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: 39.45,-81.76 Latitude: 39.45 Longitude: -81.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -6 SFC 971 247 18.0 17.0 94 1.0 17.4 180 14 293.7 295.9 291.6 329.7 12.65 2 950 431 16.6 16.3 98 0.3 16.4 181 26 294.1 296.3 291.5 329.4 12.37 3 900 891 14.2 14.1 99 0.1 14.1 190 45 296.1 298.2 291.3 328.7 11.29 4 850 1372 11.6 11.5 99 0.1 11.5 203 58 298.3 300.1 291.0 327.6 10.06 5 800 1878 8.7 8.5 99 0.1 8.6 216 62 300.4 302.0 290.6 326.3 8.77 6 750 2409 5.6 5.4 99 0.2 5.5 219 54 302.6 304.0 290.3 325.2 7.54 7 700 2971 2.6 2.4 99 0.2 2.5 214 51 305.4 306.6 290.3 325.2 6.53 8 650 3567 -1.1 -1.4 98 0.3 -1.3 210 51 307.7 308.7 290.0 324.0 5.31 9 600 4202 -4.7 -5.3 96 0.6 -5.0 208 59 310.7 311.5 290.0 324.2 4.31 10 550 4881 -8.6 -9.5 94 0.8 -9.0 201 62 313.8 314.5 290.2 324.7 3.39 11 500 5614 -13.7 -17.0 76 3.3 -14.8 201 71 316.3 316.7 289.6 323.0 2.01 12 450 6404 -20.6 -27.4 55 6.8 -22.0 206 84 317.3 317.5 288.9 320.5 0.90 13 400 7263 -27.0 -46.7 14 19.7 -28.9 209 90 319.9 319.9 288.9 320.4 0.14 14 350 8213 -32.7 -51.3 14 18.5 -34.1 202 96 324.6 324.6 290.3 325.0 0.10 15 300 9284 -39.6 -44.7 59 5.0 -40.0 195 99 329.5 329.6 291.8 330.4 0.24 16 250 10512 -44.2 -59.2 17 15.0 -44.8 210 89 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.5 0.05 17 200 12002 -47.0 -77.4 2 30.4 -47.7 208 55 358.3 358.3 298.4 358.3 0.01 18 150 13868 -54.6 -83.1 2 28.6 -54.9 221 50 376.1 376.1 301.6 376.1 0.00 19 100 16402 -63.2 -85.6 3 22.5 -63.4 234 32 405.7 405.7 306.0 405.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5620.48 m Freezing level: 665.10 mb = 3386.79 m = 11111.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.66 mb = 3363.18 m = 11033.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.89 % Est. max temperature: 23.85 C = 74.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 956.32 mb = 374.54 m = 1228.78 ft T: 17.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.19 C/km ThetaE index: 4.55 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 912.70 mb = 771.62 m = 2531.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.96 C = 67.92 F Cap Strength: 0.10 C Lifted Index: -2.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.32 C Showalter Index: -1.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.57 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.36 C Cross Totals Index: 25.21 C K Index: 36.64 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 356.82 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.02 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 538.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 916.11 mb = 739.92 m = 2427.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 891.11 mb = 974.38 m = 3196.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 321.11 mb = 8811.72 m = 28909.50 ft B at Equ Level: 536.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 231.11 mb = 11036.99 m = 36210.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 206.0 at 56.9 knts Storm direction: 236.0 at 42.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.9 neg: 1.4 tot: 9.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 532.9 neg: -43.0 tot: 489.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 163.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.4 stream: 9.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.79 Bulk Rich Number: 3.79 Bulk Shear: 141.80 m/s