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: 40.56,-79.87 Latitude: 40.56 Longitude: -79.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -22 SFC 960 326 18.4 16.0 86 2.4 16.8 157 14 295.0 297.1 291.5 329.4 11.99 2 950 414 17.8 15.7 87 2.2 16.4 158 20 295.3 297.4 291.5 329.4 11.87 3 900 875 14.6 14.0 96 0.6 14.2 167 37 296.5 298.5 291.4 329.0 11.23 4 850 1356 11.5 11.4 99 0.1 11.4 178 47 298.2 300.0 291.0 327.3 9.99 5 800 1862 8.7 8.5 99 0.1 8.6 192 57 300.4 302.0 290.6 326.2 8.75 6 750 2393 5.3 5.0 98 0.3 5.1 204 61 302.3 303.6 290.0 324.1 7.30 7 700 2954 1.7 1.3 98 0.3 1.5 207 54 304.3 305.4 289.5 322.6 6.03 8 650 3548 -1.6 -1.9 98 0.3 -1.8 204 51 307.1 308.1 289.6 322.9 5.11 9 600 4183 -4.8 -5.1 98 0.3 -4.9 199 54 310.6 311.4 290.0 324.3 4.36 10 550 4862 -8.8 -9.4 96 0.6 -9.0 195 62 313.6 314.3 290.2 324.6 3.42 11 500 5594 -13.6 -14.3 94 0.7 -13.9 194 66 316.5 317.0 290.2 324.7 2.52 12 450 6388 -19.7 -21.4 86 1.7 -20.1 201 71 318.5 318.8 289.9 323.7 1.54 13 400 7248 -26.5 -37.0 37 10.5 -27.9 203 81 320.6 320.6 289.3 322.0 0.40 14 350 8201 -32.3 -53.6 10 21.2 -33.8 192 92 325.2 325.2 290.4 325.5 0.07 15 300 9273 -38.9 -51.7 24 12.9 -39.6 188 98 330.6 330.6 292.0 331.0 0.11 16 250 10508 -43.6 -64.9 8 21.3 -44.3 191 81 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.4 0.02 17 200 11992 -47.9 -76.2 2 28.3 -48.4 190 61 357.0 357.0 298.1 357.0 0.01 18 150 13856 -55.8 -84.1 2 28.3 -56.1 212 61 373.9 373.9 301.2 373.9 0.00 19 100 16396 -60.9 -88.0 2 27.2 -61.2 233 31 410.1 410.1 306.5 410.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5616.85 m Freezing level: 674.56 mb = 3256.58 m = 10684.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.38 mb = 3217.65 m = 10556.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.68 % Est. max temperature: 23.31 C = 73.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.46 mb = 627.76 m = 2059.56 ft T: 16.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.78 C/km ThetaE index: 6.80 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 887.30 mb = 994.46 m = 3262.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.34 C = 68.61 F Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lifted Index: -1.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.22 C Showalter Index: -1.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.08 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.11 C Cross Totals Index: 24.97 C K Index: 36.16 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 319.12 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.62 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 492.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 895.00 mb = 921.67 m = 3023.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 870.00 mb = 1160.38 m = 3806.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 330.00 mb = 8610.26 m = 28248.54 ft B at Equ Level: 488.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 240.00 mb = 10779.37 m = 35364.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 195.1 at 54.7 knts Storm direction: 225.1 at 41.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.1 neg: 0.7 tot: 8.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 592.6 neg: -24.0 tot: 568.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 189.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.0 stream: 10.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.79 Bulk Rich Number: 2.92 Bulk Shear: 168.61 m/s