MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 9Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 40.05,-85.08 Latitude: 40.05 Longitude: -85.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -1 SFC 961 340 19.5 16.9 85 2.6 17.7 182 20 296.0 298.2 292.4 332.4 12.67 2 950 439 19.1 16.4 84 2.7 17.3 184 28 296.6 298.8 292.4 332.5 12.45 3 900 903 16.7 14.5 87 2.2 15.3 196 52 298.7 300.8 292.4 332.5 11.59 4 850 1388 13.2 12.4 95 0.8 12.7 205 65 299.9 301.9 292.1 331.3 10.71 5 800 1896 9.9 8.8 92 1.2 9.2 210 62 301.7 303.4 291.2 328.1 8.90 6 750 2430 7.2 5.3 88 1.9 6.2 206 56 304.4 305.8 290.9 327.0 7.48 7 700 2995 4.3 1.3 81 3.0 2.7 200 54 307.3 308.4 290.5 325.7 6.03 8 650 3595 0.6 -0.0 95 0.7 0.3 204 61 309.7 310.8 291.1 327.9 5.88 9 600 4234 -2.8 -4.0 91 1.2 -3.4 205 64 312.9 313.8 291.1 327.8 4.74 10 550 4919 -7.0 -8.5 89 1.5 -7.7 203 68 315.8 316.5 291.0 327.6 3.66 11 500 5656 -11.8 -13.8 85 2.0 -12.5 208 68 318.6 319.1 291.0 327.3 2.63 12 450 6458 -15.4 -17.1 87 1.7 -16.0 215 65 323.9 324.3 292.1 331.4 2.22 13 400 7337 -21.3 -23.3 84 2.0 -21.8 220 63 327.3 327.6 292.3 332.4 1.46 14 350 8307 -28.7 -31.9 74 3.2 -29.2 220 64 330.1 330.3 292.5 332.9 0.75 15 300 9390 -37.9 -42.9 59 5.0 -38.3 220 63 332.0 332.1 292.6 333.1 0.29 16 250 10616 -49.4 -53.2 64 3.8 -49.6 228 71 332.6 332.6 292.5 333.0 0.11 17 200 12057 -52.0 -71.8 8 19.8 -52.4 245 73 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.4 0.01 18 150 13900 -58.9 -82.1 3 23.2 -59.1 240 48 368.7 368.7 300.3 368.7 0.00 19 100 16407 -63.0 -87.3 2 24.3 -63.2 249 36 406.0 406.0 306.0 406.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5656.19 m Freezing level: 640.61 mb = 3715.41 m = 12189.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.76 mb = 3647.65 m = 11967.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.15 % Est. max temperature: 24.78 C = 76.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.09 mb = 667.02 m = 2188.35 ft T: 17.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.06 C/km ThetaE index: 6.79 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 862.11 mb = 1267.88 m = 4159.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.11 C = 73.61 F Cap Strength: 1.01 C Lifted Index: -1.70 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.84 C Showalter Index: -1.23 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.20 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.99 C Cross Totals Index: 24.22 C K Index: 34.41 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 351.26 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.88 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 205.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.47 mb = 1079.37 m = 3541.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 836.47 mb = 1522.33 m = 4994.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 446.47 mb = 6516.80 m = 21380.30 ft B at Equ Level: 204.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 226.47 mb = 11254.26 m = 36922.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 204.8 at 60.2 knts Storm direction: 234.8 at 45.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.5 neg: 1.9 tot: 10.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 488.1 neg: -83.7 tot: 404.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 134.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.4 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.58 Bulk Rich Number: 2.06 Bulk Shear: 99.33 m/s