MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 15Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 39,-83.39 Latitude: 39.00 Longitude: -83.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 17 SFC 970 277 18.7 16.6 87 2.2 17.3 191 12 294.4 296.6 291.6 329.6 12.30 2 950 455 16.8 15.5 92 1.3 16.0 195 21 294.2 296.3 291.0 327.7 11.73 3 900 913 13.1 13.0 99 0.1 13.0 208 37 295.0 296.9 290.3 325.2 10.51 4 850 1392 10.1 9.4 95 0.7 9.7 226 45 296.7 298.3 289.4 322.2 8.76 5 800 1895 7.3 6.7 96 0.6 7.0 227 36 298.9 300.3 289.2 321.6 7.72 6 750 2424 4.5 3.6 94 0.9 4.0 211 42 301.4 302.6 289.1 321.2 6.62 7 700 2983 1.3 -0.1 90 1.4 0.6 213 51 303.9 304.9 288.9 320.4 5.44 8 650 3576 -2.3 -4.0 88 1.7 -3.1 209 58 306.4 307.2 288.7 319.8 4.37 9 600 4208 -5.4 -6.3 93 0.9 -5.8 206 62 309.8 310.6 289.5 322.3 3.97 10 550 4887 -9.1 -9.7 95 0.6 -9.4 210 67 313.3 313.9 289.9 323.9 3.32 11 500 5617 -14.2 -19.4 65 5.2 -15.7 206 72 315.7 316.0 289.1 321.2 1.64 12 450 6406 -20.4 -34.7 27 14.2 -22.8 200 71 317.5 317.6 288.5 319.1 0.45 13 400 7268 -25.0 -45.1 14 20.1 -27.2 198 77 322.5 322.5 289.7 323.1 0.17 14 350 8230 -29.1 -36.8 48 7.6 -30.2 200 96 329.5 329.6 292.0 331.2 0.47 15 300 9316 -36.6 -47.6 31 11.0 -37.5 196 102 333.7 333.8 292.9 334.4 0.17 16 250 10552 -44.9 -56.2 27 11.3 -45.4 207 94 339.3 339.3 294.2 339.6 0.08 17 200 12035 -48.2 -78.3 2 30.1 -48.8 220 67 356.5 356.5 298.0 356.5 0.00 18 150 13896 -55.8 -81.5 3 25.7 -56.1 214 50 374.0 374.0 301.2 374.0 0.00 19 100 16421 -63.8 -86.2 3 22.3 -64.0 242 34 404.4 404.4 305.8 404.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5600.63 m Freezing level: 681.77 mb = 3199.07 m = 10495.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 691.80 mb = 3077.20 m = 10095.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.43 % Est. max temperature: 22.31 C = 72.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.84 mb = 545.71 m = 1790.36 ft T: 16.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.90 C/km ThetaE index: 9.78 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 908.20 mb = 836.14 m = 2743.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.19 C = 66.55 F Cap Strength: 0.04 C Lifted Index: -1.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.63 C Showalter Index: 0.98 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.01 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.35 C Cross Totals Index: 23.66 C K Index: 32.38 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 275.43 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.25 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 294.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.10 mb = 827.75 m = 2715.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 904.10 mb = 874.53 m = 2869.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 404.10 mb = 7193.74 m = 23601.21 ft B at Equ Level: 293.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 304.10 mb = 9220.42 m = 30250.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.0 at 52.9 knts Storm direction: 240.0 at 39.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 3.5 tot: 8.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 288.8 neg: -21.4 tot: 267.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 89.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.8 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.42 Bulk Rich Number: 2.38 Bulk Shear: 123.95 m/s