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: 40.58,-80.18 Latitude: 40.58 Longitude: -80.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -3 SFC 963 318 21.3 15.5 70 5.8 17.5 167 13 297.6 299.7 292.0 331.3 11.60 2 950 438 19.9 15.0 73 5.0 16.7 169 19 297.4 299.5 291.8 330.3 11.34 3 900 901 15.6 13.4 87 2.2 14.2 177 32 297.6 299.5 291.4 328.9 10.80 4 850 1384 12.0 11.6 97 0.5 11.7 189 43 298.8 300.6 291.2 328.4 10.13 5 800 1891 9.8 9.1 95 0.7 9.4 200 46 301.6 303.3 291.3 328.6 9.11 6 750 2425 6.8 5.4 91 1.4 6.0 198 59 303.9 305.3 290.7 326.5 7.51 7 700 2989 3.6 3.2 97 0.4 3.4 199 62 306.4 307.7 291.0 327.4 6.89 8 650 3587 0.0 -0.3 98 0.3 -0.1 197 64 309.0 310.1 290.8 326.9 5.79 9 600 4225 -4.2 -4.7 97 0.4 -4.4 195 67 311.2 312.1 290.4 325.4 4.51 10 550 4906 -7.7 -11.2 76 3.5 -9.1 195 64 314.9 315.5 290.1 324.5 2.96 11 500 5641 -12.1 -18.9 57 6.8 -14.2 202 59 318.3 318.6 290.0 324.1 1.72 12 450 6436 -19.0 -23.2 69 4.2 -20.0 203 59 319.4 319.6 289.9 323.9 1.31 13 400 7301 -25.2 -35.3 39 10.1 -26.7 198 61 322.2 322.3 290.0 324.0 0.48 14 350 8255 -32.8 -36.0 73 3.2 -33.2 201 75 324.5 324.6 290.7 326.3 0.50 15 300 9326 -39.1 -51.8 25 12.7 -39.8 200 80 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.7 0.11 16 250 10555 -45.6 -60.4 17 14.8 -46.1 204 81 338.3 338.3 294.0 338.5 0.04 17 200 12026 -50.5 -72.2 6 21.7 -50.9 202 60 352.8 352.8 297.3 352.9 0.01 18 150 13870 -55.8 -81.5 3 25.7 -56.2 222 49 373.9 373.9 301.2 373.9 0.00 19 100 16395 -62.9 -85.4 3 22.5 -63.1 239 33 406.1 406.1 306.0 406.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5643.41 m Freezing level: 649.55 mb = 3592.98 m = 11787.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.41 mb = 3569.81 m = 11711.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.15 % Est. max temperature: 24.48 C = 76.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 884.71 mb = 1045.84 m = 3431.18 ft T: 14.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.92 C/km ThetaE index: 2.93 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 862.30 mb = 1262.49 m = 4141.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.14 C = 71.86 F Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lifted Index: -0.59 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.54 C Showalter Index: -0.06 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.86 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.16 C Cross Totals Index: 23.70 C K Index: 35.34 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 285.06 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.91 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 290.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 872.20 mb = 1166.11 m = 3825.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 847.20 mb = 1411.45 m = 4630.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 827.20 mb = 1611.21 m = 5286.07 ft B at Equ Level: 3.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 237.20 mb = 10901.19 m = 35764.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 196.2 at 54.8 knts Storm direction: 226.2 at 41.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: 2.1 tot: 9.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 389.8 neg: -5.3 tot: 384.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 128.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 8.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.65 Bulk Rich Number: 1.74 Bulk Shear: 167.05 m/s