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 the city database file for: KPIT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 19 OCT 25 Station: KPIT Latitude: 40.50 Longitude: -80.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -0 SFC 963 321 17.6 15.1 85 2.6 16.0 166 13 294.0 296.0 290.6 326.1 11.26 2 950 435 16.6 14.8 89 1.8 15.4 169 21 294.0 296.0 290.6 326.0 11.19 3 900 894 13.4 13.2 99 0.1 13.3 184 42 295.3 297.2 290.6 326.0 10.68 4 850 1373 10.5 10.3 98 0.3 10.3 199 54 297.2 298.8 290.0 324.1 9.27 5 800 1877 8.0 6.8 92 1.1 7.3 212 46 299.7 301.1 289.6 322.7 7.79 6 750 2407 4.7 3.9 94 0.8 4.3 217 39 301.7 303.0 289.3 321.9 6.76 7 700 2966 1.3 0.7 95 0.6 1.0 213 41 304.0 305.0 289.2 321.4 5.75 8 650 3559 -1.9 -2.2 98 0.3 -2.0 209 48 306.8 307.8 289.5 322.3 5.03 9 600 4192 -5.6 -6.5 93 0.9 -6.0 203 60 309.7 310.4 289.3 322.0 3.92 10 550 4870 -9.6 -12.9 77 3.3 -10.8 194 72 312.7 313.2 289.0 321.0 2.58 11 500 5600 -13.4 -16.8 76 3.4 -14.5 187 74 316.7 317.1 289.8 323.5 2.05 12 450 6395 -17.6 -19.7 83 2.2 -18.2 184 79 321.1 321.5 290.9 327.2 1.78 13 400 7270 -21.6 -23.7 83 2.2 -22.1 180 83 327.0 327.2 292.2 331.9 1.41 14 350 8241 -28.0 -30.8 77 2.8 -28.6 182 87 330.9 331.1 292.8 334.0 0.84 15 300 9331 -36.2 -39.3 73 3.0 -36.6 187 93 334.3 334.4 293.3 335.9 0.42 16 250 10564 -47.0 -51.9 58 4.8 -47.3 195 92 336.1 336.1 293.5 336.6 0.13 17 200 12030 -48.4 -78.5 2 30.1 -49.0 194 62 356.1 356.1 297.9 356.1 0.00 18 150 13882 -57.4 -80.9 4 23.5 -57.7 229 56 371.2 371.2 300.8 371.2 0.00 19 100 16407 -62.1 -86.6 2 24.4 -62.4 241 34 407.6 407.6 306.2 407.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5600.24 m Freezing level: 679.27 mb = 3211.99 m = 10537.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 683.33 mb = 3158.97 m = 10363.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.33 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.16 % Est. max temperature: 22.64 C = 72.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.04 mb = 642.55 m = 2108.07 ft T: 15.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.59 C/km ThetaE index: 4.77 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 896.68 mb = 924.55 m = 3033.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.07 C = 66.32 F Cap Strength: 0.17 C Lifted Index: -0.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.39 C Showalter Index: 0.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.58 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.92 C Cross Totals Index: 23.66 C K Index: 33.53 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 305.05 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.21 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 165.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.18 mb = 882.43 m = 2895.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 886.18 mb = 1023.40 m = 3357.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 496.18 mb = 5657.88 m = 18562.36 ft B at Equ Level: 164.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 386.18 mb = 7525.75 m = 24690.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 197.8 at 54.4 knts Storm direction: 227.8 at 40.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 1.1 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 400.9 neg: -14.4 tot: 386.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 128.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.0 stream: 8.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.40 Bulk Rich Number: 1.29 Bulk Shear: 128.09 m/s