.1 17.3 183 14 294.1 296.4 291.5 329.3 12.30 2 950 438 17.1 15.9 92 1.2 16.4 184 27 294.6 296.7 291.5 329.1 12.05 3 900 898 14.3 14.0 98 0.2 14.1 191 43 296.2 298.3 291.3 328.7 11.26 4 850 1380 11.7 11.6 99 0.1 11.7 204 58 298.5 300.3 291.2 328.0 10.14 5 800 1885 8.7 8.5 99 0.1 8.6 218 64 300.4 302.0 290.6 326.3 8.77 6 750 2417 5.7 5.5 99 0.2 5.6 219 56 302.7 304.1 290.4 325.3 7.57 7 700 2979 2.7 2.4 98 0.3 2.5 210 55 305.4 306.6 290.3 325.1 6.50 8 650 3575 -1.1 -1.4 98 0.3 -1.2 211 55 307.7 308.7 290.0 324.2 5.33 9 600 4211 -4.6 -5.0 97 0.4 -4.7 210 58 310.8 311.7 290.2 324.7 4.41 10 550 4890 -8.5 -9.2 95 0.7 -8.8 199 61 314.0 314.6 290.3 325.1 3.46 11 500 5624 -13.1 -16.4 76 3.3 -14.2 202 72 317.1 317.5 290.0 324.1 2.13 12 450 6416 -20.0 -26.1 58 6.1 -21.4 207 84 318.1 318.3 289.2 321.5 1.01 13 400 7276 -26.8 -44.6 17 17.8 -28.7 211 91 320.1 320.2 289.0 320.8 0.18 14 350 8227 -32.6 -41.1 42 8.5 -33.5 201 95 324.7 324.8 290.5 325.9 0.30 15 300 9298 -39.9 -43.5 69 3.6 -40.2 195 94 329.2 329.2 291.7 330.2 0.27 16 250 10523 -44.5 -59.7 17 15.2 -45.0 210 90 340.0 340.0 294.4 340.2 0.05 17 200 12013 -47.4 -77.7 2 30.3 -48.1 210 55 357.7 357.7 298.2 357.7 0.00 18 150 13876 -55.1 -81.6 2 26.6 -55.4 218 51 375.2 375.2 301.5 375.2 0.00 19 100 16408 -63.4 -85.9 3 22.5 -63.6 234 35 405.2 405.2 305.9 405.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5624.41 m Freezing level: 664.40 mb = 3403.72 m = 11166.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.40 mb = 3374.97 m = 11072.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.68 % Est. max temperature: 23.99 C = 75.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.39 mb = 497.49 m = 1632.16 ft T: 16.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.96 C/km ThetaE index: 5.14 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 904.10 mb = 859.48 m = 2819.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.58 C = 69.04 F Cap Strength: 0.27 C Lifted Index: -1.35 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.23 C Showalter Index: -0.94 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.55 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.85 C Cross Totals Index: 24.70 C K Index: 36.15 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 337.47 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.87 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 463.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.84 mb = 796.33 m = 2612.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 875.84 mb = 1127.53 m = 3699.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 315.84 mb = 8940.70 m = 29332.63 ft B at Equ Level: 460.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 235.84 mb = 10912.42 m = 35801.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 206.4 at 57.5 knts Storm direction: 236.4 at 43.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.1 neg: 1.5 tot: 9.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 531.4 neg: -58.8 tot: 472.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 157.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.6 stream: 9.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.54 Bulk Rich Number: 3.22 Bulk Shear: 144.00 m/s