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: 41.87,-80.42 Latitude: 41.87 Longitude: -80.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -27 SFC 965 283 21.0 16.7 77 4.3 18.1 170 18 297.2 299.4 292.6 333.3 12.49 2 950 415 19.2 15.6 79 3.7 16.8 171 25 296.7 298.8 291.9 330.8 11.80 3 900 877 14.8 14.0 95 0.9 14.3 177 36 296.8 298.8 291.5 329.2 11.20 4 850 1359 11.9 10.7 92 1.2 11.2 196 46 298.6 300.4 290.7 326.6 9.57 5 800 1865 9.1 7.6 90 1.6 8.2 202 37 300.9 302.4 290.3 325.1 8.19 6 750 2397 6.1 5.0 92 1.2 5.5 197 44 303.2 304.6 290.3 325.1 7.29 7 700 2960 2.7 1.8 93 1.0 2.2 196 52 305.5 306.7 290.1 324.4 6.23 8 650 3556 -1.1 -1.9 94 0.9 -1.5 194 58 307.8 308.7 289.8 323.5 5.11 9 600 4191 -4.1 -4.5 97 0.4 -4.3 194 63 311.4 312.2 290.5 325.8 4.58 10 550 4873 -7.7 -8.0 98 0.3 -7.8 195 66 315.0 315.7 290.9 327.2 3.82 11 500 5609 -12.5 -12.9 97 0.4 -12.6 193 61 317.8 318.4 290.9 327.1 2.83 12 450 6405 -18.6 -20.0 88 1.5 -19.0 194 60 319.9 320.2 290.5 325.8 1.73 13 400 7270 -25.4 -35.6 38 10.1 -26.9 192 66 321.9 322.0 289.9 323.6 0.46 14 350 8224 -32.4 -38.6 54 6.2 -33.1 193 74 325.1 325.1 290.7 326.5 0.39 15 300 9296 -39.5 -53.1 22 13.6 -40.2 188 80 329.7 329.7 291.7 330.1 0.09 16 250 10523 -45.5 -63.3 12 17.8 -46.1 197 80 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.5 0.03 17 200 11997 -49.4 -73.0 5 23.6 -49.9 193 58 354.5 354.5 297.6 354.6 0.01 18 150 13847 -56.5 -83.1 2 26.6 -56.8 222 47 372.7 372.7 301.1 372.7 0.00 19 100 16370 -62.3 -86.7 2 24.4 -62.5 232 34 407.4 407.4 306.2 407.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5635.65 m Freezing level: 663.83 mb = 3390.78 m = 11124.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 670.05 mb = 3311.29 m = 10863.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.36 % Est. max temperature: 24.00 C = 75.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 905.82 mb = 821.71 m = 2695.87 ft T: 15.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.74 C/km ThetaE index: 9.77 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 880.86 mb = 1058.02 m = 3471.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.28 C = 70.31 F Cap Strength: 0.22 C Lifted Index: -1.06 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.43 C Showalter Index: 0.40 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.61 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.40 C Cross Totals Index: 23.21 C K Index: 34.17 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 282.40 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.02 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 375.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.87 mb = 1000.64 m = 3282.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 861.87 mb = 1241.70 m = 4073.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 311.87 mb = 9026.07 m = 29612.73 ft B at Equ Level: 371.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 231.87 mb = 11019.99 m = 36154.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 193.6 at 52.0 knts Storm direction: 223.6 at 39.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 3.0 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 310.7 neg: -29.4 tot: 281.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 93.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.9 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.61 Bulk Rich Number: 3.57 Bulk Shear: 105.37 m/s