MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F063.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510170600F063.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 63 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 40.20,-79.79 Latitude: 40.20 Longitude: -79.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -10 SFC 962 319 19.3 14.9 76 4.4 16.5 172 17 295.7 297.7 291.1 327.8 11.15 2 950 427 18.8 14.4 75 4.4 15.9 173 25 296.2 298.2 291.0 327.7 10.89 3 900 889 14.7 13.2 91 1.5 13.8 179 38 296.7 298.6 291.0 327.5 10.67 4 850 1370 11.3 11.1 99 0.1 11.2 192 49 298.0 299.7 290.7 326.6 9.83 5 800 1874 8.2 8.0 99 0.1 8.1 206 59 299.9 301.4 290.2 324.8 8.46 6 750 2405 4.8 4.4 97 0.4 4.5 215 64 301.7 303.0 289.5 322.6 6.98 7 700 2964 1.2 0.6 96 0.6 0.9 217 56 303.8 304.9 289.1 321.1 5.73 8 650 3557 -1.8 -2.2 97 0.4 -2.0 205 52 306.9 307.8 289.5 322.3 5.01 9 600 4190 -5.1 -5.7 95 0.6 -5.4 195 64 310.2 311.0 289.8 323.3 4.17 10 550 4870 -9.1 -10.4 90 1.3 -9.6 191 70 313.3 313.9 289.8 323.4 3.15 11 500 5599 -14.6 -18.0 75 3.4 -15.6 198 69 315.2 315.6 289.2 321.4 1.85 12 450 6389 -19.5 -36.7 20 17.2 -22.2 206 79 318.8 318.8 288.8 320.1 0.37 13 400 7253 -25.3 -49.2 9 23.9 -27.6 202 83 322.1 322.1 289.5 322.5 0.11 14 350 8209 -31.7 -50.1 15 18.4 -33.2 192 92 326.0 326.0 290.7 326.4 0.11 15 300 9284 -38.3 -49.7 29 11.4 -39.1 188 94 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.9 0.14 16 250 10520 -43.7 -62.4 11 18.7 -44.4 193 80 341.1 341.1 294.6 341.2 0.03 17 200 12000 -48.4 -76.7 2 28.3 -49.0 194 61 356.1 356.1 297.9 356.1 0.01 18 150 13860 -55.9 -84.2 2 28.3 -56.2 211 62 373.7 373.7 301.2 373.7 0.00 19 100 16399 -61.0 -86.9 2 25.9 -61.3 234 30 409.8 409.8 306.5 409.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5608.65 m Freezing level: 680.27 mb = 3198.20 m = 10492.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 684.66 mb = 3141.54 m = 10306.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.79 % Est. max temperature: 22.95 C = 73.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 901.46 mb = 874.87 m = 2870.28 ft T: 14.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.00 C/km ThetaE index: 6.70 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 869.92 mb = 1174.88 m = 3854.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.02 C = 69.84 F Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lifted Index: -2.14 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.16 C Showalter Index: -1.67 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 51.61 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.88 C Cross Totals Index: 25.73 C K Index: 36.44 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 352.53 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.13 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 343.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.82 mb = 1079.62 m = 3542.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 854.82 mb = 1322.32 m = 4338.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 364.82 mb = 7912.40 m = 25959.00 ft B at Equ Level: 341.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 264.82 mb = 10129.50 m = 33232.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 200.0 at 58.6 knts Storm direction: 230.0 at 43.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.1 neg: 1.3 tot: 9.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 514.3 neg: -45.0 tot: 469.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 156.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.4 stream: 9.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.08 Bulk Rich Number: 2.15 Bulk Shear: 160.01 m/s