MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 18Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 40.3,-82.02 Latitude: 40.30 Longitude: -82.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -8 SFC 965 292 16.7 16.2 96 0.6 16.4 178 12 292.8 295.0 290.9 327.1 12.05 2 950 428 15.8 15.7 99 0.1 15.7 180 21 293.2 295.4 290.9 327.1 11.88 3 900 887 13.3 13.2 99 0.1 13.3 190 40 295.2 297.2 290.5 325.9 10.65 4 850 1366 10.7 10.6 99 0.1 10.6 205 47 297.4 299.1 290.3 324.9 9.48 5 800 1870 7.9 7.8 99 0.2 7.9 217 44 299.6 301.1 290.0 324.1 8.32 6 750 2400 4.9 4.6 98 0.3 4.8 221 38 301.9 303.2 289.7 323.2 7.12 7 700 2961 1.7 1.4 98 0.3 1.5 217 36 304.4 305.5 289.6 322.7 6.06 8 650 3555 -1.8 -2.1 98 0.3 -1.9 209 46 306.9 307.9 289.5 322.5 5.05 9 600 4187 -6.1 -6.9 94 0.8 -6.4 199 64 309.1 309.8 289.0 321.0 3.80 10 550 4863 -9.5 -16.6 56 7.1 -11.8 194 72 312.8 313.2 288.5 319.1 1.90 11 500 5595 -12.9 -25.1 35 12.2 -16.0 193 79 317.3 317.5 289.0 320.8 1.00 12 450 6392 -16.7 -30.3 30 13.6 -19.6 190 81 322.3 322.4 290.2 324.7 0.69 13 400 7267 -22.0 -28.5 56 6.5 -23.4 193 87 326.3 326.5 291.6 329.6 0.91 14 350 8239 -27.3 -30.2 76 2.9 -27.9 192 95 331.9 332.1 293.1 335.1 0.88 15 300 9329 -36.1 -39.2 73 3.1 -36.5 196 99 334.4 334.5 293.3 336.0 0.43 16 250 10564 -47.0 -51.8 58 4.8 -47.3 204 105 336.1 336.2 293.5 336.6 0.13 17 200 12029 -48.8 -75.2 3 26.4 -49.3 206 61 355.5 355.5 297.8 355.6 0.01 18 150 13882 -57.0 -82.4 3 25.5 -57.2 230 64 372.0 372.0 300.9 372.0 0.00 19 100 16404 -62.0 -86.5 2 24.5 -62.3 232 39 407.9 407.9 306.2 407.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5602.39 m Freezing level: 675.73 mb = 3248.88 m = 10658.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.68 mb = 3220.30 m = 10565.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.41 % Est. max temperature: 22.77 C = 72.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.43 mb = 362.22 m = 1188.36 ft T: 16.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.53 C/km ThetaE index: 8.00 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 910.55 mb = 787.83 m = 2584.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.71 C = 65.68 F Cap Strength: 0.05 C Lifted Index: 0.20 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.26 C Showalter Index: 0.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.08 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.61 C Cross Totals Index: 23.47 C K Index: 33.91 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 300.50 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.89 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 188.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.39 mb = 770.69 m = 2528.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 897.39 mb = 910.94 m = 2988.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 497.39 mb = 5634.35 m = 18485.19 ft B at Equ Level: 187.41 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 377.39 mb = 7690.28 m = 25230.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 200.5 at 53.6 knts Storm direction: 230.5 at 40.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 1.0 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 314.9 neg: -13.7 tot: 301.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 100.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.7 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.35 Bulk Rich Number: 1.56 Bulk Shear: 121.45 m/s