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: 40.57,-79.69 Latitude: 40.57 Longitude: -79.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 961 334 17.5 16.5 94 1.0 16.9 174 14 294.0 296.2 291.5 329.4 12.40 2 950 436 16.7 16.1 96 0.6 16.3 175 21 294.1 296.3 291.5 329.0 12.20 3 900 895 13.9 13.6 98 0.3 13.7 185 44 295.8 297.8 291.0 327.3 10.94 4 850 1376 10.9 10.7 99 0.2 10.8 198 56 297.6 299.3 290.4 325.4 9.56 5 800 1880 8.1 7.7 97 0.4 7.8 210 58 299.7 301.3 290.0 324.0 8.25 6 750 2410 5.1 4.6 97 0.4 4.8 212 51 302.1 303.4 289.8 323.4 7.13 7 700 2971 2.3 1.9 98 0.4 2.1 210 45 305.0 306.1 290.0 324.0 6.28 8 650 3566 -1.1 -1.4 98 0.3 -1.3 212 43 307.7 308.7 290.0 324.1 5.32 9 600 4201 -4.6 -4.8 98 0.3 -4.7 209 45 310.8 311.7 290.2 324.8 4.45 10 550 4881 -8.8 -9.3 96 0.5 -9.0 204 55 313.6 314.3 290.2 324.6 3.44 11 500 5613 -14.0 -15.7 87 1.7 -14.6 199 63 316.0 316.4 289.8 323.4 2.24 12 450 6403 -19.6 -29.6 41 10.0 -21.6 197 73 318.6 318.7 289.1 321.1 0.73 13 400 7267 -25.6 -56.9 4 31.3 -28.0 194 74 321.7 321.7 289.3 321.8 0.04 14 350 8220 -32.6 -45.0 28 12.4 -33.7 185 72 324.7 324.8 290.4 325.5 0.20 15 300 9288 -40.5 -54.0 22 13.4 -41.2 189 75 328.2 328.3 291.3 328.6 0.08 16 250 10514 -44.8 -62.9 11 18.1 -45.4 195 77 339.5 339.5 294.2 339.6 0.03 17 200 11996 -48.1 -75.9 3 27.9 -48.7 185 57 356.7 356.7 298.0 356.7 0.01 18 150 13860 -55.6 -83.4 2 27.7 -56.0 225 54 374.2 374.2 301.3 374.2 0.00 19 100 16389 -61.3 -85.9 2 24.6 -61.5 229 31 409.3 409.3 306.5 409.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5613.26 m Freezing level: 666.50 mb = 3369.91 m = 11055.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.00 mb = 3334.87 m = 10941.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.64 % Est. max temperature: 22.75 C = 72.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 947.81 mb = 455.53 m = 1494.51 ft T: 16.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.15 C/km ThetaE index: 6.00 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 901.17 mb = 884.34 m = 2901.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.33 C = 66.79 F Cap Strength: 0.15 C Lifted Index: -1.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.22 C Showalter Index: -0.48 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.63 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.93 C Cross Totals Index: 24.70 C K Index: 35.29 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 315.37 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.48 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 332.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.26 mb = 845.84 m = 2775.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 890.26 mb = 986.83 m = 3237.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 330.26 mb = 8622.34 m = 28288.19 ft B at Equ Level: 329.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 240.26 mb = 10778.05 m = 35360.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 203.3 at 51.0 knts Storm direction: 233.3 at 38.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: 1.0 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 479.1 neg: -44.4 tot: 434.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 144.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.4 stream: 8.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.30 Bulk Shear: 100.78 m/s