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: 40.31,-80.08 Latitude: 40.31 Longitude: -80.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 SFC 963 326 21.4 14.9 66 6.6 17.1 170 12 297.8 299.8 291.7 330.0 11.09 2 950 442 20.6 14.3 67 6.3 16.5 173 20 298.1 300.0 291.6 329.6 10.84 3 900 906 16.3 13.1 82 3.2 14.3 178 30 298.3 300.2 291.5 329.1 10.59 4 850 1390 12.5 11.4 93 1.1 11.9 191 39 299.3 301.1 291.3 328.6 10.03 5 800 1898 10.1 8.3 88 1.8 9.0 204 49 302.0 303.5 291.0 327.6 8.62 6 750 2432 7.5 5.0 84 2.6 6.1 196 57 304.8 306.1 290.8 326.8 7.30 7 700 2997 3.2 2.5 95 0.7 2.8 196 59 306.0 307.2 290.6 326.0 6.56 8 650 3595 0.2 -0.1 98 0.3 0.0 196 60 309.2 310.3 290.9 327.3 5.85 9 600 4233 -4.1 -5.0 93 0.9 -4.5 195 64 311.4 312.2 290.3 325.2 4.40 10 550 4915 -7.3 -13.2 63 5.9 -9.5 196 64 315.4 315.9 289.9 323.6 2.51 11 500 5650 -12.0 -19.7 52 7.8 -14.3 201 58 318.5 318.8 289.9 323.9 1.60 12 450 6446 -18.9 -24.4 62 5.5 -20.2 202 59 319.5 319.7 289.8 323.5 1.18 13 400 7311 -25.3 -34.4 43 9.0 -26.8 200 63 322.1 322.2 289.9 323.9 0.52 14 350 8264 -32.8 -36.7 68 3.9 -33.3 203 75 324.5 324.6 290.6 326.2 0.47 15 300 9335 -39.1 -50.9 28 11.7 -39.9 200 80 330.2 330.2 291.9 330.7 0.12 16 250 10565 -45.6 -60.6 17 15.1 -46.1 205 79 338.3 338.3 294.0 338.5 0.04 17 200 12035 -50.6 -71.0 7 20.4 -51.0 205 59 352.7 352.7 297.2 352.8 0.01 18 150 13876 -56.3 -81.9 3 25.6 -56.6 220 50 373.1 373.1 301.1 373.1 0.00 19 100 16399 -63.0 -86.4 3 23.4 -63.1 241 34 406.1 406.1 306.0 406.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5649.22 m Freezing level: 647.72 mb = 3624.21 m = 11890.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.78 mb = 3597.88 m = 11803.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.74 % Est. max temperature: 24.86 C = 76.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 874.16 mb = 1152.98 m = 3782.69 ft T: 14.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.71 C/km ThetaE index: 3.99 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 841.41 mb = 1475.21 m = 4839.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.36 C = 74.04 F Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lifted Index: -0.38 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.86 C Showalter Index: -0.08 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.88 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.49 C Cross Totals Index: 23.39 C K Index: 35.23 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 273.69 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.00 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 252.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 27.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 858.76 mb = 1303.42 m = 4276.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 723.76 mb = 2723.86 m = 8936.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 323.76 mb = 8805.55 m = 28889.24 ft B at Equ Level: 252.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 243.76 mb = 10731.46 m = 35207.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 196.1 at 53.1 knts Storm direction: 226.1 at 39.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 2.3 tot: 8.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 311.4 neg: -1.5 tot: 309.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 103.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.47 Bulk Rich Number: 1.70 Bulk Shear: 148.46 m/s