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: 40.49,-81.50 Latitude: 40.49 Longitude: -81.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -28 SFC 961 315 18.7 16.5 87 2.2 17.2 161 13 295.2 297.4 291.9 330.8 12.40 2 950 410 17.9 16.0 89 1.8 16.7 163 20 295.3 297.5 291.7 330.2 12.15 3 900 871 14.5 14.1 97 0.4 14.3 170 36 296.5 298.5 291.5 329.2 11.32 4 850 1353 11.8 11.6 98 0.2 11.7 185 52 298.5 300.3 291.2 328.0 10.12 5 800 1859 9.3 8.5 95 0.8 8.9 197 56 301.1 302.7 290.9 327.0 8.75 6 750 2392 6.4 5.7 95 0.7 6.0 198 54 303.5 305.0 290.7 326.5 7.68 7 700 2955 3.1 2.4 96 0.6 2.7 198 53 305.9 307.1 290.5 325.7 6.53 8 650 3551 -0.9 -1.2 97 0.4 -1.1 196 56 308.0 309.0 290.1 324.5 5.38 9 600 4187 -4.4 -4.8 97 0.4 -4.6 194 59 311.0 311.8 290.3 325.0 4.45 10 550 4868 -8.4 -8.8 97 0.4 -8.5 192 63 314.2 314.9 290.5 325.7 3.58 11 500 5601 -13.0 -13.7 94 0.7 -13.2 193 65 317.2 317.7 290.6 325.9 2.66 12 450 6395 -18.7 -19.7 91 1.1 -19.0 199 72 319.8 320.1 290.5 325.8 1.77 13 400 7261 -25.6 -28.3 78 2.7 -26.2 203 77 321.7 321.8 290.2 324.9 0.93 14 350 8212 -33.6 -44.0 34 10.4 -34.6 204 81 323.4 323.5 290.0 324.3 0.22 15 300 9277 -41.0 -52.7 27 11.7 -41.6 201 96 327.6 327.6 291.2 328.0 0.10 16 250 10501 -45.2 -63.7 11 18.6 -45.8 207 90 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.0 0.03 17 200 11986 -46.8 -77.3 2 30.5 -47.5 195 60 358.7 358.7 298.4 358.7 0.01 18 150 13854 -54.7 -83.3 2 28.6 -55.1 232 46 375.8 375.8 301.6 375.8 0.00 19 100 16386 -62.4 -83.6 4 21.2 -62.6 231 32 407.2 407.2 306.2 407.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5628.48 m Freezing level: 661.21 mb = 3417.64 m = 11212.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.36 mb = 3375.53 m = 11074.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.92 % Est. max temperature: 23.96 C = 75.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.40 mb = 587.61 m = 1927.83 ft T: 16.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.07 C/km ThetaE index: 6.26 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 892.38 mb = 942.43 m = 3091.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.26 C = 68.47 F Cap Strength: 0.18 C Lifted Index: -1.46 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.05 C Showalter Index: -0.78 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.31 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.77 C Cross Totals Index: 24.54 C K Index: 35.69 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 313.64 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.51 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 452.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.78 mb = 891.58 m = 2925.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 872.78 mb = 1129.65 m = 3706.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 292.78 mb = 9440.35 m = 30971.89 ft B at Equ Level: 446.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 222.78 mb = 11268.03 m = 36968.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 192.7 at 55.2 knts Storm direction: 222.7 at 41.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.5 neg: 0.4 tot: 7.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 458.4 neg: -1.9 tot: 456.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 152.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 8.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.29 Bulk Rich Number: 2.85 Bulk Shear: 158.78 m/s