MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 12Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 39.72,-83.03 Latitude: 39.72 Longitude: -83.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 13 SFC 974 239 19.3 15.7 80 3.6 17.0 165 18 294.7 296.7 291.1 327.8 11.58 2 950 452 18.1 15.1 83 3.0 16.2 169 32 295.6 297.6 291.3 328.5 11.44 3 900 914 15.9 13.9 88 2.0 14.6 190 50 297.9 299.9 291.8 330.3 11.15 4 850 1399 14.4 11.0 80 3.4 12.3 206 54 301.2 303.0 291.7 330.0 9.75 5 800 1909 10.9 6.8 76 4.1 8.5 202 55 302.7 304.2 290.5 325.9 7.75 6 750 2445 8.2 1.6 63 6.5 4.6 200 58 305.4 306.5 289.6 322.9 5.75 7 700 3011 5.2 -6.2 44 11.4 0.0 200 59 308.3 308.9 288.4 319.0 3.44 8 650 3613 2.6 -17.2 22 19.8 -4.4 201 56 311.9 312.2 287.8 317.0 1.52 9 600 4254 -2.1 -15.5 35 13.4 -7.0 200 56 313.7 314.0 288.7 319.9 1.90 10 550 4940 -6.0 -20.3 31 14.4 -10.5 196 59 317.0 317.3 289.3 321.7 1.38 11 500 5678 -10.8 -20.3 46 9.5 -13.7 196 63 319.8 320.1 290.3 325.0 1.52 12 450 6478 -16.0 -19.6 73 3.7 -17.1 205 57 323.2 323.5 291.5 329.3 1.79 13 400 7358 -21.0 -22.9 85 1.9 -21.5 212 56 327.7 328.0 292.5 333.0 1.52 14 350 8328 -28.5 -31.6 74 3.2 -29.0 214 61 330.4 330.5 292.6 333.2 0.77 15 300 9414 -37.1 -42.6 57 5.5 -37.7 225 70 333.0 333.1 292.9 334.2 0.30 16 250 10644 -48.2 -54.4 48 6.3 -48.4 230 74 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.8 0.09 17 200 12093 -52.9 -74.5 6 21.6 -53.2 241 57 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.0 0.01 18 150 13919 -59.8 -81.6 4 21.8 -60.0 238 53 367.1 367.1 300.1 367.1 0.00 19 100 16418 -64.3 -86.6 3 22.2 -64.5 245 36 403.4 403.4 305.7 403.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5665.93 m Freezing level: 622.24 mb = 3968.64 m = 13020.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 699.78 mb = 3013.48 m = 9886.62 ft Precipitable water: 1.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.34 % Est. max temperature: 26.57 C = 79.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.50 mb = 693.69 m = 2275.85 ft T: 16.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.02 C/km ThetaE index: 13.30 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 824.80 mb = 1652.21 m = 5420.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.55 C = 79.78 F Cap Strength: 2.28 C Lifted Index: 0.68 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.15 C Showalter Index: 0.39 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.08 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.22 C Cross Totals Index: 21.86 C K Index: 24.83 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 303.65 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.01 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5438.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.45 mb = 1033.20 m = 3389.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 198.1 at 55.2 knts Storm direction: 228.1 at 41.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.2 neg: 0.8 tot: 8.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 430.7 neg: -12.3 tot: 418.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 139.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.4 stream: 8.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.14 Bulk Shear: 112.15 m/s