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: 42.03,-79.82 Latitude: 42.03 Longitude: -79.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -42 1 950 395 SFC 947 426 18.0 16.3 90 1.7 16.9 169 12 295.7 298.0 292.1 331.4 12.40 3 900 857 15.3 14.7 96 0.6 14.9 163 30 297.2 299.4 292.0 331.2 11.75 4 850 1340 12.5 12.3 99 0.1 12.4 163 41 299.2 301.2 291.8 330.4 10.67 5 800 1847 9.6 9.5 99 0.1 9.5 173 52 301.4 303.1 291.5 329.1 9.35 6 750 2381 6.7 6.6 99 0.2 6.6 187 60 303.9 305.4 291.3 328.4 8.18 7 700 2945 3.4 3.1 98 0.3 3.2 200 61 306.3 307.5 290.9 327.1 6.85 8 650 3543 -0.5 -0.9 97 0.4 -0.7 202 58 308.4 309.4 290.4 325.4 5.52 9 600 4179 -4.0 -4.4 97 0.4 -4.2 200 57 311.5 312.3 290.5 325.9 4.60 10 550 4861 -7.7 -8.1 97 0.4 -7.8 196 58 315.0 315.7 290.9 327.2 3.79 11 500 5596 -12.6 -13.2 96 0.5 -12.8 193 61 317.6 318.2 290.7 326.7 2.77 12 450 6392 -18.4 -19.9 88 1.5 -18.8 201 68 320.1 320.4 290.6 326.0 1.75 13 400 7257 -25.6 -29.5 70 3.8 -26.3 200 72 321.7 321.8 290.2 324.6 0.83 14 350 8210 -32.8 -36.0 73 3.2 -33.3 193 77 324.5 324.6 290.6 326.3 0.50 15 300 9274 -41.8 -45.3 69 3.4 -42.1 186 83 326.4 326.4 290.9 327.2 0.22 16 250 10493 -45.5 -61.3 15 15.9 -46.0 194 74 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.6 0.04 17 200 11973 -48.0 -78.1 2 30.1 -48.6 184 63 356.8 356.8 298.1 356.8 0.00 18 150 13838 -55.7 -81.4 3 25.7 -56.0 228 33 374.2 374.2 301.3 374.2 0.00 19 100 16374 -60.0 -84.8 2 24.8 -60.3 234 29 411.8 411.8 306.7 411.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5637.44 m Freezing level: 656.56 mb = 3464.45 m = 11366.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.01 mb = 3431.88 m = 11259.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.43 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.31 % Est. max temperature: 23.73 C = 74.71 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.55 mb = 636.14 m = 2087.04 ft T: 16.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.06 C/km ThetaE index: 6.03 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 878.71 mb = 1059.09 m = 3474.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.27 C = 68.48 F Cap Strength: 0.27 C Lifted Index: -1.94 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.30 C Showalter Index: -1.59 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.13 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.14 C Cross Totals Index: 24.99 C K Index: 37.19 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 313.24 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.84 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 617.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.38 mb = 985.60 m = 3233.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 861.38 mb = 1227.41 m = 4026.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 281.38 mb = 9702.40 m = 31831.63 ft B at Equ Level: 613.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 211.38 mb = 11605.95 m = 38076.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 191.7 at 54.2 knts Storm direction: 221.7 at 40.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: 3.3 tot: 10.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 654.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 654.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 218.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.0 stream: 11.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.19 Bulk Rich Number: 3.64 Bulk Shear: 169.62 m/s