MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F069.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170000F069.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 69 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 40.52,-79.67 Latitude: 40.52 Longitude: -79.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 SFC 962 333 17.6 16.5 93 1.1 16.9 176 14 294.0 296.3 291.6 329.4 12.39 2 950 437 16.8 16.1 96 0.7 16.4 177 20 294.2 296.4 291.5 329.2 12.23 3 900 897 13.9 13.6 98 0.4 13.7 186 42 295.9 297.8 291.0 327.4 10.93 4 850 1378 10.9 10.7 98 0.3 10.8 199 55 297.6 299.3 290.4 325.3 9.53 5 800 1881 8.0 7.7 98 0.3 7.8 211 58 299.7 301.2 290.0 324.0 8.25 6 750 2412 5.1 4.7 97 0.4 4.8 214 52 302.1 303.4 289.8 323.4 7.13 7 700 2973 2.2 1.9 98 0.3 2.1 211 46 305.0 306.1 290.0 324.0 6.28 8 650 3568 -1.1 -1.4 98 0.3 -1.3 211 44 307.7 308.7 290.0 324.1 5.32 9 600 4203 -4.5 -4.8 98 0.3 -4.7 209 46 310.9 311.7 290.2 324.9 4.46 10 550 4883 -8.9 -9.3 97 0.4 -9.1 203 57 313.6 314.2 290.2 324.6 3.43 11 500 5614 -14.1 -16.0 85 1.9 -14.7 199 65 315.9 316.3 289.7 323.1 2.19 12 450 6405 -19.6 -30.2 38 10.6 -21.7 197 74 318.6 318.8 289.0 321.1 0.69 13 400 7268 -25.7 -57.1 4 31.4 -28.0 194 75 321.6 321.7 289.3 321.8 0.04 14 350 8221 -32.7 -45.6 26 12.9 -33.8 186 73 324.6 324.7 290.4 325.3 0.18 15 300 9289 -40.4 -55.0 19 14.7 -41.1 189 76 328.5 328.5 291.3 328.7 0.07 16 250 10516 -44.7 -62.6 12 17.9 -45.3 195 77 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.8 0.03 17 200 11998 -48.0 -77.1 2 29.1 -48.6 185 57 356.7 356.7 298.1 356.7 0.01 18 150 13861 -55.8 -82.3 2 26.5 -56.1 224 54 374.0 374.0 301.2 374.0 0.00 19 100 16390 -61.3 -85.9 2 24.6 -61.6 228 32 409.2 409.2 306.4 409.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5613.08 m Freezing level: 666.55 mb = 3370.81 m = 11058.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.00 mb = 3336.38 m = 10945.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.55 % Est. max temperature: 22.71 C = 72.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.42 mb = 469.56 m = 1540.53 ft T: 16.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.18 C/km ThetaE index: 6.07 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 900.39 mb = 893.34 m = 2930.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.42 C = 66.95 F Cap Strength: 0.17 C Lifted Index: -1.74 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.24 C Showalter Index: -0.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.77 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.01 C Cross Totals Index: 24.76 C K Index: 35.36 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 317.88 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.52 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 345.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.80 mb = 851.78 m = 2794.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 889.80 mb = 992.81 m = 3257.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 329.80 mb = 8632.86 m = 28322.68 ft B at Equ Level: 342.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 239.80 mb = 10792.49 m = 35408.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 203.7 at 51.7 knts Storm direction: 233.7 at 38.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.3 neg: 1.5 tot: 8.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 466.4 neg: -42.4 tot: 424.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 141.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.4 stream: 8.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.01 Bulk Rich Number: 3.19 Bulk Shear: 108.32 m/s