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: 39.29,-80.45 Latitude: 39.29 Longitude: -80.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 11 SFC 961 356 22.1 14.6 63 7.5 17.2 176 14 298.7 300.6 291.9 330.6 10.95 2 950 452 21.2 14.0 64 7.2 16.5 178 20 298.7 300.6 291.6 329.8 10.65 3 900 917 16.7 13.1 79 3.6 14.4 182 30 298.7 300.6 291.6 329.5 10.55 4 850 1401 12.2 11.7 96 0.5 11.9 193 39 298.9 300.8 291.3 328.7 10.19 5 800 1908 9.8 8.7 93 1.0 9.2 213 57 301.6 303.2 291.1 327.9 8.89 6 750 2443 8.4 3.5 71 4.9 5.7 200 53 305.7 306.9 290.5 325.7 6.59 7 700 3009 3.4 2.4 93 1.0 2.8 204 60 306.2 307.4 290.6 326.0 6.49 8 650 3606 -0.7 -1.0 98 0.3 -0.9 207 60 308.1 309.2 290.3 325.0 5.47 9 600 4242 -3.3 -8.8 65 5.6 -5.6 203 59 312.3 312.9 289.6 322.7 3.26 10 550 4926 -6.8 -14.5 54 7.7 -9.6 204 57 316.0 316.5 289.8 323.5 2.27 11 500 5662 -12.4 -35.2 13 22.7 -16.8 220 64 317.9 317.9 288.5 319.3 0.38 12 450 6457 -19.0 -37.1 19 18.1 -21.9 219 68 319.3 319.4 288.9 320.6 0.35 13 400 7320 -25.7 -35.4 40 9.7 -27.2 214 66 321.6 321.7 289.8 323.3 0.47 14 350 8275 -32.2 -35.1 75 2.9 -32.6 203 73 325.3 325.4 291.0 327.3 0.55 15 300 9345 -40.1 -43.8 68 3.7 -40.4 204 81 328.8 328.9 291.7 329.8 0.26 16 250 10571 -44.4 -60.0 16 15.6 -45.0 208 79 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.3 0.05 17 200 12050 -49.9 -73.7 4 23.8 -50.4 212 59 353.7 353.7 297.4 353.7 0.01 18 150 13891 -57.5 -81.0 4 23.5 -57.8 216 50 371.0 371.0 300.8 371.0 0.00 19 100 16413 -63.5 -87.7 2 24.2 -63.7 247 37 404.9 404.9 305.9 405.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5651.18 m Freezing level: 658.89 mb = 3499.67 m = 11481.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.64 mb = 3462.80 m = 11360.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.06 % Est. max temperature: 24.42 C = 75.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 860.48 mb = 1297.36 m = 4256.39 ft T: 13.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.95 C/km ThetaE index: 4.90 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 849.22 mb = 1408.79 m = 4621.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.41 C = 72.34 F Cap Strength: 1.34 C Lifted Index: -0.98 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.76 C Showalter Index: -0.57 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.75 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.65 C Cross Totals Index: 24.11 C K Index: 35.31 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 362.99 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.86 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 278.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 852.29 mb = 1378.38 m = 4522.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 717.29 mb = 2808.67 m = 9214.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 307.29 mb = 9178.17 m = 30111.73 ft B at Equ Level: 275.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 247.29 mb = 10643.68 m = 34919.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 206.3 at 53.6 knts Storm direction: 236.3 at 40.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.9 neg: 1.5 tot: 10.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 471.5 neg: -80.8 tot: 390.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 130.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.6 stream: 8.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.68 Bulk Rich Number: 1.76 Bulk Shear: 157.95 m/s