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: 40.42,-80.29 Latitude: 40.42 Longitude: -80.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -4 SFC 962 330 21.2 15.2 69 6.0 17.2 168 13 297.7 299.7 291.9 330.7 11.37 2 950 437 20.1 14.6 71 5.5 16.5 170 19 297.6 299.6 291.6 329.7 11.07 3 900 900 15.7 13.3 85 2.5 14.1 177 32 297.7 299.7 291.4 328.8 10.71 4 850 1383 12.3 11.4 94 0.9 11.7 192 43 299.0 300.9 291.2 328.4 10.02 5 800 1890 9.9 9.0 94 0.9 9.3 201 48 301.7 303.4 291.3 328.5 9.04 6 750 2425 6.9 5.7 92 1.2 6.2 198 59 304.1 305.5 290.9 327.2 7.70 7 700 2989 3.4 2.9 96 0.5 3.1 197 63 306.2 307.5 290.8 326.8 6.75 8 650 3587 -0.1 -0.4 97 0.4 -0.3 195 63 308.9 310.0 290.7 326.5 5.71 9 600 4224 -4.1 -5.3 91 1.2 -4.6 194 66 311.4 312.2 290.3 325.0 4.30 10 550 4906 -7.3 -12.3 67 5.0 -9.2 195 64 315.4 316.0 290.0 324.2 2.70 11 500 5641 -12.4 -18.9 58 6.5 -14.4 199 61 317.9 318.3 289.9 323.7 1.71 12 450 6437 -19.1 -22.5 75 3.3 -20.0 200 61 319.2 319.5 290.0 324.0 1.40 13 400 7301 -25.3 -30.5 62 5.2 -26.3 197 63 322.1 322.2 290.2 324.7 0.75 14 350 8254 -32.7 -35.6 75 2.9 -33.1 202 75 324.6 324.7 290.7 326.5 0.52 15 300 9324 -39.4 -48.4 38 9.0 -39.9 201 81 329.9 329.9 291.9 330.5 0.16 16 250 10553 -45.3 -58.5 21 13.2 -45.9 205 81 338.7 338.7 294.0 338.9 0.06 17 200 12026 -50.2 -72.8 5 22.5 -50.7 203 60 353.2 353.2 297.3 353.2 0.01 18 150 13871 -55.9 -81.6 3 25.7 -56.2 222 50 373.8 373.8 301.2 373.8 0.00 19 100 16396 -62.8 -85.3 3 22.5 -63.0 240 33 406.4 406.4 306.0 406.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5645.32 m Freezing level: 650.93 mb = 3575.92 m = 11731.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.02 mb = 3537.34 m = 11605.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.62 % Est. max temperature: 24.58 C = 76.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 880.25 mb = 1087.79 m = 3568.81 ft T: 14.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.95 C/km ThetaE index: 4.80 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 853.12 mb = 1352.24 m = 4436.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.50 C = 72.50 F Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lifted Index: -0.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.61 C Showalter Index: -0.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.51 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.70 C Cross Totals Index: 23.81 C K Index: 35.62 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 284.96 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.98 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 262.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 866.64 mb = 1219.44 m = 4000.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 751.64 mb = 2406.71 m = 7895.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 321.64 mb = 8840.79 m = 29004.88 ft B at Equ Level: 260.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 241.64 mb = 10777.79 m = 35359.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 195.4 at 55.3 knts Storm direction: 225.4 at 41.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 2.9 tot: 9.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 360.9 neg: -8.9 tot: 352.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 117.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 8.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.56 Bulk Rich Number: 1.59 Bulk Shear: 164.31 m/s