MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 18Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 39.25,-81.63 Latitude: 39.25 Longitude: -81.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 3 SFC 973 238 18.0 16.5 91 1.4 17.0 178 12 293.4 295.6 291.2 328.3 12.24 2 950 440 16.3 15.9 97 0.4 16.0 181 23 293.7 295.9 291.2 328.0 12.01 3 900 899 13.6 13.5 100 0.1 13.6 196 41 295.5 297.5 290.8 326.9 10.90 4 850 1379 10.7 10.6 99 0.1 10.6 212 49 297.4 299.1 290.3 325.0 9.48 5 800 1882 7.4 7.1 98 0.3 7.2 226 47 299.0 300.5 289.5 322.3 7.92 6 750 2412 4.7 4.4 98 0.3 4.5 212 40 301.6 302.9 289.5 322.5 6.99 7 700 2972 1.5 1.2 98 0.3 1.4 204 47 304.2 305.3 289.5 322.3 5.99 8 650 3565 -2.1 -2.5 97 0.4 -2.3 203 56 306.6 307.5 289.3 321.7 4.91 9 600 4199 -5.2 -5.8 96 0.6 -5.5 199 64 310.1 310.9 289.7 323.1 4.14 10 550 4879 -8.6 -9.6 93 1.0 -9.0 203 73 313.9 314.5 290.2 324.7 3.37 11 500 5610 -14.5 -15.5 92 1.0 -14.8 201 72 315.4 315.8 289.6 322.9 2.28 12 450 6398 -21.2 -30.5 43 9.2 -22.9 207 73 316.5 316.7 288.4 318.9 0.67 13 400 7257 -25.7 -57.3 4 31.6 -28.1 206 78 321.6 321.6 289.3 321.7 0.04 14 350 8215 -30.6 -37.6 50 7.0 -31.5 198 98 327.5 327.5 291.5 329.1 0.43 15 300 9293 -37.9 -50.7 25 12.9 -38.7 196 102 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.5 0.12 16 250 10529 -43.4 -62.3 11 18.9 -44.2 207 91 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.6 0.03 17 200 12020 -46.8 -77.2 2 30.5 -47.4 209 61 358.7 358.7 298.4 358.7 0.01 18 150 13884 -56.4 -83.2 2 26.9 -56.7 210 56 373.0 373.0 301.1 373.0 0.00 19 100 16409 -63.1 -87.3 2 24.2 -63.3 233 36 405.8 405.8 306.0 405.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5606.90 m Freezing level: 678.76 mb = 3224.00 m = 10577.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 681.18 mb = 3190.11 m = 10466.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.47 % Est. max temperature: 22.77 C = 72.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.56 mb = 417.41 m = 1369.43 ft T: 16.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.07 C/km ThetaE index: 6.02 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 913.87 mb = 769.42 m = 2524.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.57 C = 67.22 F Cap Strength: 0.11 C Lifted Index: -1.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.82 C Showalter Index: -0.74 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.31 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.23 C Cross Totals Index: 25.08 C K Index: 35.53 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 323.02 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.50 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 412.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.19 mb = 738.65 m = 2423.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 902.19 mb = 878.59 m = 2882.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 372.19 mb = 7774.04 m = 25505.06 ft B at Equ Level: 408.20 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 262.19 mb = 10206.64 m = 33485.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 204.2 at 54.7 knts Storm direction: 234.2 at 41.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: 2.8 tot: 9.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 381.9 neg: -27.2 tot: 354.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 118.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.1 stream: 7.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.88 Bulk Rich Number: 2.86 Bulk Shear: 144.18 m/s