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: 41.74,-80.21 Latitude: 41.74 Longitude: -80.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -22 SFC 954 378 17.3 15.5 89 1.9 16.1 167 14 294.4 296.5 291.1 327.8 11.66 2 950 415 17.1 15.2 89 1.9 15.9 167 13 294.6 296.6 291.0 327.6 11.54 3 900 875 13.7 13.4 98 0.3 13.5 173 38 295.6 297.5 290.7 326.6 10.77 4 850 1355 10.6 10.0 96 0.6 10.2 183 50 297.2 298.9 289.9 323.7 9.11 5 800 1858 7.7 7.1 96 0.7 7.3 200 50 299.4 300.8 289.6 322.7 7.92 6 750 2388 4.8 4.0 95 0.8 4.4 205 43 301.8 303.1 289.4 322.2 6.83 7 700 2948 1.5 0.3 92 1.1 0.9 208 39 304.1 305.1 289.0 321.1 5.60 8 650 3541 -2.0 -2.9 93 0.9 -2.4 205 42 306.7 307.6 289.2 321.4 4.76 9 600 4174 -5.8 -7.0 91 1.2 -6.3 202 51 309.4 310.2 289.1 321.3 3.77 10 550 4850 -9.8 -11.4 88 1.6 -10.4 199 65 312.5 313.0 289.3 321.8 2.92 11 500 5582 -12.6 -14.1 89 1.5 -13.2 187 70 317.7 318.2 290.6 326.1 2.57 12 450 6381 -16.6 -18.2 87 1.6 -17.1 181 73 322.4 322.8 291.5 329.3 2.03 13 400 7256 -22.0 -23.9 84 1.9 -22.4 181 78 326.4 326.7 292.0 331.3 1.39 14 350 8227 -27.8 -31.7 69 3.9 -28.5 183 87 331.2 331.4 292.8 334.0 0.77 15 300 9317 -36.3 -41.1 61 4.8 -36.8 187 89 334.2 334.2 293.2 335.5 0.35 16 250 10550 -47.2 -52.9 52 5.7 -47.5 192 89 335.8 335.9 293.4 336.3 0.11 17 200 12011 -51.0 -73.1 6 22.1 -51.4 186 65 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.1 0.01 18 150 13857 -57.2 -82.6 3 25.4 -57.5 222 53 371.5 371.5 300.8 371.5 0.00 19 100 16385 -61.9 -86.4 2 24.5 -62.1 235 32 408.1 408.1 306.3 408.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5603.51 m Freezing level: 678.78 mb = 3199.69 m = 10497.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 686.55 mb = 3103.21 m = 10181.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.65 % Est. max temperature: 22.07 C = 71.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.23 mb = 612.34 m = 2008.95 ft T: 15.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.35 C/km ThetaE index: 6.72 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 888.28 mb = 984.85 m = 3231.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.89 C = 66.00 F Cap Strength: 0.18 C Lifted Index: 0.43 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.49 C Showalter Index: 1.77 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.84 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.21 C Cross Totals Index: 22.63 C K Index: 32.09 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 289.50 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.37 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 200.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.67 mb = 943.48 m = 3095.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 877.67 mb = 1085.77 m = 3562.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 507.67 mb = 5464.83 m = 17929.00 ft B at Equ Level: 199.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 377.67 mb = 7673.53 m = 25175.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 193.9 at 51.3 knts Storm direction: 223.9 at 38.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.4 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 72.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 391.0 neg: -23.2 tot: 367.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 122.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.5 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.48 Bulk Rich Number: 1.68 Bulk Shear: 119.37 m/s