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: 40.21,-81.52 Latitude: 40.21 Longitude: -81.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -14 SFC 964 296 18.1 16.7 92 1.3 17.2 174 12 294.3 296.5 291.7 330.1 12.52 2 950 423 16.6 16.0 96 0.6 16.2 176 19 294.0 296.2 291.3 328.6 12.12 3 900 882 13.8 13.7 100 0.1 13.7 187 39 295.7 297.7 291.0 327.4 11.01 4 850 1362 10.9 10.8 99 0.1 10.8 203 49 297.6 299.3 290.4 325.5 9.59 5 800 1866 7.5 7.4 99 0.2 7.4 220 48 299.2 300.6 289.6 322.9 8.08 6 750 2395 4.8 4.5 98 0.3 4.6 208 38 301.7 303.0 289.6 322.7 7.03 7 700 2956 1.8 1.4 97 0.4 1.6 198 48 304.5 305.6 289.6 322.9 6.07 8 650 3550 -1.7 -2.0 98 0.3 -1.9 193 51 307.0 308.0 289.6 322.6 5.08 9 600 4184 -4.9 -5.1 98 0.3 -5.0 194 59 310.5 311.3 290.0 324.1 4.35 10 550 4863 -9.1 -10.0 93 0.9 -9.4 197 66 313.3 313.9 289.9 323.8 3.26 11 500 5593 -14.8 -22.0 54 7.2 -16.7 196 71 315.0 315.3 288.6 319.4 1.31 12 450 6381 -21.1 -33.1 33 12.0 -23.1 193 71 316.8 316.9 288.3 318.6 0.52 13 400 7240 -26.1 -54.3 5 28.1 -28.4 193 75 321.0 321.0 289.1 321.3 0.06 14 350 8197 -30.7 -40.8 36 10.2 -31.9 195 97 327.4 327.4 291.3 328.5 0.31 15 300 9277 -37.4 -48.1 32 10.7 -38.2 191 103 332.6 332.7 292.6 333.3 0.16 16 250 10512 -44.0 -58.9 18 14.9 -44.6 201 88 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.9 0.05 17 200 12000 -47.1 -77.0 2 29.9 -47.8 199 63 358.2 358.2 298.4 358.2 0.01 18 150 13865 -56.0 -81.7 3 25.7 -56.3 210 57 373.5 373.5 301.2 373.5 0.00 19 100 16392 -61.5 -86.1 2 24.5 -61.7 230 33 408.9 408.9 306.4 408.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5607.10 m Freezing level: 674.51 mb = 3258.58 m = 10690.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.83 mb = 3225.53 m = 10582.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.19 % Est. max temperature: 22.46 C = 72.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 945.44 mb = 463.39 m = 1520.31 ft T: 16.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.29 C/km ThetaE index: 7.35 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 907.23 mb = 813.70 m = 2669.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.25 C = 66.64 F Cap Strength: 0.06 C Lifted Index: -2.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.68 C Showalter Index: -1.33 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.26 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.70 C Cross Totals Index: 25.56 C K Index: 36.10 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 342.70 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.26 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 457.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 909.26 mb = 794.66 m = 2607.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 894.26 mb = 935.37 m = 3068.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 364.26 mb = 7910.36 m = 25952.30 ft B at Equ Level: 452.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 254.26 mb = 10397.51 m = 34112.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 197.6 at 52.9 knts Storm direction: 227.6 at 39.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: 3.3 tot: 10.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 364.4 neg: -33.7 tot: 330.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 110.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.7 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.95 Bulk Rich Number: 3.69 Bulk Shear: 123.72 m/s