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: 41.40,-79.73 Latitude: 41.40 Longitude: -79.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -26 1 950 410 SFC 949 419 17.2 16.5 96 0.6 16.8 154 13 294.7 296.9 291.9 330.7 12.56 3 900 871 14.8 14.7 99 0.1 14.8 156 38 296.8 298.9 291.9 330.8 11.76 4 850 1354 12.3 12.2 99 0.1 12.3 163 50 299.1 301.0 291.7 329.9 10.56 5 800 1861 9.5 9.4 99 0.1 9.5 176 56 301.3 303.0 291.3 328.8 9.28 6 750 2394 6.4 6.2 98 0.2 6.3 186 60 303.5 305.0 290.9 327.3 7.94 7 700 2957 2.9 2.6 98 0.3 2.7 201 62 305.7 306.9 290.5 325.7 6.60 8 650 3554 -1.1 -1.4 98 0.3 -1.3 206 53 307.7 308.7 290.0 324.1 5.32 9 600 4189 -4.0 -4.6 95 0.7 -4.3 207 52 311.5 312.4 290.5 325.7 4.52 10 550 4872 -7.4 -9.0 89 1.6 -8.1 201 52 315.3 315.9 290.7 326.6 3.52 11 500 5606 -13.1 -15.9 79 2.8 -14.1 197 56 317.0 317.4 290.0 324.3 2.21 12 450 6399 -19.6 -23.0 74 3.4 -20.4 197 62 318.6 318.9 289.7 323.1 1.33 13 400 7262 -25.7 -28.7 76 3.0 -26.3 195 63 321.5 321.7 290.2 324.7 0.89 14 350 8216 -32.4 -35.5 73 3.2 -32.8 185 62 325.1 325.2 290.9 327.0 0.53 15 300 9284 -41.3 -44.6 71 3.3 -41.5 181 70 327.1 327.2 291.2 328.1 0.24 16 250 10503 -45.7 -60.9 16 15.2 -46.3 196 76 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.2 0.04 17 200 11983 -48.5 -75.8 3 27.3 -49.1 183 60 355.9 355.9 297.9 355.9 0.01 18 150 13848 -55.0 -83.5 2 28.5 -55.3 228 35 375.4 375.4 301.5 375.4 0.00 19 100 16381 -60.5 -83.4 3 22.9 -60.8 232 31 410.8 410.8 306.6 410.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5632.62 m Freezing level: 663.66 mb = 3390.82 m = 11124.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.93 mb = 3358.90 m = 11019.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.12 % Est. max temperature: 23.73 C = 74.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 940.52 mb = 495.78 m = 1626.54 ft T: 16.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.06 C/km ThetaE index: 6.70 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 890.43 mb = 961.23 m = 3153.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.66 C = 67.39 F Cap Strength: 0.13 C Lifted Index: -2.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.63 C Showalter Index: -1.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.83 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.49 C Cross Totals Index: 25.34 C K Index: 37.36 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 338.09 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.20 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 588.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.81 mb = 919.81 m = 3017.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 869.81 mb = 1159.15 m = 3802.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 279.81 mb = 9749.53 m = 31986.26 ft B at Equ Level: 576.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 209.81 mb = 11665.56 m = 38272.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 192.0 at 52.8 knts Storm direction: 222.0 at 39.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 748.7 neg: -0.2 tot: 748.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 249.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.6 stream: 12.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.34 Bulk Rich Number: 3.67 Bulk Shear: 160.54 m/s