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: 40.57,-79.79 Latitude: 40.57 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 -21 SFC 960 330 18.6 15.9 84 2.7 16.8 154 14 295.2 297.3 291.5 329.4 11.90 2 950 415 18.1 15.6 85 2.5 16.4 155 20 295.5 297.7 291.6 329.5 11.80 3 900 876 14.6 13.9 95 0.7 14.1 165 37 296.6 298.6 291.4 328.8 11.15 4 850 1358 11.5 11.4 99 0.1 11.4 178 47 298.2 300.0 291.0 327.4 10.00 5 800 1863 8.6 8.5 99 0.1 8.6 193 58 300.4 302.0 290.6 326.1 8.73 6 750 2395 5.3 5.0 98 0.3 5.1 205 61 302.3 303.7 290.0 324.1 7.30 7 700 2956 1.7 1.4 98 0.3 1.5 208 53 304.4 305.5 289.6 322.8 6.07 8 650 3550 -1.7 -2.0 98 0.3 -1.8 202 52 307.1 308.0 289.6 322.7 5.10 9 600 4184 -4.8 -5.1 98 0.3 -4.9 197 57 310.6 311.4 290.0 324.3 4.37 10 550 4864 -8.9 -9.6 94 0.7 -9.2 193 66 313.6 314.2 290.0 324.3 3.35 11 500 5595 -13.8 -14.8 92 1.0 -14.2 194 67 316.2 316.7 290.0 324.2 2.42 12 450 6388 -19.8 -22.8 77 3.0 -20.5 203 73 318.4 318.6 289.7 323.0 1.36 13 400 7249 -26.1 -39.7 27 13.6 -27.9 203 82 321.0 321.1 289.4 322.1 0.30 14 350 8203 -32.1 -52.2 12 20.1 -33.5 192 93 325.5 325.5 290.5 325.9 0.09 15 300 9276 -38.6 -50.7 27 12.1 -39.4 187 98 330.9 330.9 292.1 331.4 0.12 16 250 10511 -43.8 -63.8 9 20.0 -44.5 191 81 341.0 341.0 294.6 341.1 0.03 17 200 11994 -48.0 -75.6 3 27.6 -48.6 190 61 356.8 356.8 298.1 356.8 0.01 18 150 13856 -55.9 -84.2 2 28.3 -56.3 213 61 373.7 373.7 301.2 373.7 0.00 19 100 16396 -60.9 -87.7 2 26.8 -61.2 233 31 410.0 410.0 306.5 410.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5616.72 m Freezing level: 674.53 mb = 3258.38 m = 10690.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.10 mb = 3222.34 m = 10571.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.15 % Est. max temperature: 23.27 C = 73.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.98 mb = 670.43 m = 2199.54 ft T: 16.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.89 C/km ThetaE index: 6.73 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 883.98 mb = 1027.48 m = 3370.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.47 C = 68.85 F Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lifted Index: -1.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.15 C Showalter Index: -1.29 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.54 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.34 C Cross Totals Index: 25.19 C K Index: 36.41 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 329.04 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.75 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 477.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.04 mb = 951.07 m = 3120.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 867.04 mb = 1190.59 m = 3906.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 337.04 mb = 8465.88 m = 27774.85 ft B at Equ Level: 474.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 237.04 mb = 10864.93 m = 35645.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 195.0 at 55.8 knts Storm direction: 225.0 at 41.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.2 neg: 0.6 tot: 8.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 609.6 neg: -27.7 tot: 581.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 194.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.3 stream: 10.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.79 Bulk Rich Number: 2.54 Bulk Shear: 187.64 m/s