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: 41.49,-80.29 Latitude: 41.49 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 -17 SFC 956 368 20.4 16.7 80 3.7 17.9 167 16 297.3 299.6 292.8 333.9 12.64 2 950 423 19.3 15.9 81 3.4 17.1 168 16 296.8 299.0 292.2 331.7 12.08 3 900 886 14.9 14.0 95 0.8 14.3 175 33 296.8 298.8 291.5 329.4 11.26 4 850 1368 11.9 11.0 95 0.9 11.3 191 46 298.6 300.3 290.9 327.1 9.75 5 800 1873 9.0 8.0 94 1.0 8.5 197 40 300.8 302.3 290.5 325.8 8.47 6 750 2406 6.1 5.3 94 0.8 5.6 193 53 303.2 304.6 290.5 325.6 7.46 7 700 2969 2.9 1.9 93 1.0 2.4 197 60 305.7 306.9 290.2 324.8 6.29 8 650 3566 -0.4 -1.1 95 0.7 -0.8 198 65 308.5 309.5 290.3 325.2 5.42 9 600 4202 -4.0 -4.5 96 0.5 -4.2 198 69 311.5 312.4 290.5 325.9 4.58 10 550 4884 -8.1 -8.5 97 0.4 -8.3 195 68 314.5 315.2 290.6 326.2 3.65 11 500 5618 -12.5 -14.2 87 1.7 -13.1 195 61 317.8 318.3 290.6 326.2 2.55 12 450 6415 -18.5 -23.5 65 5.0 -19.7 197 60 320.0 320.2 290.1 324.4 1.28 13 400 7280 -25.2 -44.4 15 19.2 -27.3 195 63 322.3 322.3 289.6 323.0 0.18 14 350 8235 -32.4 -39.1 51 6.7 -33.1 194 72 325.1 325.2 290.7 326.5 0.37 15 300 9307 -39.4 -52.9 23 13.5 -40.1 191 78 329.9 329.9 291.8 330.2 0.09 16 250 10534 -45.8 -63.4 12 17.6 -46.3 199 81 338.0 338.0 293.9 338.1 0.03 17 200 12005 -50.0 -72.5 5 22.5 -50.4 196 59 353.7 353.7 297.4 353.7 0.01 18 150 13854 -56.0 -81.6 3 25.7 -56.3 223 46 373.7 373.7 301.2 373.7 0.00 19 100 16377 -62.6 -87.0 2 24.3 -62.9 234 34 406.7 406.7 306.1 406.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5635.60 m Freezing level: 656.65 mb = 3486.22 m = 11437.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 662.65 mb = 3410.39 m = 11188.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.67 % Est. max temperature: 23.51 C = 74.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 906.05 mb = 828.24 m = 2717.29 ft T: 15.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.82 C/km ThetaE index: 9.11 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 879.30 mb = 1081.76 m = 3549.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.59 C = 69.06 F Cap Strength: 0.19 C Lifted Index: -1.18 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.34 C Showalter Index: 0.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.92 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.39 C Cross Totals Index: 23.54 C K Index: 34.43 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 285.49 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.26 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 365.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.12 mb = 1035.61 m = 3397.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 869.12 mb = 1179.90 m = 3871.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 319.12 mb = 8877.29 m = 29124.61 ft B at Equ Level: 364.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 229.12 mb = 11109.12 m = 36446.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 194.6 at 55.3 knts Storm direction: 224.6 at 41.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: 2.1 tot: 8.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 420.7 neg: -25.1 tot: 395.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 131.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.5 stream: 8.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.76 Bulk Rich Number: 2.26 Bulk Shear: 161.56 m/s