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: 41.23,-80.37 Latitude: 41.23 Longitude: -80.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -15 SFC 959 345 20.6 16.6 78 4.0 17.9 169 18 297.3 299.6 292.7 333.5 12.50 2 950 425 19.6 15.7 78 3.9 17.0 170 21 297.1 299.2 292.1 331.5 11.90 3 900 888 15.1 14.1 93 1.1 14.4 174 32 297.1 299.1 291.6 329.8 11.28 4 850 1370 11.9 11.2 96 0.7 11.4 190 43 298.6 300.4 291.0 327.4 9.87 5 800 1876 9.2 8.2 94 0.9 8.6 196 40 300.9 302.5 290.6 326.3 8.58 6 750 2408 6.1 5.3 95 0.8 5.7 196 54 303.2 304.6 290.5 325.7 7.48 7 700 2972 3.0 2.4 96 0.6 2.7 201 62 305.8 307.0 290.4 325.5 6.50 8 650 3569 -0.7 -1.3 95 0.7 -1.0 200 65 308.2 309.2 290.2 324.7 5.35 9 600 4205 -3.8 -4.7 94 0.9 -4.3 197 69 311.7 312.5 290.5 325.8 4.49 10 550 4887 -7.8 -9.0 91 1.2 -8.3 195 69 314.8 315.5 290.6 326.1 3.52 11 500 5622 -12.2 -16.9 68 4.7 -13.8 197 64 318.1 318.5 290.2 324.9 2.03 12 450 6418 -19.0 -24.0 65 5.0 -20.3 199 62 319.3 319.5 289.8 323.5 1.22 13 400 7282 -25.2 -39.5 25 14.3 -27.1 196 61 322.2 322.3 289.8 323.3 0.31 14 350 8236 -32.6 -37.8 59 5.3 -33.2 196 70 324.8 324.9 290.7 326.4 0.42 15 300 9307 -39.6 -49.9 33 10.3 -40.2 195 79 329.6 329.6 291.7 330.1 0.13 16 250 10534 -45.5 -62.0 14 16.5 -46.1 200 82 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.5 0.04 17 200 12006 -49.9 -73.0 5 23.1 -50.4 198 59 353.7 353.7 297.4 353.7 0.01 18 150 13856 -55.5 -81.3 3 25.8 -55.9 225 46 374.4 374.4 301.3 374.4 0.00 19 100 16381 -62.7 -85.3 3 22.5 -62.9 234 33 406.5 406.5 306.0 406.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5637.47 m Freezing level: 659.05 mb = 3460.62 m = 11353.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.44 mb = 3403.79 m = 11167.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.29 % Est. max temperature: 23.76 C = 74.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 904.23 mb = 847.43 m = 2780.23 ft T: 15.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.74 C/km ThetaE index: 8.77 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 876.95 mb = 1106.37 m = 3629.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.07 C = 69.92 F Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lifted Index: -1.02 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.36 C Showalter Index: 0.22 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.58 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.13 C Cross Totals Index: 23.44 C K Index: 34.73 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 285.19 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.58 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 418.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.51 mb = 1053.10 m = 3455.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 867.51 mb = 1197.72 m = 3929.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 307.51 mb = 9135.28 m = 29971.02 ft B at Equ Level: 415.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 227.51 mb = 11155.68 m = 36599.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 195.5 at 55.9 knts Storm direction: 225.5 at 41.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 381.1 neg: -8.5 tot: 372.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 124.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 8.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.78 Bulk Rich Number: 2.62 Bulk Shear: 159.72 m/s