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: 41.44,-80.21 Latitude: 41.44 Longitude: -80.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -16 SFC 955 381 20.8 16.7 78 4.1 18.0 168 15 297.8 300.1 292.9 334.4 12.61 2 950 425 19.8 15.8 78 3.9 17.2 168 15 297.3 299.4 292.3 332.0 12.00 3 900 888 15.2 14.1 93 1.1 14.4 174 32 297.1 299.2 291.6 329.8 11.27 4 850 1370 12.0 11.0 94 1.0 11.4 189 45 298.7 300.5 290.9 327.1 9.72 5 800 1876 9.2 8.0 92 1.2 8.5 196 42 300.9 302.5 290.5 325.9 8.42 6 750 2409 6.2 5.0 92 1.2 5.5 194 54 303.3 304.6 290.3 325.1 7.29 7 700 2972 2.9 1.7 91 1.3 2.2 198 62 305.7 306.9 290.1 324.5 6.17 8 650 3569 -0.5 -1.6 92 1.1 -1.1 199 66 308.4 309.4 290.1 324.5 5.22 9 600 4205 -4.0 -4.7 94 0.8 -4.3 198 69 311.5 312.4 290.5 325.7 4.49 10 550 4887 -8.0 -8.8 94 0.8 -8.4 194 68 314.6 315.3 290.6 326.0 3.56 11 500 5622 -12.3 -14.9 81 2.6 -13.2 196 61 318.0 318.5 290.6 325.9 2.40 12 450 6418 -18.6 -24.7 59 6.1 -20.0 199 60 319.9 320.1 289.9 323.8 1.15 13 400 7283 -25.1 -44.5 15 19.4 -27.3 195 62 322.4 322.4 289.7 323.1 0.18 14 350 8238 -32.2 -38.9 52 6.6 -33.0 194 73 325.3 325.4 290.7 326.7 0.38 15 300 9311 -39.3 -52.6 23 13.3 -40.1 192 78 330.0 330.0 291.8 330.4 0.10 16 250 10538 -45.9 -63.3 12 17.4 -46.4 200 81 337.8 337.8 293.8 337.9 0.03 17 200 12009 -50.1 -73.0 5 22.9 -50.5 197 59 353.5 353.5 297.4 353.5 0.01 18 150 13855 -56.0 -81.7 3 25.7 -56.3 222 46 373.6 373.6 301.2 373.6 0.00 19 100 16378 -62.7 -86.9 2 24.3 -62.9 235 34 406.6 406.6 306.1 406.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5637.25 m Freezing level: 657.26 mb = 3481.85 m = 11423.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.37 mb = 3368.20 m = 11050.39 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.17 % Est. max temperature: 23.61 C = 74.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 899.43 mb = 893.12 m = 2930.16 ft T: 15.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.77 C/km ThetaE index: 9.88 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 872.66 mb = 1148.12 m = 3766.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.93 C = 69.68 F Cap Strength: 0.27 C Lifted Index: -1.11 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.36 C Showalter Index: 0.30 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.62 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.32 C Cross Totals Index: 23.31 C K Index: 34.00 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 282.34 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.31 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 380.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.79 mb = 1089.07 m = 3573.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 863.79 mb = 1234.32 m = 4049.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 313.79 mb = 8998.39 m = 29521.92 ft B at Equ Level: 377.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 223.79 mb = 11268.18 m = 36968.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 194.8 at 55.6 knts Storm direction: 224.8 at 41.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.2 neg: 2.0 tot: 9.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 415.4 neg: -8.7 tot: 406.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 135.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.9 stream: 8.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.77 Bulk Rich Number: 2.23 Bulk Shear: 170.65 m/s