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: 42.84,-80.83 Latitude: 42.84 Longitude: -80.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -37 SFC 967 247 18.0 17.0 94 1.0 17.4 202 18 293.9 296.2 291.7 330.2 12.71 2 950 403 16.8 16.4 97 0.4 16.5 204 29 294.2 296.5 291.6 329.8 12.43 3 900 863 14.1 13.9 99 0.1 14.0 208 44 296.0 298.0 291.2 328.3 11.19 4 850 1344 11.4 11.3 99 0.1 11.3 204 48 298.1 299.9 290.9 327.0 9.91 5 800 1848 7.9 7.8 99 0.1 7.9 211 45 299.6 301.1 290.0 324.1 8.32 6 750 2379 5.0 4.8 98 0.3 4.9 204 38 302.1 303.4 289.8 323.6 7.21 7 700 2940 2.5 2.2 98 0.3 2.3 190 46 305.2 306.4 290.2 324.6 6.41 8 650 3536 -0.4 -0.7 98 0.3 -0.6 184 71 308.5 309.5 290.5 325.7 5.59 9 600 4172 -4.7 -5.6 93 1.0 -5.1 185 81 310.7 311.5 289.9 323.9 4.19 10 550 4853 -7.2 -14.2 57 7.0 -9.8 185 85 315.5 316.0 289.7 323.1 2.31 11 500 5591 -11.0 -14.9 72 4.0 -12.4 189 88 319.7 320.1 291.0 327.7 2.40 12 450 6394 -15.1 -19.2 71 4.1 -16.3 190 75 324.3 324.7 291.9 330.7 1.86 13 400 7275 -20.4 -25.3 65 4.8 -21.6 186 69 328.4 328.7 292.4 332.8 1.23 14 350 8249 -27.4 -33.5 56 6.1 -28.5 186 72 331.8 331.9 292.8 334.1 0.64 15 300 9338 -36.8 -41.2 64 4.4 -37.2 191 72 333.5 333.6 293.0 334.8 0.35 16 250 10570 -48.1 -51.4 68 3.3 -48.3 203 87 334.5 334.6 293.1 335.1 0.13 17 200 12018 -52.0 -67.8 13 15.8 -52.4 196 59 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.5 0.02 18 150 13851 -57.6 -82.9 3 25.3 -57.8 231 46 370.9 370.9 300.7 370.9 0.00 19 100 16372 -61.1 -87.3 2 26.2 -61.3 233 30 409.7 409.7 306.5 409.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5627.18 m Freezing level: 657.18 mb = 3450.71 m = 11321.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.86 mb = 3415.14 m = 11204.39 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.07 % Est. max temperature: 23.11 C = 73.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.77 mb = 369.12 m = 1211.02 ft T: 17.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.07 C/km ThetaE index: 6.62 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 910.35 mb = 765.53 m = 2511.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.71 C = 67.48 F Cap Strength: 0.08 C Lifted Index: 0.85 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.42 C Showalter Index: 1.73 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.58 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.36 C Cross Totals Index: 22.22 C K Index: 33.32 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 319.05 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: 0.03 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 181.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.77 mb = 742.97 m = 2437.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 897.77 mb = 883.66 m = 2899.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 537.77 mb = 5027.20 m = 16493.25 ft B at Equ Level: 181.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 387.77 mb = 7501.53 m = 24611.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 191.6 at 62.3 knts Storm direction: 221.6 at 46.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 5.0 tot: 8.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 216.3 neg: -22.1 tot: 194.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 64.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.4 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 1.31 Bulk Shear: 138.99 m/s