MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510171200F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: 40.59,-79.25 Latitude: 40.59 Longitude: -79.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 18 SFC 958 387 16.4 15.2 93 1.1 15.7 158 9 293.1 295.2 290.5 325.7 11.45 2 950 456 15.9 15.0 94 0.9 15.4 160 9 293.3 295.4 290.5 325.8 11.38 3 900 914 13.4 13.0 97 0.4 13.1 184 29 295.4 297.2 290.5 325.6 10.51 4 850 1393 10.4 10.1 98 0.3 10.2 204 42 297.0 298.7 289.9 323.7 9.17 5 800 1897 7.9 7.6 98 0.3 7.7 211 48 299.6 301.1 289.9 323.7 8.21 6 750 2427 4.3 3.7 96 0.6 4.0 211 50 301.2 302.5 289.1 321.1 6.67 7 700 2985 0.7 0.1 96 0.6 0.4 205 55 303.3 304.3 288.7 319.9 5.52 8 650 3579 -1.2 -1.5 98 0.3 -1.3 202 57 307.6 308.6 289.9 323.9 5.28 9 600 4216 -4.0 -4.3 98 0.3 -4.2 198 54 311.5 312.3 290.6 326.0 4.63 10 550 4898 -7.1 -7.6 96 0.5 -7.3 187 58 315.7 316.4 291.2 328.3 3.93 11 500 5635 -11.3 -12.2 93 0.9 -11.7 188 68 319.2 319.8 291.5 329.1 2.99 12 450 6436 -16.2 -17.6 89 1.4 -16.6 192 75 322.9 323.3 291.7 330.1 2.14 13 400 7313 -21.6 -24.0 81 2.4 -22.2 191 76 326.9 327.2 292.2 331.7 1.37 14 350 8284 -27.3 -34.4 51 7.0 -28.5 187 73 331.9 332.0 292.8 334.1 0.59 15 300 9376 -35.9 -40.2 65 4.3 -36.4 186 71 334.7 334.8 293.4 336.2 0.38 16 250 10612 -47.1 -53.2 49 6.2 -47.4 198 81 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.5 0.11 17 200 12065 -52.9 -69.0 12 16.1 -53.2 195 58 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.1 0.02 18 150 13899 -57.5 -82.8 3 25.4 -57.7 232 56 371.1 371.1 300.8 371.1 0.00 19 100 16416 -62.9 -87.1 2 24.3 -63.1 235 36 406.3 406.3 306.0 406.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5616.96 m Freezing level: 681.64 mb = 3203.13 m = 10508.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 688.41 mb = 3118.80 m = 10232.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.64 % Est. max temperature: 22.34 C = 72.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.80 mb = 529.02 m = 1735.61 ft T: 15.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.54 C/km ThetaE index: 3.81 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 890.82 mb = 999.79 m = 3280.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.87 C = 65.96 F Cap Strength: 1.63 C Lifted Index: 2.25 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.90 C Showalter Index: 3.07 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.16 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.73 C Cross Totals Index: 21.43 C K Index: 31.25 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 273.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.98 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 97.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 899.28 mb = 920.48 m = 3019.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 874.28 mb = 1157.04 m = 3796.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 614.28 mb = 4028.63 m = 13217.12 ft B at Equ Level: 96.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 484.28 mb = 5878.08 m = 19284.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 197.0 at 52.5 knts Storm direction: 227.0 at 39.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.4 neg: 1.9 tot: 9.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 281.8 neg: -11.3 tot: 270.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 90.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 0.55 Bulk Shear: 177.82 m/s