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: 43.12,-80.08 Latitude: 43.12 Longitude: -80.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -30 SFC 972 216 20.1 17.1 83 3.0 18.1 181 15 295.7 298.0 292.3 332.3 12.75 2 950 411 17.8 15.9 88 2.0 16.5 184 26 295.3 297.4 291.6 329.8 12.01 3 900 871 14.1 13.8 98 0.3 14.0 194 40 296.1 298.1 291.2 328.1 11.11 4 850 1352 11.2 10.9 97 0.4 11.0 206 40 297.9 299.7 290.6 326.0 9.65 5 800 1857 8.5 7.8 95 0.7 8.1 205 37 300.2 301.7 290.2 324.8 8.33 6 750 2389 5.8 5.0 95 0.8 5.4 201 43 302.9 304.2 290.2 324.7 7.31 7 700 2951 2.6 1.5 93 1.1 2.0 201 48 305.4 306.5 289.9 323.9 6.11 8 650 3547 -0.8 -2.7 87 1.8 -1.7 199 52 308.0 308.9 289.7 323.0 4.84 9 600 4183 -3.7 -6.5 81 2.8 -5.0 198 56 311.8 312.6 290.0 324.3 3.92 10 550 4866 -7.8 -11.7 74 3.9 -9.3 194 62 314.8 315.3 290.0 324.0 2.83 11 500 5600 -12.6 -17.9 64 5.4 -14.3 191 65 317.7 318.1 290.0 324.0 1.86 12 450 6396 -18.3 -24.1 60 5.8 -19.7 190 62 320.2 320.5 290.1 324.4 1.21 13 400 7264 -24.1 -27.2 76 3.0 -24.8 182 68 323.6 323.8 290.9 327.2 1.03 14 350 8225 -30.4 -33.6 73 3.2 -30.9 181 74 327.7 327.9 291.7 330.1 0.64 15 300 9302 -39.2 -42.5 70 3.4 -39.5 176 75 330.1 330.2 292.0 331.3 0.30 16 250 10525 -47.3 -59.9 22 12.6 -47.7 191 78 335.7 335.7 293.3 335.9 0.05 17 200 11985 -50.9 -70.1 8 19.2 -51.4 190 56 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.2 0.01 18 150 13826 -56.7 -84.8 2 28.1 -57.0 221 53 372.4 372.4 301.0 372.4 0.00 19 100 16355 -60.8 -88.0 2 27.2 -61.0 239 30 410.3 410.3 306.6 410.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5629.29 m Freezing level: 662.00 mb = 3403.77 m = 11167.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.96 mb = 3267.57 m = 10720.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.79 % Est. max temperature: 23.61 C = 74.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.23 mb = 589.78 m = 1934.94 ft T: 16.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.72 C/km ThetaE index: 9.32 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 903.52 mb = 837.89 m = 2748.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.46 C = 68.83 F Cap Strength: 0.09 C Lifted Index: -0.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.35 C Showalter Index: 0.61 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.21 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.80 C Cross Totals Index: 23.41 C K Index: 33.58 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 274.46 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.47 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 233.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.19 mb = 822.15 m = 2697.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 900.19 mb = 869.32 m = 2852.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 380.19 mb = 7629.31 m = 25030.25 ft B at Equ Level: 232.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 250.19 mb = 10519.56 m = 34512.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 196.6 at 49.6 knts Storm direction: 226.6 at 37.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 2.1 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 214.7 neg: -7.9 tot: 206.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 69.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.27 Bulk Rich Number: 3.13 Bulk Shear: 74.67 m/s